BYU Sports related links To subscribe to this service Click Here <http://www.cougarclicks.com/product/Order-Cougar-Clicks?ID=2641> Monday, May 6, 2013 hbarnett@fiber.net. 801 372 0819 <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.ksl.com/%3Fsid%3D25055888%26nid %3D272&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATADOANA5tGYjAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=gDoWH7iX0q4 &usg=AFQjCNEkvMcFMMtPdIvEoqRFFTcTtRFVXg> 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 ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sfgate.com/collegesports/articl e/Cal-rugby-1st-loss-comes-at-last-second-4489448.php&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAo ATALOAtA5tGYjAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=gDoWH7iX0q4&usg=AFQjCNH_u-evJ-NBC_KFRKPz qn4ibSIXtQ> 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 <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8655794 92/BYU-mens-volleyball-Cougars-suffer-stinging-defeat-in-national-championsh ip-match.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABAwNOajAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=77KO N9qMkfI&usg=AFQjCNHhJgcFnlenXR9RCvaGiXcME7fOlw> 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, <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://universe.byu.edu/beta/2013/05/05/ir vines-preparation-blocks-too-much-for-byu/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATABOAFA9tG cjAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=zH-nIOMzgwo&usg=AFQjCNHR0sw7D3sX59dSJMza-vXKDvJOaA> 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. <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://articles.dailypilot.com/2013-05-04/ sports/tn-dpt-0505-uc-irvine-mens-volleyball-ncaa-champio-20130504_1_middle- blocker-scott-kevorken-collin-mehring-kevin-tillie&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATA COAJA8c6cjAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=e9wTZ_YJlKA&usg=AFQjCNECYbC6E42QgTkMa_kKN1m lsR3REw> 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 <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/cougars/56260 454-88/sander-patch-season-byu.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAFOAVAutOXjA VIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=kRVSAkS0nhs&usg=AFQjCNGZhACo3vLpDTdnKennvZ5iVSmntA> 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. 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Seconds later, the whistle blew. 27-24. Game over. Season over. Twenty-one wins. And one stinkin', heart-wrenching, soul crusher of a loss ... 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But that's all changed. The 6-foot-9 forward from Provo earned Most Valuable Player honors at the <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://universe.byu.edu/beta/2013/05/04/co ugars-secure-the-pcsc-championship-with-a-sweep-the-gaels-in-a-4-game-series /&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATABOAFA8c6cjAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=e9wTZ_YJlKA&usg= AFQjCNHIsqYu5h4yevRskRk3quBWByjo7g> 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. <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://blog.chron.com/mormonvoice/2013/05/ former-houston-oilers-quarterback-called-as-world-wide-mormon-leader/&ct=ga& cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAGOAZA8c6cjAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=e9wTZ_YJlKA&usg=AFQjCNHG hY5RRhuNDw9HxqNW0C03jfDiew> 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. 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