STANFORD, Calif. – California went 5-0 and won PAC 7s Champions on Sunday, taking the tournamet for the seventh time in the past eight years.

After going 3-0 to sweep pool play on Saturday, the Bears entered Sunday with a tough challenge against the UCLA Bruins in the Cup Semifinal.

In Pool Play, Cal scored 21 tries, with sophomores Nick Bloom and Sam Walsh, junior Oliver Sharpe, and freshman Alex Brundage touching down three times each.

"We did mostly OK on the day," said Cal Head Coach Jack Clark. "We didn't do as well in the last game as we would have hoped, but we were able to spread the minutes around and we will look to put out our best available team tomorrow."

"In the first two games today, we focused on our communication and talking on defense," said senior Thomas Spradling. "Tomorrow, we'll look to continue that communication."

Cal beat Washington State 55-0, Utah 51-0, and USC 19-12 to win their pool.

Arizona, meanwhile, won their pool, beating Stanford 45-0, Oregon State 45-7, and UCLA 24-12.

In the semis, Arizona had to work for it to hold off Utah 17-14. Against UCLA, Cal got off to a quick start with a try in the first minute by junior Marcus Shankland. But the Bears lost sophomore Sam Walsh two minutes later to an injury, and UCLA put two tries together from John Finch and Shane Barry to lead 12-10 at halftime.

Cal regained the lead through Sam Golla, but UCLA came back with a try from Lucas Lacamp to lead 19-15.

With time up, Cal had one more shot, Seth Purdey scored to win it 20-19.

That set up the final between Arizona and Cal. Having lost Walsh and freshman Alex Brundage to injury, Cal was forced to rethink its strategy for the final against Arizona. Facing the Wildcats in the PAC 7s final for the third straight year, the Bears started three players who are normally forwards in 15s. The idea was to control the point of contact, and it worked. Senior Keanu Andrade pinballed through the Arizona defense for a first-half hat trick exploiting the space.

"One of the biggest things that helped us win this tournament was the inexperienced guys' stepping up and getting comfortable in their roles," said Golla. "In the final, we were able to outmuscle Arizona."

Shankland added another try in the 10th minute and the Bears kept the Wildcats off the board until UA scored a lone try late in the second frame. Cal went on to win the match 24-7.

"It was a gutsy second day for us," said Clark. "Because of our injuries, we needed to field a different team and play differently. The team was excellent in adapting. It was a good way to finish the fall competition."