Club Officers 2026-2027
- President: Coco Raube Van Bekkum, Sabrina Chang, Maddie Selinger
- Safety Officer: Kathryn Burnett, Sana Musa
- Treasurer: Moriah Reusch, Chuan en Soon
- Outreach: Grace Clemen, Mya Pieper, Esmerelda Garcia-Ramierz
- Social Captain: Willa Bortz, Natasha Chang
Learn more about us on our website.
Interested in Rugby? Contact Coco Raube Van Bekkum (raubevanbekkumc@carleton.edu) for more information!
Fall Practice Schedule
Fall Competition Schedule
2026-27 Roster
- Coming soon!
About the Women’s Rugby Team
2011 D3 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!
The Carleton Women’s Rugby Football Club was founded in 1978 by student Pixie Newman as the first women’s rugby club in Minnesota. Since then, the club has continued to grow and develop, with as many as 30 women on our roster – depending on the season – a consistent winning record, and a strong team atmosphere.
Given the inherent flexibility of the sport (rugby has 15 different positions able to accommodate women of all sizes and skills), we have a very diverse team, comprised of everyone from the most serious of varsity and national athletes, to women just looking for something new and fun to try.
A few of our players have experience playing rugby prior to Carleton, but the majority are newcomers to the sport, so we start each season (Fall and Spring) going over the basics and getting reacquainted with the game. Anyone interested in challenging herself to try a new sport while joining a welcoming and supportive community, is encouraged to come out and play with us.
Women’s Rugby in the Voice!
The Carleton Athletic Initiative (CAI) is a designation of the Alumni Annual Fund which supports sports operations (both varsity and club) at Carleton. This fund is a shared pool that targets yearly expenses such as equipment for 19 men’s and women’s varsity athletic teams, opportunities for all Carls to engage in athletics through 25 club sports, physical education classes, and intramural athletic, wellness offerings, improvements to Carleton’s athletics and wellness facilities as well as transportation for athletic events. You can make a gift to the Carleton Athletic Initiative through this link.
Carleton Rugby Endowed Fund
The Carleton Rugby Endowed Fund is currently at just over $200,000; each year the fund’s spendable income is deposited into the teams’ budgets You’re able to give directly to this endowed fund by clicking on this link– in the space for designation click “Other (please type in this box to specify)” then type “Carleton Rugby Endowed Fund”. You can make a gift through the phone at 800-758-9441, and let the staff person know that your gift is to go into the “Carleton Rugby Endowed Fund”.
Current Use Accounts
Each team has a current spending account, these are direct dollars that are not invested, instead they are held in current use accounts. Gifts to these funds are encouraged to be split equally into both accounts. You’re able to give directly to the current use accounts by clicking on this link– in the space for designation click “Other (please type in this box to specify)” then type “Men’s Rugby: Current Use Account” or “Women’s Rugby: Current Use Account”. To split the gift contribution equally, type in “Men’s and Women’s Rugby Current Use Account split 50/50”.