GRR: UC San Diego
Keep an eye on UC San Diego women after they put in a solid showing in their season-opening Scrum by the Sea tournament.
A classic tournament on the women's collegiate schedule, SxTS welcomes teams from the West Coast in a series of shortened games.
Known more as having played under unmarried name, Mari Wallace, Mary Triplett played hooker for the USA from 2006 through 2010, being capped by the USA Women's 15s team 10 times.
UCLA hosts the Dennis Storer Classic this coming weekend, and despite dire warnings of rain and bad weather in Southern California, the event should go off as planned.
While Central Florida, University of Virginia, UC San Diego, UC Davis, and Washington State hold the top seeds of their conferences, they are very aware that this weekend's DI Collegiate Women's Round of 8 will consist of the most challenging competition yet.
Tomorrow, University of Washington (North #2), Chico State (West #2), UC Berkeley (West #3), UCSD (South #1), UCLA (South #2), Washington State (North #1), Arizona State (South #3), and UC Davis (West #1) will be competing in the Pacific Mountain Rugby Conference playoffs and a place in the national Women's DI Spring Quarterfinals.