GRR: California
NEW YORK City (Varsity Cup Release) – The 2017 Penn Mutual Varsity Cup Rugby Championship kicks off once again this April with 14 teams vying in the April postseason to advance to May’s championship final.
Cal racked up 12 first-half tries before Utah could score on Saturday, then added four more second-half scores to defeat the Utes, 92-12, on Witter Rugby Field.
It’s not often you see a prop score four tries in a major college game, but it happened on Saturday.
Cal and UCLA both recorded victories in the PAC Rugby Conference Saturday.
Cal prop Kevin Sullivan scored two early tries to stake the Bears to a 12-0 lead over Arizona in Berkeley, Never a team to shy away form a plan that's working, the Bears sent Sullivan over for his third to make it 17-0. Fullback Troy Lockyear made it 22-0 at halftime.
Cal Rugby scored four tries and held UCLA scoreless to win the final game of the Storer Classic 26-0 Sunday at the UCLA campus.
The Golden Bears swept the four games at the tournament - three on Saturday and one on Sunday.