Day 1 of the 2nd US National Collegiate Hurling Championship yesterday in California, saw host’s Stanford University and Indiana’s Purdue University, go unbeaten and now meet in the final today, Sunday May 27, 2012.
In the opening round of this new US national college competition, played on campus for the first time, host’s Stanford got off to a bright start with an 8 point win over local rivals University of California Berkeley. In the next game, the visitors from Purdue had a 10 point win over University of California Davis.
Stanford then took on Davis in the following round and after a very good performance by UC Davis, after just their second year of competition, the hosts took the game by 9 points. In the final game on Saturday, Purdue defeated Berkeley.
2012 US National Collegiate Hurling Championship @Stanford University
Day 1 – RESULTS
Stanford (18) 4-6 Cal (10) 3-1
Purdue (30) 5-15 Davis (20) 5-5
Stanford (30) 4-18 Davis (21) 5-6
Purdue (29) 7-8 Cal (18) 5-3
