Sac State Builds Numbers, Finds Victories
Sac State Builds Numbers, Finds Victories
At 2-0 and atop the California DIAA Conference, the Sacramento State Hornets know they haven’t really accomplished anything yet.
Sac State’s comfortable wins over Nevada and Stanford are just a precursor to dealing with Chico State and Fresno State in the future.
“The work we’re been putting in is starting to show,” said Sacramento State Head Coach Steven Seifert. “We’ve starting to get better numbers and because of that we train full team-on-team. Players are getting more contact and getting good trainings in, and that translates onto the field.”
Leading the way for Sac State is captain and lock Miles Brown (who didn’t start vs Stanford), a 6-5, 255-pound powerhouse who has solid high school experience at CK McClatchy.
Prop Carlos Lopez, who played rugby at Jesuit Sacramento, sets it all up in the front row. Flyhalf Kellen Fisch (another former CK player, who also suited up for the Sacramento Eagles) directs an attack that has Odin Moody as their top try-scorer.
“We are putting our offense in place, and we’re recruiting well on campus,” added Seifert.
Outside of the conference, Sac State did lose to Santa Clara, which is in the California Conference D1A, but it was a close game at 36-31.
Next up for Sacramento State is at San Jose State, which sits 1-1, Chico State visits Nevada, and Fresno State visits Stanford.
Chico State is 1-1, having just defeated San Jose State and having lost to Fresno State February 11. Fresno State sits at 1-0 because their game against Nevada was called off. Instead of it being a forfeit (Nevada couldn’t travel really through no fault of their own) there will be an effort to reschedule.
But right now, it's the Hornets in front.
| California DIAA | W | L | T | PF | PA | PD | BT | BL | Pts |
| Sacramento State | 2 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 36 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Chico State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 54 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| San Jose State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Fresno State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Nevada-Reno | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 51 | -34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stanford | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 83 | -43 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
