Life University Women’s Rugby Completes Historic Triple Crown Championship Season
More than 5,000 student researchers gathered in Richmond, Virginia, April 13–15 for the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), including two students from Life University (Life U). Ms. Celine Muller, M.S., and Megan Cronje represented Life U, presenting their research at the national conference. Life U Associate Faculty member Paula Billups, Ph.D., served as Muller’s faculty mentor and attended NCUR in support of the students.
Life University Women’s Rugby Claims 2026 CRAA Division I National Championship with Dominant Win Over BYU
Sacramento, California — April 13, 2026 — Life University’s (Life U) Women’s Rugby team claimed the CRAA Division I XVs National Championship on April 11, defeating BYU 40–14 at Heart Health Park.
Faces of LIFE: Liberty Benitez
As a freshman student-athlete on the Life U Women’s Rugby team, Liberty Benitez felt that sense of closeness and camaraderie as she began her first collegiate season. During training, the new players began practicing a few weeks before returning players, so it helped give newbies time to work more closely with Head Coach Ryszard Chadwick while also getting the chance to learn from upperclassmen players as they headed into the 2023-2024 15s season.
LIFE UNIVERSITY ALUMNA ALEXANDRIA “SPIFF” SEDRICK LEADS TEAM USA TO HISTORIC BRONZE MEDAL IN WOMEN’S RUGBY
Marietta, Georgia – July 30, 2024 – Life University proudly celebrates the outstanding achievement of alumna Alexandria “Spiff” Sedrick, whose heroics on the field today led Team USA to its first-ever medal in Women’s Rugby at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
LIFE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI CJ ALLEN AND ALEXANDRIA “SPIFF” SEDRICK TO COMPETE IN THE 2024 SUMMER OLYMPICS IN PARIS
Marietta, Georgia – July 1, 2024 – Life University (Life U) proudly announces that two of its distinguished alumni, CJ Allen and Alexandria “Spiff” Sedrick, will represent the United States in the upcoming 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, from July 26 through August 11.
LIFE U WOMEN’S RUGBY CROWNED D1 ELITE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
Phoenix, Arizona – April 16, 2024 – Sunday evening, the Life University Women’s Rugby team made history by earning a hard-fought victory over long-standing rival Lindenwood University to be crowned the D1 Elite National Champions for the first time in program history.
Four New Members Inducted Into Life U Athletics Hall of Fame
February 27, 2024 – Marietta, Georgia – Life University’s (Life U) Athletic Department honored four new members of the Life U Athletics Hall of Fame this past Friday, March 23 with its second annual Life U Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet in the Upper Gym of the Center for Athletics and Sport Health Science (SHS).
LIFE UNIVERSITY MEN’S & WOMEN’S RUGBY 7s TEAMS CLAIM NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AT USA RUGBY 7s COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Houston, Texas– May 9, 2023 – Life University’s Men’s & Women’s Rugby 7s teams claimed National Championships at the USA Rugby 7s Collegiate Championships last weekend.
My First Quarter- Jenna Salyer
The best advice is to talk to people. Don’t be afraid to meet everybody. Don’t think that you are the only one thinking ‘Oh, I don’t know anybody. I don’t know anything.’ Because everybody is feeling the same way. It really is true that it’s not just you. If you get up the courage to talk to somebody, it will make you feel so much better.
LIFE UNIVERSITY MEN’S RUGBY WINS R7CC CHAMPIONSHIP OVER LINDENWOOD
May 16, 2022- It was an exciting finish to a thrilling weekend of athleticism for the Life University (Life U) Men’s Rugby team as they captured their first sevens championship in more than a decade at the USA Rugby 7s Collegiate Championships in Fifth Third Bank this Sunday afternoon.
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