The men’s rugby team embarked on its annual spring training tour over the break, this year heading to California to take on the University of California, California Polytechnic State University and Santa Barbara City College.
The marquee matchup of the trip was a March 18 St. Patrick’s day showdown with the PAC rugby conference champion Cal Bears, defending runners up at the Varsity Cup National Championships.
Missing star Madison Hughes ’15, playing for the U.S. National 7s team in Tokyo with the U.S. National 7s team, the Big Green struggled offensively, falling to the Bears 99-7.
Cal jumped out to a huge early lead, scoring the first 47 points of the match. Dartmouth’s only try came from Kevin Clark ’14 with a conversion by Tyler Moragne ’14.
The next day, the team played Cal Poly and fell 29-15. After a back-and-forth first half, Cal Poly headed into the break with a 17-10 advantage but scored 12 points in the second half to put the game out of reach.
The second XV also had two matches on tour falling to Cal Poly 7-5 and Santa Barbara City College 36-22.
