Two games, Two losses

We played UC Davis on Treasure Island last weekend and lost hard. The final score was 20-5. Thankfully we did score one try but, after how well the team had been playing, it was still a disappointment. We just couldn't seem to get any momentum going. There would be a good individual effort but then we would lose the ball. It didn't help that there were some questionable calls made and that the Davis pack couldn't seem to stay on their feet in the scrum. I've never understood the point of diving on the engage. It's incredibly painful to hit the ground face first and there's a huge risk of injury. If a player can't scrum, don't have them in the tight five. It's common sense. At the end of the day though, we just didn't play our game and Davis took full adventage of that.

Yesterday against Stanford was a whole different story. We still lost but the final score was 19-10. We played well and we played together. The ref kept a tight game but I think that helped us, to be honest. Both sides had plenty of penalties called on them but I think we dealt with it better. Of course it would have been nice to get another win but considering that Stanford just recently beat Chico by a spread of 20 some odd points, I'm pretty proud of our team.

Bringing things up to speed...

It's been a long time since I last updated. In that span of time we had our clinic with UCSC, had Double Days, played in the Stanford Invitational, beat UN Reno in our first league match, and had a scrimmage with Stanford. Needless to say, it's been a busy month or so.

We kicked off Double Days with the clinic and game against UCSC. We lost. We got better as the game went on but in the end we still lost. A week later though, it was a whole 'nother story. We came in second at the Stanford Invitational, losing in the final game to Stanford. It was definitely a confidence builder to see the team come together and beat some pretty good sides. Then we went to Reno for the first game of the season. We won by a nice margin but Reno put up one hell of a fight. They played down a couple of players almost the entire game so their efforts were pretty impressive. They might not have numbers but they do have heart. Finally, this past Saturday, we played a Stanford mostly B side. We lost but not too badly and some of our key players weren't on the field. But guess what?! I played! It was only for about 10 minutes because I was still recovering from the lovely 103.7 degree fever I had a few days before and because I managed to sprain my ankle but still! I was pleased and it felt good to be back after over a year.

This weekend is our game against UC Davis. We'll be playing on Treasure Island and hopefully the good weather will holdout. TI in the rain and wind is no fun.