Schedule Released for Nov. 19th at Upland
With four tournaments under the belt in the 2005-2006 WCRHL season, team rivalries are picking up as competition rises for the number one rank in Division I.
A most notable rivalry has developed between Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and
University
of
California
in
Santa Barbara
where the two teams squared off at the newly-built
Multi-Activity
Center
at the
UCSB
Recreation
Center
. With the Gaucho?s first tournament at home, they were hoping to set an undefeated record, while the Mustangs had other plans to keep themselves ranked #1 in league play. A crowd estimated in the hundreds attended the match. Unfortunately UCSB fans would go on to watch Cal Poly SLO capitalize and win at a narrow margin of 3 to 2. Cal Poly?s power play became their key ingredient for the victory with two of their three goals on the man advantage. While the UCSB fans focused on heckling Cal Poly goalie Chris Herbert by chanting out his name, Herbert was able to make the stops and get the W.
Pat Moyer, team president for the Cal Poly Roller Hockey Club, had all confidence in his netminder. ?Herbert came up pretty big,? Moyer said. ?As the game continued, so did the intensity.? UCSB played strong and finished the tournament 2-2 while Cal Poly received a
2-1-1
record. Both teams will face off again later in the second semester.
On the northern side of
California
,
Chico
State
and UC Davis shined brightly as
Chico
went 2-0-1 and UC Davis went 2-1 in league play at Big League Dreams Sports Park in
Redding
,
CA
. As of now
Chico
State
sits in 7
th place in the standings and UC Davis stands at the 6
th position, but UC Davis has one remaining tournament this semester.
Cal Poly SLO sits atop in first place with an
8-2-2
record, Chapman is in second place with a
6-2-4
record, and
Riverside
Community College
finishes off at 3
rd with a 7-0-1 record. The next sanctioned tournament will be held at the California Roller Hockey Center in
Upland
on November 19
th, where Riverside CC will play it?s final tournament of the semester, and possibly knock Cal Poly SLO out of that top spot. The schedule has been released for the November 19
th event. It can be found online
here. 
