Feb. 16, 2002

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - The Cal varsity rugby squad (5-0) traveled to the desert equipped with its high altitude and came out with a hard fought win over the Lobos, 43-3 Saturday afternoon. This was the Bears' twentieth straight win dating back to last year's national championship run.

"It was a solid victory against a worthy opponent playing at home," said head coach Jack Clark. "Maybe it was the altitude or maybe it was our fitness level, but I thought we were dragging ... especially our big guys."

The Bears took a narrow 15-3 lead into halftime, only to put up 28 more points in the second half while holding the Lobos to none. The first half execution was shabby at best, but the physicality and the technical skills of the Bears' seasoned veterans proved to be too much for New Mexico in the second half.

The second half saw Cal dominating the line-outs and scrums while controlling the run of play. Even though the high altitude seemed to tire out the players, the Bears dominated the territory for nearly two-thirds of the game, rarely letting New Mexico advance to their side of the field.

"I don't want to seem ungrateful for the victory, but we have a long way to go to become the team we're capable of becoming," said Clark.

Senior Dave Guest led the Bears scoring attack, scoring four tries, one penalty kick and five two-point conversions for a total of 33 points on the day. Cal held the Lobos to just one first half penalty kick while scoring six tries and one penalty kick of their own.

The Bears face New Mexico State at 1:00 p.m. (MT) on Sunday in Albuquerque, NM.

	1st Half	2nd Half	Final
Cal	      15	      28	   43
UC Davis       3	       0	    3


Scoring:
6:00	UNM   - Penalty kick
19:00 	CAL   - Guest penalty kick
25:00	CAL   - Guest (try)
39:00	CAL   - Guest (try) (Guest conversion)
50:00	CAL   - Guest (try) (Guest conversion)
65:00	CAL   - Downes (try) (Guest conversion)
72:00	CAL   - Houser (try) (Guest conversion)
79:00	CAL   - Guest (try) (Guest conversion)


Cal Record: 5-0-0