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March 28: Conference Round of 4
D2 NYC
#1 NYRC 74, #4 Lansdowne 0
#2 Old Blue 26, #3 Village Lions 20

D2 Jersey
#1 Princeton 50, #4 Morris 5
#3 Union 38, #2 Monmouth 24

April 4: Conference Round of 4
D2 Upstate
#1 Buffalo 93, #4 South Buffalo 5
#2 Syracuse 37, #3 Rochester Aardvarks 29 (2 Sudden Death OT)

April 11: 
D2 Upstate
#1 Buffalo 38, #2 Syracuse 14
#3 Rochester Aardvarks 31, #4 South Buffalo 17

D2 NYC
#3 Village Lions 65, #4 Lansdowne 0 
#1 NYRC 38, #2 Old Blue 5

D2 Jersey
#3 Union 46, #1 Princeton 35 
#2 Monmouth 31, #4 Morris 24

* = Top 2 from each conference play for guaranteed Empire-wide playoff spots
# = Wild Card Play-In (losing teams from first week play for possible "wild card" seeds - #7 or #8 seeds).

Regardless of weighted point total, the wild card teams can only get the #7 seed at best.


April 18: Top 2 from previous week play in "Round of 8" along with 2 wild cards (determined by standings points earned in regular season + two playoff games, divided by total number of games played).  Each conference playoff winner will be seeded either #1-3, with the losing team from week 2 getting the #4-6 seed).

#1 Buffalo 45, #8 Village Lions 3
#2 NYRC 81, #7 Monmouth 7
#6 Old Blue 30, #3 Union 15
#4 Princeton 59, #5 Syracuse 14

April 25:  "Round of 4"
#2 NYRC 36, #6 Old Blue 6
#1 Buffalo 45, #4 Princeton 15

May 2: Empire Championship
#2 NYRC 27, #1 Buffalo 18

May 16: Northeast/North Atlantic CR Championship (@ Saratoga)
NYRC 44, Mystic 29

May 30-31: Eastern Regionals, USA Rugby National Championship
NYRC v Wisconsin Rugby

* All games played at Higher Seed
* In order to be considered for wildcard you must play in the consolation conference final and win