GRR: College Men
Paced by four tries from Hawaiian product and former HS All American Nu’u Aiava, Kutztown defeated Maryland 48-20 in a non-conference game between two highly-ranked teams.
Stony Brook won the clash of undefeated teams in the Empire Rugby Conference as they defeated Kings Point 30-12 Friday evening.
Stony Brook started well in the early going and led 10-0 before Kings Point scored to make it 10-7. But Stony Brook pulled away with two tries to make it 17-7.
The University of Oklahoma Sooners impressively pushed aside the Texas Longhorns to move to 3-0 in the DIA Red River Conference Friday in Dallas.
The final score was 45-24, but it wasn’t really that close as Oklahoma led 38-3 in the second half before Texas made a late run.
Clemson defeated North Carolina 69-0 in emphatic fashion Friday evening in a lightning-delayed game.
The Tigers moved to 4-0 in the Atlantic Coast Rugby League (ACRL) and will be in first when the weekend is done as Maryland does not have a league game this weekend.
In this column Alex Goff makes picks on this weekend's DI Men's College games.
Alex was 28-11 last week.
The big games are Oklahoma v Texas, AIC v BC, and Stony Brook v Kings Point. Matyland at Kutztown is a non-conference game, but another with rankings implications.