Bears and Gaels to Square Off in Quarterfinal

Published: Saturday, 29. October, 2011 in category College Rugby

Eight teams competed in pool play Saturday at the California 7s seeking to seed their Sunday matchups, and the Golden Bears finished third in Pool B to set up a quarterfinal clash with Saint Mary's at 9:50 a.m. Sunday on Pat Vincent Field.

The Bears lost to San Diego State, defeated Loyola and fell to Cal Poly on Saturday. The Gaels beat Santa Clara and the University of San Diego, then lost to UC Davis to finish second in Pool A (see complete standings at bottom).

"It was fun to compete and we're looking forward to tomorrow," said head coach Jack Clark.

The winner of tomorrow's quarterfinal between the Bears and Gaels will play a Championship Semifinal against the winner of UC Davis/Santa Clara at 12:20 p.m. as all eight teams in the tournament enter the knockout round in contention.

The Championship Final is scheduled to kick off at 2:10 p.m.

The Scoring Timeline vs. San Diego State

04:00 Josh Tucker, 5

Halftime: California 5, San Diego State 0

09:00 SDSU (Noah Maypole) 5, (Kalei Conrad) 2
11:00 Danny Barrett 5, Alex Aronson 2
13:00 SDSU (Connor Mead) 5, (Kalei Conrad) 2

Final Score: San Diego State 14, California 12

The Team vs. San Diego State

1. Kelly, 2. Harrington, 3. Barrett, 4. Ring ©, 5. Bosco, 6. Aronson, 7. Tucker
Replacements: Anderson, Daly

The Scoring Timeline vs. Loyola

3:00 Max Shaulis 5, Andre Coquillard 2
5:00 Brendan Daly 5, Andre Coquillard 2

Halftime: California 14, Loyola 0

8:00 Hunter Frisinger 5
10:00 Max Shaulis 5, Andre Coquillard 2
12:00 Jared Braun 5, Andre Coquillard 2
13:00 Max Shaulis 5

Final Score: California 38, Loyola 0

The Team vs. Loyola

1. Coquillard, 2. Braun, 3. Daly, 4. Frisinger, 5. Battaglia, 6. Anderson ©, 7. Shaulis
Replacements: Okusi, Tucker

The Scoring Timeline vs. Cal Poly

04:00 Cal Poly (Matt Venga) 5, (Bobby McNeal) 2
06:00 Cal Poly (No. 12) 5, (Bobby McNeal) 2

Halftime: Cal Poly 14, California 0

8:00 Hunter Frisinger 5
11:00 Cal Poly (Dominic Ferrari) 5, (Bobby McNeal) 2
12:00 Paul Bosco 5
13:00 Seamus Kelly 5

Final Score: Cal Poly 21, California 15

The Team vs. Cal Poly

1. Kelly, 2. Harrington, 3. Barrett, 4. Ring ©, 5. Bosco, 6. Anderson, 7. Frisinger

Replacements: Coquillard, Daly, Battaglia

Pool Standings (4 pts win, 2 pts tie, 1 pt 4+ tries, 1 pt <7 loss, 0 pt loss)

Pool A (W-L-T, Points)
UC Davis (2-1-0, 14)
Saint Marys (2-1-0, 10)
USD (1-2-0, 8)
Santa Clara (0-3-0, 0)

Pool B (W-L-T, Points)
Cal Poly (3-0-0, 13)
San Diego State (1-2-0, 10)
California (1-2-0, 7)
Loyola (0-3-0, 0)