If the feature match between UCSD and Caltech lived up to its hype, it was only because it proved UCSD is still the team to beat in the West. With a 3:0 victory, UCSD improved to 3-0, and is looking to win the conference for a second straight season. The only other team with a 3-0 record is Texas A&M, as USC tumbled from perfection with a 1:3 loss to University of Washington. However, a 2-1 record is enough to lead their division, as the UCR-UBC match has yet to finish and no other teams have more than one match win. Aside from the UCSD-Caltech match, however, very few teams have made similar news. Division 1 is cruising along, with Northwestern, University of Michigan, and Ohio State tied at 2-0, Texas A&M leads division 2 at 3-0, USC leads division 3, and last season's finalists UCSD and Irvine are both undefeated in division 4 at 3-0 and 2-0 respectively.

This week, Caltech will try to rebound off their loss when they battle their second straight undefeated opponent, UC Irvine. UCSD will look to improve to 4-0 against Lewis and Clark College, who are still without a win following a close match with UCLA. Oregon State University will try to stop their 2-match streak of forfeits when they face University of Tennessee in the coming week. UCLA is another team that's had to deal with game forfeits this season, but has managed to turn it around recently against Lewis and Clark. Another upcoming match of note include 1-0 UCR against 1-0 UVic, who has managed to defeat Utah Valley while splitting their time between practice and recording diss raps. At the time of this writing, not all match scores were available, so check back in a week for updated news from this week and the upcoming set of matches!