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UCI wins the Open Division at the Kickoff Tournament, but Killer Bees successfully defend their B Division crown

By Jo-Ryan Salazar
CSULB Rugby Webmaster
November 17, 2007

It was more of the same from Long Beach State at the Kickoff Tournament on November 10. But UC Irvine toppled defending Open Division champions Cal Poly to win the crown. Meanwhile, the Beach reserves, dubbed "The Killer Bees" for their consistent play and providing the finishing sting went undefeated to win the B Division Round Robin.

The Anteaters had to go the long way to win the tournament, after dropping their first meeting with the Mustangs. The payback would result in a huge payoff for the visitors down the 405.

The Long Beach State first side finished 1-2, good for third place in Pool 1, while the reserves went undefeated, going 4-0, including a win over Cal Poly.

The 49ers face USC this Saturday at 1:00 p.m. on the CSULB Rugby Field.

Results from the tournament (some scores not reported):

Open Division:

Pepperdine 7-15 Long Beach State
Loyola Marymount 18-13 San Diego
Cal Poly 12-9 UC Irvine
Pepperdine 10-12 San Diego
UC Santa Cruz 0-7 UC Irvine
Cal Poly 48-0 Uc San Diego
Long Beach State 0-20 UC San Diego
Pepperdine 12-5 Loyola Marymount
UC Irvine 26-10 UC San Diego
Match between Cal Poly and UC Santa Cruz abandoned.

Order of Finish

Pool 1:
1st Loyola Marymount 10 points (2-1)
2nd San Diego 9 points (2-1)
3rd Long Beach State 5 points (1-2)
4th Pepperdine 5 points (1-2)
Long Beach State finished 3rd on tiebreaker.

Pool 2:
1st Cal Poly 9 points (2-0)
2nd Uc Irvine 9 points (2-1)
3rd UC Santa Cruz 5 points (1-1)
4th UC San Diego 0 points (0-3)
Cal Poly finished 1st on tiebreaker.

Semifinals:
UC Irvine defeated Loyola Marymount
Cal Poly defeated San Diego

Final:

UC Irvine 17-7 Cal Poly

B-Division Round Robin:

Cal Poly 7-0 UC Riverside
Long Beach State 15-0 UC Santa Cruz
UC Riverside 0-5 Point Loma
Cal Poly 19-0 UC Santa Cruz
Long Beach State 5-0 Point Loma
UC Riverside defeated UC Santa Cruz
Cal Poly 3-5 Long Beach State
Long Beach State defeated UC Riverside
Point Loma defeated Cal Poly

Match between UC Santa Cruz and Point Loma abandoned.

Order of finish:
1st Long Beach State 17 points (4-0)
2nd Cal Poly 10 points (2-1)
3rd Point Loma 8 points (2-2)
4th UC Riverside 5 points (1-2)
5th UC Santa Cruz 0 points (0-4)

Dr. Emyr Williams of CSULB Rugby contributed to this report.