Rugby 7s: Victoria and UBC go 3-0 on Day 1

Recap written by Michael McColl 

VANCOUVER - The UBC Thunderbirds and Victoria Vikes went a perfect 3-0 on the first day of the second stop of the Women's Canada West 7s series at Thunderbirds Stadium in Vancouver on Friday, February 9. The two BC rivals lead the six-team field, moving onto Saturday's final two matches as the top two sides.

The hosting Thunderbirds ran over 19 tries and kicked 11 conversions as they beat Trinity Western Spartans 43-0, Lethbridge Pronghorns 29-10, and Calgary Dinos 45-7.  Sarah MacPherson led the scoring for UBC with 30 points from six tries.

Victoria, who snapped UBC's 18-game unbeaten streak to win the first Canada West 7s series of 2024 in Edmonton last month, ran over 15 tries and kicked 11 conversions as they saw of Calgary Dinos 33-7, Trinity Western Spartans 31-7, and Alberta Pandas ​33-0. Maggie MacKinnon led the scoring for UVic, and overall on day one, with 33 points from three tries and nine conversions.

Trintiy Western Spartans and Lethbridge Pronghorns have one win apeice from their three games. TWU beat Lethbridge 15-10 for their victory while the Pronghorns got their win in their first match of the day, overcoming Alberta Pandas 19-7. 

Calgary and Alberta played out an entertaining 10-10 draw in the inter-provincial battle to get their only points of the day on the board. 

Saturday will feature the final two rounds of action to wrap up the round robin-style tournament. The action begins at 9.45 a.m. at Thunderbird Stadium.

ROUND 1 

Game 1:  Victoria Vikes  33   Calgary Dinos  7 

Scoring summary: 

                1      2     T

VIC:        21   12   33  

CAL:         7     0     7 

1' VIC try - # 9 Shaye Ogurek   (#5 Maggie MacKinnon convert)   7-0  VIC

3'  VIC try - #13 Larah Wright   (#5 Maggie MacKinnon convert )  14-0 VIC 

5' VIC  try - #5 Maggie MacKinnon   (#5 Maggie MacKinnon convert)  21-0 VIC

7' CAL penalty try       21-7 VIC  (VIC #11 Emmie Pierce yellow card)

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8' VIC try - #12 Elle Douglas (#12 Elle Douglas convert)  28-7 VIC

13' VIC try - #25 Macy Wiebe (convert missed) 33 - 7 VIC

Game 2:  UBC Thunderbirds  43  TWU Spartans 0

Scoring summary: 

                 1      2     T

UBC:       33   10    43

TWU:       0     0      0

1' UBC try - #6 Adia Pye  (#5 Savannah Bauder convert)   7-0  UBC

3' UBC try - #5  Savannah Bauder  (#5 Savannah Bauder convert)  14-0 UBC

4' UBC try - #6 Adia Pye  (#5 Savannah Bauder convert)  21-0 UBC

5' UBC try - #9 Sarah MacPherson ( convert missed)  26-0 UBC 

7' UBC try - #12 Lana Dueck  (#12 Lana Dueck convert)  33-0 UBC

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9' UBC try - #9 Sarah MacPherson (convert missed)   38-0 UBC

14' UBC try - #12 Lana Dueck   (convert missed)  43-0 UBC 

Game 3:  Alberta Pandas 7  Lethbridge Pronghorns  19

Scoring summary:

                 1      2     T

ALB:         7      0     7

LET:          5    12   17

1' LET try - #13 Verity Fex (convert missed)   0-5 LET

7' ALB try - #10 Kate Manning  (#10 Kate Manning convert)  7-5 ALB

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9' LET try - #13 Verity Fex (convert missed)  7-10 LET

12' LET try - #15 Brooklyn Perry  (#14 Kayleigh Noel convert)  7-17 LET 

ROUND 2 

Game 4:  Victoria Vikes  31   Trinity Western Spartans  7 

Scoring summary: 

