Rugby Post Season: Cal vs. Life

by RugbyVet on May 1, 2011 3:30 PM PDT in California Golden Bears Olympic Sports

The College Premier Division's inaugural season is officially in the books. The cream has settled to the top, leaving just eight sides to battle for the national rugby crown.

Topping the table in the Pacific Conference is #1 California (24-0, 7-0) and #2 St Mary's (12-2, 6-1). California's Golden Bear's will host the Mid South #2 side, Life University (6-1, 5-1) at St Mary's home turf for a quarterfinal match on May 7. The Gaels will be away at the Mid South #1 venue to face Arkansas State (9-0, 6-0).

Winners of the two Pacific/Mid South quarterfinal matches will square off against one another in a semifinal match in Glendale, Colo. on May 14.

Glendale's other seminfinal match will pit the winners of the Western Conference/Rugby East Conference quarterfinals against one another for the right to move on the final at Sandy, Utah on May 21.

Army (7-0,7-0) won the top spot in the Rugby East Conference with Saturday's 34-27 win over Navy (7-3, 6-1). The Cadets host Utah (11-2, 6-1) for the quarterfinal while the Western Conference #1 side, BYU (12-0, 7-0), takes on the Midshipmen.

A dozen matches were contested in the final weekend of regular CPD play Saturday, including some notable upsets:

Kutztown (Rugby East #4) ground out a 31-10 victory over Dartmouth (#5)

Life University (Mid South #2) shut out Oklahoma (#7) 90-0

Penn State (Rugby East #3) edged Delaware (#6) 42-41

Notre Dame (Mid South #4) beat Tennnesee (#6) 34-5

LSU (Mid South #3) defeated Texas A&M (#4) 16-10

BYU (Western #1) put out the lights for Arizona State (#3) 80-0

Colorado State (Western #7) took out Wyoming (#8) 38-12

Cal Poly SLO (Pacific #4) trounced Claremont (#8) 51-31

Central Washington (Pacific #3) capped its season with a 36-27 victory over San Diego State (#4)

Army (Rugby East #1) shook off Navy (#2) 34-27

Arizona (Western #5) upended Air Force (#4) 35-29

Ohio State (Rugby East #7) doubled up on Rutgers (#8) 45-22

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Life U at 5-1 in conference? Is that a typo?

Great post! Crazy how many more non-premiere matches Cal plays than everyone else.

by abaddon on May 1, 2011 5:20 PM PDT reply actions

er, I see Arky was 6-0, so perhaps not. Did they tie? Just wondering about the disparity between six vs seven premiere matches. Apologies for the noob question.

by abaddon on May 1, 2011 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions

No error in that record

The Mid South Conference, which includes Life and Arkansas State, is comprised of only seven schools. The other three conferences have eight.

by RugbyVet on May 1, 2011 5:51 PM PDT reply actions

Oh, by the way ...

Life’s sole conference loss was at the hands of the Arkansas State Red Wolves: 26-28 back on April 2.

by RugbyVet on May 1, 2011 5:56 PM PDT reply actions

Life will be seeking revenge!

Cal defeated Life 15-14 in the 1982 national collegiate rugby championship match!

Yes, I am an Old Blue. Now get off my lawn.

by Ohio Bear on May 2, 2011 6:38 AM PDT reply actions

As someone from GA....

I will be rooting for Life. But don’t worry, I don’t expect them to win this year. Don’t get me wrong, they are a really good team. And deserve to be in the CPD. But it’s the first year competing as an undergraduate side. I expect Cal to win, and maybe it will be as close as the Cal vs St. Mary’s match from earlier this season. I’ll be looking forward to the results.

Interested in seeing if ASU can play well enough at home to beat St. Mary’s.
I expect, Cal, SMC, Army and BYU in the semi-finals.

The semi-finals and finals will be available to watch on ESPN360.com. I have heard that it will be available on ESPNU as well but I don’t have any information to support that.

- FOW

by skandrewj62j on May 4, 2011 9:13 AM PDT reply actions

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