Eckerd College is small liberal arts college in Saint Petersburg, Florida. Located just north of the Boca Ciega Bay, and 10 minutes from St. Pete's Beach, Eckerd is a college full of people from all 50 states and 36 countries all around the world. The student body is about 2,000 students. Eckerd has many NCAA sports teams including baseball, softball, sailing, beach volleyball, basketball, golf, and tennis. Eckerd also has many clubs and one that attracts a large number of members and fans is the Eckerd Triton Rugby Club.
Our Story
Founded in 1998, the Eckerd Rugby Club mascot was the Fireants. They competed in the National Small College Rugby Organization as a part of the Florida Rugby Union. The club started out as a social club for Eckerd students to make new friends and play a highly competitive sport at the same time. Over the years the Fireants proved their rugby skills in the Florida Rugby Union but never could make the National Small College Rugby Organization playoffs. In 2006 the Fireants changed their mascot to the Tritons and in 2012 they made it to the NSCRO playoffs for the first time since its founding. The Tritons made it to playoffs again in the 2016-17 season after completing an undefeated season, going 8-0 in regular season play. That season they finished 9-1 and the Runner-Up in the NSCRO South Cup championship. In 2019, the Tritons completed an undefeated conference season and went on to defeat the #8 ranked, University of North Alabama club in overtime, 23-20 to become NSCRO South Cup Champions for the first time in program history.