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BYU defeats Cal 27-24 to defend national rugby title
ksl.com
It's the 7th time in the last 8 years that BYU and Cal have met for the national championship. Their last meeting was in 2011 which Cal won at Rio Tinto Stadium. Senior captain and three-time All-American Ryan Roundy had never beaten Cal during his ...

 

Cal rugby: 1st loss comes at last second
San Francisco Chronicle
It took a drop-kick goal with no time left by the prolific Jonny Linehan for BYU to break a 24-24 tie and defeat Cal 27-24 in the inaugural Varsity Cup national championship game Saturday in Provo, Utah. Linehan, a freshman halfback from Auckland, New

 

BYU men's volleyball: Cougars suffer stinging defeat in national championship ...
Deseret News
BYU's Ben Patch, facing camera, and University of California-Irvine's Michael Saeta (5) embrace after their NCAA Final Four college volleyball championship game at UCLA in Los Angeles Saturday, May 4, 2013. UC Irvine became the national champion,

 

Irvine's preparation, blocks too much for BYU
Universe.byu.edu
The BYU men's volleyball team failed to capitalize on many opportunities in a loss to the University of California-Irvine Anteaters in the NCAA championship Saturday night. “It was remarkable how well they defended us,” BYU head coach Chris McGown said.

 

Men's Volleyball: 'Eaters repeat
Daily Pilot
LOS ANGELES — Thundering chants of U-C-I and B-Y-U perhaps might have faded under a more resonant echoes of Dy-Nas-Ty Saturday night as the UC Irvine men's volleyball team earned its second straight NCAA championship and its fourth in seven

 

Y.'s dynamic duo misses its chance
Salt Lake Tribune
This was always part of the bargain, but sitting up on the dais after his BYU Cougars fell to UC Irvine, 3-0, in the NCAA Men's Volleyball championship match at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion, McGown was already thinking what could have been. "It's been fairly

 

Why BYU's Mendenhall joined the Twitter world
Deseret News
Many coaches around the country use Twitter as a recruiting tool. BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe has his own Twitter handle. "In the past two weeks or so since I started this, there was an epiphany of, why don't I just share more?" Mendenhall explained.

 

Don't let Varsity Cup loss eclipse Cal's triumphs
Daily Californian
After stifling a blizzard of BYU attacks in a tie game in the waning minutes, a mere dropkick befell the Bears. Seconds later, the whistle blew. 27-24. Game over. Season over. Twenty-one wins. And one stinkin', heart-wrenching, soul crusher of a loss ...

 

LDS Stutzman Commits to San Francisco

 

SoCal prep basketball star Tanner Lancona picks SLU over BYU, others
Salt Lake Tribune
Tanner Lancona, a 6-foot-8 power forward and high school senior from Southern California (Orange County) recently picked Saint Louis over BYU,

 

BYU basketball: Brandon Davies' NBA draft stock is rising
Deseret News
PROVO — As Brandon Davies concluded his BYU basketball career, there wasn't a lot of buzz surrounding his National Basketball Association prospects. But that's all changed. The 6-foot-9 forward from Provo earned Most Valuable Player honors at the

 

Cougars secure the PCSC championship with a sweep the Gaels in a 4-game ...
Universe.byu.edu
BYU swept Saint Mary's in a 4-game series by defeating them in the last doubleheader this afternoon. This secured the Cougars the Pacific Coast Softball Conference championship, earning their ninth-straight postseason bid at Gail Miller Field Saturday.

 

Former Houston Oilers Quarterback Called As World-Wide Mormon Leader
Houston Chronicle (blog)
Fortunately, his knee healed. In 1978, he graduated from BYU and was drafted by the Houston Oilers to play quarterback in the NFL. After experiencing great success during his first three years, things fell apart when he experienced two shoulder injuries.

 

Ohio State football overseas?
Land-Grant Holy Land
So what's in this for Ohio State, besides ending the indignity of being behind Grambling and BYU in the wins column of some kind of college football stat? For one, there is a possible recruiting advantage. World travel is expensive, and most of the ...

 

BYU baseball: LMU snaps BYU baseball's four-game win streak
Deseret News
LOS ANGELES — A four-game Cougar winning streak was snapped by Loyola Marymount's 2-1 victory Saturday over BYU. David Edwards two-run homer in the sixth inning was the offensive difference in the game for LMU to improve the Lions to 22-25 ...

 

BYU softball's Almond throws no-hitter in second part of two-game sweep
Daily Herald
PROVO, Utah – BYU softball completed a four-game sweep of Saint Mary's 7-6 and 4-1 to clinch the Pacific Coast Softball Conference Championship and earn it's ninth-straight postseason bid Saturday at Gail Miller Field. The Cougars (32-23, 19-5) were

 

Ty Detmer has always lived with eyes up
Deseret News
By Dick Harmon, Deseret News Former Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer is ... A huge BYU fan, his neighbors rallied to try and lift his spirits, including me.