College Men
Wheeling Jesuit continued to make their late charge for a DIA playoff spot with yet another impressive victory.
This time, it was Ohio State who were on the receiving end to the tune of 48-10. In a tough, physical game where both teams heard the referee's whistle a lot, WJU showed their imporoement, countering Ohio State's forward-first game with some snappy ball movement.
The University of Utah is still waiting to find out if they have a game this Saturday. It is not clear, yet, whether the University of Oklahoma will play in the opening Round of the Varsity Cup.
The playoff matchups for the South Independent Rugby Conference are set as Kennesaw State got a forfeit confirmed and smacked Georgia Tech to finish 6-2 to take second in the North.
Cal State Long Beach defeated Southern California 50-5 Saturday to finish their Gold Coast Conference season 6-0 and move to 17-0 overall.
The 49ers take the #1 seed into the Gold Coast playoffs, with University of San Diego #2, Santa Barbara City College #3, and Cal State Fullerton #4.
Iona College defeated UMass 28-24 Friday night after falling behind 14-0.
Down two tries, the Gaels got two tries from Mike Scarcella to make it 17-14 UMass, and Mike Marino touched down to put Iona ahead at halftime.
In the second half Dylan Evans extended the Iona lead, and held off UMass 28-24.