Cal, Cal Poly, UCLA, and Utah all went 2-0 in the Storer Classic Saturday at the UCLA campus.
Rain of course affected play during the day but the games had been moved to turf fields that allowed the tournament to proceed.
Utah had the toughest outing of the day of the 2-0 teams. After beating Loyola Marymount 55-0, the Utes battled a tough UC Santa Cruz side in the rain. Utah scored early in the game (all games were 40 minutes long) with a long counter-attack run after a UCSC kick. Utah's scrum started to show and shoved Loyola's pack back, leading to a penalty 10 minutes in.
A quick tap and run got them down to the tryline, A Utah knock-on game UCSC a scrum, but the Utes shoved them back again, got the ball, and were over to make it 10-0. Another long run put Utah in under the posts, and that was converted for a 17-0 halftime lead. UCSC had come close to scoring in the first half and did finally get one over. Utah saw no more points but held on 17-5.
UCLA put in two solid performances in shutting out UCSD 33-0 and UCSB 35-0.
For Cal Poly it was also a bit of a battle and they struggled a bit with the rain. In a sloppy, wet game with UCSC they emerged 7-0 winners, but then the Mustangs began to gallop a bit more in the second game, taking Loyola Marymount 54-0.
