Looking at the forecast for today and tomorrow, I suspect the baseball and softball games against Slack will be postponed....and good luck rescheduling such things.

One step is to grow the sport in the Pacific Time Zone. CIF does not sponsor regional or statewide championships but there are a few sections....Central Coast, Southern, San Diego and North(?) that sponsor the sport. Perhaps colleges in Southern California can pick up the sport.

At last word we no longer have a conference affiliation in the sport, travel to the other side of the Missouri River ain't cheap...

Beat the (Delaware State) Hornets!

I have heard rumors and allegations both ways about rugby scholarships at Cal, but in the end, I don't believe that they do. As a varsity sport, within what ever department handles NCAA and other intercollegiate athletics at Cal, I believe they get some perks, such as a few preferential admissions, access to training and medical facilities, access to study programs, preferential class enrollment....but I don't believe they offer athletic scholarships.

I also understand that the school holds the team to the same standards as other varsity sports, particularly regarding recruiting,...I am not sure if that applies to grades and inter-college transfers.

However I also understand that their participation is included in Title IX issues...and that Cal Rugby, (and possibly other men's sports [baseball??]) help fund some women't sports.

Rugby at St. Mary's is still, like almost every other college, within the club sport program. I have never heard that they offer athletic scholarships for rugby at St. Mary's.

One thing both teams have in common is a strong program with good and consistent coaching. So many club sports rely on a coach who is woefully underpaid and who does it for a few years before moving on. Clark has been at Cal for decades, and O'Brien has been at St. Mary's for 16 years. Both men love the game, there isn't any Nick Saban type money in coaching collegiate rugby.

Success breeds success and the schools lure top level players.

Cal in particular has a strong backing from alumni and fans. They play their home matches at Witter Field, named for the family that started the Dean Witter investment business. Imagine having your own pitch and not having to share it with other teams or with the intramural program.

Ags came in 1st, (Alaska Anchorage 2nd), and Slack 3rd in a three team gymnastic meet. Davis takes 2.5 Causeway Cup points to bring the score to UCD 37.5, CSUS 10. Next cup events are a month away on February 26th when Sac travels to Davis for baseball while the Ags head east to play softball.

On the good side, they defeated Slack, 48-18, in October.

(One argument for taking it easy moving to higher divisions. A couple of years ago UCD rugby club was doing well in the second level of collegiate rugby, then moved up last season. Score from Berkeley today: Cal 136, UCD 0. Two weeks ago it was St. Mary's 78, UCD 3 in a home match.)

I’ll go to my room now and not come out until dinner.

(I knew that, I was just being a wise*ss.) In fact the schedule just lists a match at 11:00 and one at 1:00. I threw in the DH.

Beach volleyball schedule has been posted, but there is not an accompanying news release. https://ucdavisaggies.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbvball

Earlier article says first matches at the new on-campus facility will be Picnic Day weekend. Several matches with our neighbors to the east. Open with an apparent DH (double-hitter?) "at" Sac. Also another match later in the season. Looks like we play some "home" matches at the same public park in Folsom which Sac is using for a home court.

I would have thought there were more opponents, but that might be problems scheduling in your inaugaral season with your home site still under construction.

Go Ags!

Ags defeated Sac in men's tennis today, 6-1. Running Causeway Cup score is now UCD 35, Sac 10.

Beach volleyball schedules are now up, but I have no idea if they will be included in Causeway Cup this year. Ags and Hornets are scheduled to play 3 or 4 times. Three times at Sac, (???) and apparently once at a tournament in So. Cal. Without beach volleyball there are 85 points at stake this year so another 10 will keep the cup, (is there a physical trophy??) where it is happiest.

Next scheduled event is gymnastics at Davis next Sunday, the 27th.

This will put some stress on the budget, especially in the west..."the program will compete as an FCS independent."

Hero Sports looks at next year's "Top Ten" FCS championship prospects.
https://herosports.com/fcs/football-favorites-win-2019-fcs-national-title-bzbz

What a difference a year makes.

I am approaching that point in my life where everyday is an Easter egg hunt.

...or that you've landed in Fargo and should have landed in Grand Forks.

Tricky....Schedule the game for September 21st, but tell the opponent it'll be October 5th. Arrive at the field to learn you've already forfeited.

Do we even have a polo club, or clubs, anymore?

There’s not one included in the most recent listing of clubs:

https://cru.ucdavis.edu/content/385-20182019-clubs.htm

And UC Davis is not listed with the US Polo Association’s Intercollegiate programs:

https://www.uspolo.org/association/programs/intercollegiate-interscholastic/intercollegiate

(And I think, like field hockey, polo discriminates against left handers…..)

Bison vs. FBS

https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2019/1/7/18170160/north-dakota-state-fbs

Things I learned...as I did a little googling after your comment I learned that while there are a lot of geldings out there, it is very rare to spay a female horse. It is apparently risky, in part because their abdomen is not suited for such an operation. Somewhere there must be a struggling energetic lawyer who will take on this equal (equine) protection case on behalf of male horses everywhere. (Just saw “On the Basis of Sex” this weekend.)

I imagine the gender of the horses for the equestrian team doesn't count for Title IX purposes, huh?