GRR: College Men
Cal defeated Arizona State 79-0 Monday to complete the Bears' trip to the Grand Canyon State.
The two-game trip against the Arizona Wildcats the Sun Devils served as the opening of the PAC Rugby Conference season for Cal, and also as a chance for several players to get serious playing time. With the two wins this weekend, Cal is now 2-0, tied with UCLA and Utah.
The four-team meeting of Life, Clemson, Air Force, and Navy finished off Sunday with Air Force and Life coming away victors.
LSU and Texas A&M logged victories in Red River Conference play, as the Aggies improved to 1-1 and the Tigers now sit 2-0.
In a weird weekend in the Northwest Collegiate Conference, Oregon outlasted Boise States and Gonzaga held off Western Oregon.
A new DIAA college rugby conference has been announced as the Chesapeake Collegiate Rugby Conference.
The Conference is made up of college rugby programs that have succeeded at the DI or DII level.
The founding members are the following, from north to south:
• Mount St Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Md.
• Towson University in Towson, Md.