Yuta Sasaki threw three touchdown passes in the first half as the Waseda University Big Bears routed the Tohoku University Hornets 47-2 on Sunday at Amino Vital Field in Chofu, Tokyo, in the Eastern Japan Championship.
The Big Bears earned a berth in the Koshien Bowl for the second consecutive season and for the fourth time overall. Waseda will face the Kwansei Gakuin University Fighters, who defeated the Ritsumeikan University Panthers 26-17 on Sunday at Osaka's Expo Stadium to clinch Western Japan title, on Dec. 18 at Koshien Stadium for the national collegiate championship.
"We were able to start fast to establish our rhythm and control the momentum of the game," Waseda head coach Noboru Hamabe said. "Now we're back in the Koshien Bowl. We'll prepare over the next two weeks and we want to play our best game of the season."