BYU, Utah Valley advance in national tournaments
With BYU and Utah Valley State competing in the USA Rugby collegiate playoffs today and Saturday in Stanford, Calif., the tradition of having in-state teams advance far into the playoffs continues.
The Cougars reached the Division I semifinals for the fourth year running, but this year presents a different type of challenge than in past seasons. BYU has to overcome Colorado today at 6 p.m. — a team that beat the Cougars at home 28-22 in February — for the chance to make its third straight finals appearance.
Despite not being in top shape in the loss after taking a hiatus from regular training during the colder months of winter, BYU still has to be wary of a Buffaloes team that has no problem clicking on offense.
Colorado beat Penn State 58-55 in the quarterfinals two weeks ago in a season in which it redeemed itself from last year's woes in which it couldn't win the matches that counted in going 0-4 in league play by an average of just more than four points.
The winner goes on to play either California or St. Mary's on Saturday at 6 p.m. for the title.
All matches will be streamed live on USA Rugby's Web site at www.usarugby.org.
Recent comments
UVU plays tomorrow
Jason Adkins | May 2, 2008 at 8:25 p.m.
One bit of additional information.
It turns out that UVSC...
BBKing | May 2, 2008 at 8:23 p.m.
The score is final: BYU 42 Colorado 13
Now they play Cal...
BBKing | May 2, 2008 at 7:43 p.m.
