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SoCal Collegiates Slam Pac Coast |
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The Southern California collegiate all-stars are in the final of the National Collegiate All-Star Championships after defeating the Pacific Coast 58-13.
SoCal was led by captain Peter Tiberio. The Arizona back is coming into his own this year and was outstanding in leading a Griffin effort that repeatedly punished Grizzly mistakes. Tiberio linked well with Arizona teammate Brett Thompson, while Zach Fenoglio was outstanding in the forwards.
Meanwhile the Pacific Coast, which fielded a team lacking several very well-known players from prominent programs such as Cal and BYU, battled hard but found themselves behind early.
“We chased the game and when that happened we started to make more mistakes,” said Pacific Coast Head Coach Paul Keeler. “We had some bright moments, and I think if we had gotten the ball to AJ Tuinau and Kingsley McGowan more they would have done some damage.”
Matt Crawford led from the front at prop and Garrett Brewer was good at fullback for Pacific Coast. SoCal, though, was too much.
“Anytime we made a mistake, they scored,” said Keeler.
Pacific Coast Collegiate Grizzlies Lineup:
1. Nick Mostyn (Utah)
2. Andrew Cook (C) (St. Mary’s)
3. Matthew Crawford (St. Mary’s)
4. Scott Metcalf (Utah)
5. Alex Bowman (Cal)
6. Mike Gamm (Oregon State)
7. Rob Carlson (St. Mary’s)
8. Robert Polk (Stanford)
9. Kyle Caravelli (Cal)
10. August Heath (St. Mary’s)
11. Josh Tucker (Cal)
12. AJ Tuineau (Utah)
13. Gavri Grossman (Western Washington)
14. Kingsley McGowan (St. Mary’s)
15. Garret Brewer (St. Mary’s)
16. Patrick Farrell (Central Washington)
17. Jack B0cigalupi (SFGG)
18. Kelly Harris (St. Mary’s)
19. Mike Villalobos (Chico State)
20. Kevin McCann
21. Max Heath (St. Mary’s)
22. Joe Brophy (St. Mary’s)
Southern California Collegiate All-Stars Squad:
Forwards:
Jon Flake (Santa Barbara City College)
Zach Fenoglio (Loyola Marymount)
Stephan Salimi (UC Santa Barbara)
Jeff Sparks (San Diego State University)
Leo Hunt (Cerritos College)
David Samons (Arizona)
Dan Hoesterey (Claremont Colleges)
Matt Pautler (Claremont Colleges)
Travis Hughes (Arizona State)
Mike Shea (San Diego State University)
Jordan Badia-Bellinger (Claremont Colleges)
Backs:
Jamie Purcell (San Diego State University)
Robert Cardiff (Arizona)
Kalei Konrad (San Diego State University)
Duncan Kelm (San Diego State University)
Brett Thompson (Arizona)
Jack Arnold (Arizona)
Jeff Astor (Claremont Colleges)
Kyle Cronin (UC Santa Barbara)
Stu Sharpe (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo)
Peter Tiberio (Arizona) (C)
Jon Gallo (UC Santa Barbara)
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Thursday, 09 June 2011 17:54 |
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South Pulls Away From Midwest in 2nd Half |
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 The South Men's Collegiate All-Stars reached their second-straight National Collegiate All-Star Championships final after beating the Midwest 57-28 Thursday at Infinity Park in Glendale, Colo.
After jumping out to a 14-0 start, the South lost some intensity and the Thunderbirds scored 13-consecutive points. The South would muster another score before halftime for a 21-13 lead, but were displeased with their overall performance to that point.
"We kind of stepped off the gas, and that's never a good thing in all-star rugby, as you saw," said Life and South loose forward Cam Dolan.
"We had a good talk at half and just said, you know what boys, we just need to start supporting each other, because we weren't supporting each other, we were just watching ball, and we want to score 30 points in this half, and we can if we just get back to the basics, and we did."
Led by stellar efforts from Dolan and flyhalf Patrick Sullivan (Arkansas State), the South blew apart the match after intermission.
The Midwest got outstanding performances from Davenport flyhalf JP Eloff and Davenport prop forward Angus MacLellan, while captain and No. 8 Kyle Stroman of Indiana repeatedly asked questions of the South defense with his running.
