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OMBAC vs Santa Monica
Saturday, March 5, Qualcomm Stadium OMBAC I A 18 - SM I A 32 OMBAC I B 48 - SM I B 0 OMBAC III A 9 - OC Bucks A 7 Summary OMBAC I A v SM I A Santa Monica's fowards stole two early OMBAC lineout throws and rapidly jumped out to 12-0 lead which OMBAC could not catch up to. Two minutes into the game Santa Monica lock Domenic Riebli stole an OMBAC throw in from 5 meters out and touched down. The try was converted by Cremin. Ten minutes later Reibli's back row partner Davis stole an OMBAC throw in from 5m and touched down, Cremin, however could not convert the try. Six minutes later Cremin added a penalty kick. At 35 minutes of the fist half, Santa Monica's Chris Kelley scored SM's 3rd try, which was not converted. OMBAC battled back and and 3 minutes later center Steve Barritt touched down for an uncoverted try in the corner of the end zone. The first half ended with SM up 20 - 5. OMBAC was first to put points on the board in the second half when Dave DiSorbo kicked a penalty at 9 minutes. SM was able to regain it's momentum and answered the penalty with a converted try by John Rudd at 13 minutes. After 17 minutes of struggle between the two teams OMBAC prop Sean Lindersmith was able to touch down for an unconverted try at 30 minutes. Four minutes later, with momentum back on the OMBAC side #8 Guy Dotan was able to score OMBAC's third try; OMBAC kicker Ryan Claros could not make the conversion though. With approximately 8 minutes left in the game SM wing Nathan Jones was given a yellow card and sent off. OMBAC could not take advantage of the situation and with one minute left to play, SM hooker Aaron Blatt touched down for an unconverted try. Final score 32-18 Santa Monica.
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