GRR: California Collegiate Conference
Saint Mary’s logged another win with a 55-12 decision over Utah Saturday.
For the Gaels, the first half was pretty much what they wanted. They pushed aside any concerns about wet weather and rain, and just played, setting up Aaron Matthews for the opening try with some smooth passing down the line.
San Diego State defeated Cal Poly 13-8 Saturday in a preseason meeting between the two California Conference foes.
This was not the conference meeting between the Aztecs and Mustangs, and more served as a warmup for the conference season. Certainly is wasn’t an especially smooth game, where neither team was able to use the full width of the field the way they might like.
Saint Mary's Head Coach Tim O'Brien was not supremely impressive with his team's 94-0 defeat of UC Santa Barbara in the opening game of the California Conference.
Grand Canyon University kicked off its 2017 spring season with a 20-20 tie with visiting D1A opponent Santa Clara.
Arizona beat Santa Clara 43-17 Saturday in the first of two preseason games for the Broncos this weekend.
The Arizona Wildcats got a solid game from Ryan Fitzpatrick, who notched two tries, but Head Coach Sean Duffy said the performance was a bit of a mixed bag.