Thanks to weekend wins over Toledo and Pittsburgh, the Fort Wayne Rugby Club won the Midwest D3 Eastern Conference title. The team now advances to Chicago to play Iowa City for the Midwest Championship at 12 p.m. Saturday. This is the first time in the club’s 48-year history it has advanced this far. The winner advances to the elite eight for the USA Rugby national championship.

Ian Muter was Fort Wayne’s leading scorer in the matches. Other players who scored included Manny Theis, Turner Morsches, Bryan Werling and Mitch Olney.

Fort Wayne is 10-0 this season and 25-3 since 2015. This is the third consecutive season the team has been named Indiana League champions. The team consists of local amateur athletes who played on club high school teams including Carroll, Homestead, Bishop Dwenger and Leo. There are currently 80 active members.