at Clifton campus. Trent were able to beat Uni by 56 runs and claim one final consolation point. This left the final Varsity score as 10-5 to Uni, making the series victory the largest since 2004 and the first time Uni won the series before the summer term. 2014 Varsity 2014 sees Nottingham Trent host the "swing events" (lacrosse and netball). Controversy arose when the University of Nottingham's Men's rugby union team was found to have breached student union rules in 2013. Originally, the ban was to take effect during the 2013 Varsity, but was pushed back to 2014 due to an appeal. As such, the University of Nottingham cannot field a team for the event, and the event is not on the 2014 calendar. In order to keep the final score odd and avoid a tie, table tennis was added to the calendar. Women's rugby union was still part of the series, taking place at Nottingham Trent's Clifton Campus. To celebrate 10 years in the Charity Varsity Series, ice hockey opened the series on Monday 27 January. Trent led 3–0 at the end of the first period, but Uni managed to return 4 unanswered goals over the next two periods, scoring its final goal ten minutes before the final whistle, winning a second consecutive ice hockey match for the first time since 2010. American Football was scheduled to take place on Friday 31 January, but was postponed due to safety concerns at the venue. Fortunately, the issue was rectified in time for the next event, rugby league. With a BUCS league separating them, Trent stormed to a comfortable 40–12 victory. . The rescheduled American football took place at Clifton Campus, nearly a month after the original date set. Uni showed dominance in defence for the first half, scoring a touchdown for the first time in their Varsity history. Despite this, Trent prevailed, winning 26-13 to score a fifth successive American football win. Both universities returned to the Capital FM Arena for the basketball matches. In the women's game, Trent lost the tip-off and never recovered as Uni stormed to a 61–20 victory. The men's fixture began as a much closer affair before Uni's impressive momentum shone through, winning comfortably 75–43. At the end of February, Uni led the series 3–2. At the start of March, Uni continued its dominance of the pool in the Swimming Varsity, smashing Trent 143–77