Men's rugby captured the Western Division II Rugby Football Union Championship with a convincing 74-8 win over Texas Tech University at the Lindenwood Track Sunday afternoon. 
Lindenwood used a balanced attack that the Red Raiders struggled to defend as 10 different Lions scored tries in the game.  Scrumhalf Nicholas Markowski and flanker Tyler Black led the team with two each while Brendan Davis, captain Joe Shirley, Trevor Locke, Stephen Duff, Cam Reed, Sean England, Taylor Lopez and Linc Magee each added one try each.  Duff also added 14 points on conversions.
With the win, the Lions earned the number one seed out of the Western Division for the upcoming USA Rugby Division II Sweet 16 in Madison, Wis. April 28-29.  Lindenwood is back on the pitch for a regular season game against Indiana University April 14 at the Lindenwood Track.