GRR: College Men
It was another nail-biter for Navy, and another close win as the Midshipmen defeated Clemson 24-23 Saturday in the Varsity Cup quarterfinals.
Arizona State scored two late tries to overcome a much improved Oregon State team and win a PAC Rugby Conference game 34-29.
The University of Washington hosts Western Washington in the final of the Northwest Collegiate Rugby Conference season Saturday in Seattle.
It’s the third tournament in the Altantic Coast Rugby League’s 7s series leading up to next week’s final in Knoxville, Tenn.
This week it’s Tupelo, Miss. that hosts the event, with a nine-team bracket that includes the two teams that have contested the final each of the last two tournaments - South Carolina and Tennessee.
Cal gets to jump in - finally, they might say - into the Varsity Cup after a long buildup that included winning the PAC Rugby Conference and defeating St. Mary’s.
The Bears travel to Texas to face the Longhorns, who had to work very hard to put aside Notre Dame a week ago.