GRR: University of San Diego
Despite the loss of a couple of teams the Gold Coast Conference is still up and running and active, with University of San Diego and Claremont Colleges looking like early favorites.
Sometimes tournaments and events get a little help from the rugby gods, and it seemed that way Sunday at the R7CC.
The DIAA Western Bracket playoffs kick off in Bellingham, Wash. Saturday and after that's all done we'll have a finalist.
Kansas awaits the winner of the Western Bracket and then we'll have yet another DIAA champion.
Western Washington has already vaulted itself into the favorites conversation with a defeat of University of San Diego in late March.
Western Washington wanted to go down to San Diego in January and get their season kick-started in the sunshine, but that didn't happen.
The curtain drops on the spring DIAA playoffs in a few weeks and
San Diego is the team in Gold Coast after beating Cal State Long Beach 31-19 to move to 3-0 in the conference.