But the questions were usually answered adequately, as the South forwards were quicker to the breakdown, and their thundering runs broke enough tackles to get the Southerners into the end zone six times in the second half.
"If you miss tackles, the South makes you pay," said Midwest Head Coach Ron Bowers. "We want to play up to the Tier I competitive level, and we had expected a better result. But we got beat at the breakdown."
The off day will be a busy one for the Thunderbirds, as they will study both their own game film and that of the Pacific Coast v. Southern California match (they play the loser).
"We will have a light session and then recovery, but we will be breaking down those films to get ready for Saturday," Bowers said.
The South should have a leg up in terms of maintaining continuity from Thursday to Saturday, as it benefits from a level of cohesion that perhaps no other territory has.
"We're a pretty tight-knit group. We jell together pretty well," said Dolan. "We come from a select few schools, and a lot of us have been on the same all-star teams for at least a couple years now, so the boys know each other really well."
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Thursday, 09 June 2011 20:15 |
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USA 7s WNT Coach Talks College 7s |
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USA Sevens Women
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USA Women's 7s Head Coach Ric Suggitt talks with RUGBYMag.com Editor Alex Goff about the USA 7s Collegiate Rugby Championships, athlete development, and the team's plans for the rest of 2011.
Click here to listen or right-click to download.
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Written by Pat Clifton
Thursday, 09 June 2011 16:46 |
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West One Downs Northeast at NASC |
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Colleges -
All-Stars
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 The West 1 team (the Mustangs split into two teams to help fill the tournament field) got off to a good start in the National Collegiate All-Star Championships in Glendale, Colo. Thursday with a 29-14 win over the Northeast.
The Northeast used a crash-heavy game plan in the early goings to control the action, and penalties handling errors help slow the Mustang attack.
“We knocked it on quite a few times, and I think the first half penalty count was skewed against us, so we were really costing ourselves in terms of possession,” said West and Colorado coach Jim Snyder, “I think the penalties cost us in terms of points, too, because nine points came from penalty kicks.”
Slotting those penalties for the Northeast was Yale center Ryan Vandersloot, who was pointed out by Northeast and Buffalo head coach Mike Hodgins for having a good game. Hodgins also commended Harvard flyhalf Gabe Cunningham.
“He manages the game really well,” said Hodgins. “He’s got a really good tactical foot and manages the game really solidly.”
Outside of Vandersloot’s kicks, the Northeast struggled on offense. And once the West stopped stubbing its own collective toe in the first half, the Mustang backline put the game out of reach.
“In the second half we made a couple of adjustments, and I think the nerves kind of wore away and the guys started playing well and we were able to keep the ball in hand,” Snyder said.
Scoring the West’s first try in the second half was Missouri lock Dan Kloeckner, and scoring the last two was Texas State’s Jeff Easthagen. The Northeast’s sole try of the day was dotted down by Columbia openside flanker Derek Lipscomb.
“He really gave us fits,” said Snyder of Lipscomb. “He was picking the ball quite a bit, real tough to tackle. He was a big, strong kid and gave us a lot of grief.”
Both Snyder and Hodgins pointed out the play of the West midfield, where Northern Colorado’s Kyle Hitt shined at inside center and Nebraska’s Erwin Schmidt played well at No. 13.
“They were a pretty good center combination,” said Snyder. “(Hitt) was one of the best players we had in camp. Experienced kid, hard nosed, really brought a lot to the table, just a lot of go forward, and he’s a really good kid with a good head on his shoulders.”
Despite losing, Hodgins seems upbeat about the Northeast’s play.
“We were actually pretty encouraged by the performance,” he said.
“We scrummed really well, our lineout went good, and we actually played good defensively. Those tries came on turnovers, and sometimes that’s a hard thing to stop, so we’re just going to have to continue tomorrow to get a little bit better at how we’re looking after the ball in contact, and we think we’ll be pretty good for Saturday.”
Saturday the Northeast gets another crack at the West, this time against their second side, which fell 91-3 to the Mid-Atlantic Thursday. West 1 will try to avenge the beating of their fellow Mustangs the same day, when they take on the Sharks.
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