at Pacific Coast Playoffs - Utah Valley State
After a hard-fought win against Western Washington, the SCUTS were set to play in 
the Pacific Coast championship game against Utah Valley. The SCUTS came out strong in the first half, with a try from Senior center Scott Peterson along the far sideline. Soon after, Sophomore flanker Michael Chacon-Teran took advantage of a great assist to score another try for the SCUTS. However, despite all of their efforts including a last minute try from Peterson and conversion from Senior fullback Mitch Ryan, Utah Valley was able to come away with the win, 24-17.
Referee’s Recap
Referee - D. Pattalock
Touch Judges - Jen Price and Ren Steffee
#4 - John Pohlman
In a similar plot to the match on Friday, SCU came out with guns blazing and jumped to a 10 – 0 lead in the first 20 minutes. UVSC once again exhibited dominance in their set pieces and tactically put SCU under pressure by pinning them deep within their 22m. UVSC managed two well worked tries and dotted down two soft tries arising out of tactical mistakes by SCU. SCU scored an 80 meter, multi-phase try to pull within a converted try with 7 minutes to go. SCU continued to battle for the last 5 minutes of the match putting UVSC under tremendous pressure by retaining possession and working the ball from touch line to touch line exploiting overlaps. It was a knock-on at full time that finally ended the SCU attack and handed the win to UVSC.
All the teams present at the playoffs were well coached and all the games were contested right down to the final whistle. It was a pleasure to referee teams that exhibited discipline in the tackles thus the wide-open exciting rugby played by these young teams was thrilling to watch.
Trys Scored:
Scott Peterson
Michael Chacon-Teran
Scott Peterson
Kicks Scored:
Mitch Ryan