BRUNSWICK, Maine – The Bowdoin College women's rugby team is the top seed for the 2022 NIRA Division Tournament which will begin on Saturday, November 12.
 
The Polar Bears will host Castleton State at Pickard Field (game time 2:00 p.m.) in their semifinal match while UNE and Norwich will play in Biddeford that same day. The winners of those two matches will play on November 19 for the NIRA Championship on the campus of Dartmouth College.
 

Bowdoin (6-1) has enjoyed another fantastic regular season, going 3-0 in league play, and despite concluding their regular season with a loss to Vassar two weeks ago, are primed for another NIRA Tournament run. The Polar Bears outscored their league opponents 149-24 this fall and by an overall margin of 314-65. Saturday's semifinal against Castleton will be a rematch of a 73-0 win by Bowdoin over the Spartans on September 25. 
 
The game will be broadcast live by the Northeast Sports Network.