Clemson moved to 3-0 in Atlantic Coast Rugby League play with a708-5 defeat of NC State.

The Tigers gave up their first points of the season, but still won convincingly.

Aaron Keers had a big day on the scoresheet, kicking seven conversions, two penalty goals, and scoring a try for 25 points all on his own.

Stuart Harr, Keers and Ben Goulding scored first-half tries for a 20-5 lead.

Then the floodgates opened with James Rippert scoring, and then Thomas Rippert scoring twice, before Jason Damm, Andrew Dommel, Nick Richards, and Ryan Sullivan finished it all off.

Clemson leads the ACRL with a 3-0 record, and wait to see if Maryland van beat 1-0 Virginia Tech to join the Tigers atop the ACRL.