DIA Rugby News
In a bizarre and very entertaining game in Moraga, Saint Mary's came back from 31-12 down to beat UCLA 41-31 in a non-conference D1A showdown.
BYU made the trip to Ellensburg, Wash. and handed Central Washington a tense 22-17 defeat Saturday.
The Cougars bounced back from a loss at Saint Mary's last week, and this time overcame a red card to prop Billy Tenney in the first half to hold off a Central Washington comeback.
Of the DIA games we've got this week all are between DIA opponents (as opposed to crossovers with DIAA teams), and almost all are in-conference.
So that means this is a serious week for the entire division.
The California Conference is looking to be, in the early days, more competitive than it has been in recent years.
The 29-24 scoreline between Grand Canyon and Cal Poly shows that, and while Saint Mary's does still appear to be far ahead of the pack, and pack is bunching.
Grand Canyon managed to pull out a win late against Cal Poly a day after beating UC Davis.
So much can be deceiving in little things like a game score, and certainly that is the case in Lindenwood’s 27-16 defeat of Life in Marietta.
Don’t get us wrong, it’s a big win for the Lions perhaps made all the more important because Lindenwood had been training indoors much of the previous couple of weeks because of heavy snow, while Life had already gotten a game in.