ATLANTA, Ga. - The cream rose to the top at the 2025 Women’s Rising Stars Championship at Silverbacks Park. The talented team from the Mid-Atlantic, led by tournament MVP Kelly Greenleaf of Towson University, didn’t drop a single match all weekend and finished the job by defeating the Eastern Penn All-stars 24-5 to take home the Championship.

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Drexel Dragon Syd Worthington scored two tries for the Mid-Atlantic with Juliete Robinson and Morgan Raun, out of Georgetown and Johns Hopkins respectively, scored one apiece. Robinson, along with Greenleaf, were the two Mid-Atlantic All-stars named to the All-Tournament Team. 

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Northern Michigan’s Ella Ericksen, whose nine tries throughout the tournament helped her Great Waters squad to a third place finish, also made the list along with the weekend’s top overall scorer – Prairie State’s Maurina Street out of North Dakota who scored 12 tries and kicked three conversions. 

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Rising Star All Tournament Team

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1. Erin Anderson | SUNY Cortland | Junior | Upstate NY

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2. Jaidyn Bowen | York College | Senior | Eastern Penn

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3. Molly Cancian | Baldwin Wallace | Graduate | Ohio Valley

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4. Ella Ericksen | Northern Michigan | Junior | Great Waters

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5. Leila Gerry | Colby College | Sophomore | Rugby Northeast

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6. Kelly Greenleaf | Towson | Junior | Mid-Atlantic

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7. Estela Miranda-Aguilar | Western Oregon | Senior | Cascade

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8. Colleen Mitchell | Endicott College | Sophomore | North Atlantic

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9. Leah Ozersky | Arkansas | Senior | Mid-America

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10. Rosalyn Page | Marywood | Senior | Eastern Penn

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11. Juliette Robinson | Georgetown | First Year | Mid-Atlantic

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12. Maurina Street | South Dakota | Sophomore | Prairie States

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Watch the match replays on National Collegiate Rugby's YouTube and The Rugby Network with a TRN+ Ticket.