                 1      2     T

VIC:         26    5     31

TWU:       0     7      7

1' VIC try - # 9 Shaye Ogurek   (convert missed)   5-0  VIC

3' VIC try - #10 Emily Findlay  (#5 Maggie MacKinnon convert)   12-0 VIC

4' VIC try - #11 Emmie Pierce  (#5 Maggie MacKinnon convert)  19-0 VIC

7' VIC try - #13 Larah Wright (#5 Maggie MacKinnon convert)  26-0 VIC

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8' TWU try - #11 Sara Eskildsen (#8 Vlada Shevchenko convert)  26-7 VIC

10' VIC try - #5 Maggie MacKinnon  (convert missed)  31-7 VIC 

Game 5:  UBC Thunderbirds   29   Lethbridge Pronghorns  10

Scoring summary:   

                 1      2     T

UBC:        17   12   29 

LET:          10    0    10

1' UBC try - #1 Sara Kaljuvee  (#1 Sara Kaljuvee convert)  7-0 UBC

2' UBC try - #7 Olivia Sarabura  (convert missed) 12-0 UBC

4' LET try - #11  Tory Clements  (convert missed) 12-5 UBC

6' LET try - #12 Zina Umeh  (convert missed)  12-10 UBC

7' UBC try - #4 Grace Turner  (convert missed) 17-10 UBC

HALF

10' UBC try - #8 Tia Jordo  (#1 Sara Kaljuvee convert)  24-10 UBC

13' UBC try - #13 Sarah MacPherson  (convert missed)  29-10 UBC 

Game 6:   Alberta Pandas  10   Calgary Dinos  10

Scoring summary:   

                 1      2     T

ALB:         5      5     10

CAL:         5      5     10

1' ALB try - #24 Halle Walters  (convert missed)   5-0 ALB

5' CAL try - #3 Willow Beyea  (convert missed)     5-5 

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8' CAL try - #1 Ashlynn Smith (convert missed)    5-10 CAL

14' ALB try - #12 Kate Alcock (convert missed)    10-10  

ROUND 3

Game 7:   Lethbridge Pronghorns  10   Trinity Western Spartans  15

Scoring summary: 

                 1      2     T

LET:         10     5     15

TWU:        0    10    10

2' TWU try - #1 Danika Dool  (convert missed)   5-0 TWU

7' TWU try - #1 Danika Dool  (convert missed)   10-0 TWU 

HALF

9' TWU try - #1 Danika Dool  (convert missed)   15-0 TWU

11' LET try - #12 Zina Umeh  (convert missed)  15-5 TWU

14' LET try - #12 Zina Umeh  (convert missed)  15-10 TWU

Game 8:   UBC Thunderbirds   45  Calgary Dinos  7

Scoring summary: 

                 1      2     T

UBC:        21   24     41

CAL:          0     7      7

2' UBC try - #5 Savannah Bauder  (#1 Sara Kaljuvee convert)   7-0 UBC

5' UBC try - #9 Sarah MacPherson  (#1 Sara Kaljuvee convert)  14-0 UBC

6' UBC try - #7 Olivia Sarabura  (#1 Sara Kaljuvee convert)  21-0 UBC

HALF

9' UBC try - #9 Sarah MacPherson (convert missed)  26-0 UBC

11' UBC try - #9 Sarah MacPherson (#1 Sara Kaljuvee convert)  33-0 UBC

13' UBC try - #10 Kiki Idowu  (convert missed)  38-0 UBC

14' CAL try - #4 Macie Kitt  (#4 Macie Kitt convert) 38-7 UBC

14' UBC try - #3 Anya Prokopich  (#14 Delaney Woods convert) 45-7 UBC 

Game 9:    Victoria Vikes  33    Alberta Pandas  0

Scoring summary:

                 1      2     T

VIC:         21  12     33

ALB:          0    0      0

1' VIC try - #10 Emily Findlay  (#5 Maggie MacKinnon convert)  7-0 VIC

3' VIC try - #13 Larah Wright  (#5 Maggie MacKinnon convert)  14-0 VIC

4' VIC try - #5 Maggie MacKinnon  (#5 Maggie MacKinnon convert)  21-0 VIC

HALF

9' VIC try - #13 Larah Wright  (#12 Elle Douglas convert)   28-0 VIC

14' VIC try - #11 Emmie Pierce (convert missed)  33-0 VIC