'Birds Capture CW Rugby 7s Crown After a Perfect 15-0 Season
The UBC Thunderbirds won their first ever Women's Rugby 7s Canada West banner, going a perfect 15-0 on the season and breaking the four-year dominance of Victoria Vikes after the three-stop series wrapped up at Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver on Saturday afternoon.
VANCOUVER – The UBC Thunderbirds won their first ever Women's Rugby 7s Canada West banner, going a perfect 15-0 on the season and breaking the four-year dominance of Victoria Vikes after the three-stop series wrapped up at Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver on Saturday afternoon.
"We talked about the importance of winning the tournament outright," said UBC Thunderbirds Rugby 7s head coach Darcy Patterson. "It was incredible to see us go 15-0 and to win this tournament at home is extra special."
Patterson added, "I also want to congratulate all of the teams who competed this year. We all got better as the season went on."
After previous tournament wins in Edmonton and Victoria, the Thunderbirds were made to work hard for their third title triumph, coming from behind to secure a 17-7 victory over Victoria on home turf in the final game of the weekend. Savannah Bauder's go-ahead try for the hosts in the second half saw UBC take the lead for the first time in the title match and they added a late Kally King try to see their historic win.
UBC had reached the tournament title game earlier that morning with a 34-5 win over Calgary Dinos, with Victoria reaching the final match up following a 31-0 victory over Alberta Pandas.
Calgary claimed a third placed finish with a strong showing in a 19-5 win over their Provincial rivals, the Alberta Pandas.
The day had started off with the two consolation semi-finals, with Lethbridge Pronghorns seeing off UBC2 43-5 and Trinity Western Spartans blanking Regina Cougars 37-0. The two winners advanced to the 5th placed game, and it was Lethbridge who took the honours with a commanding 24-0 victory over TWU. UBC2 and Regina met in the 7th placed game, with the home side triumphing 48-0.
UBC's Shoshanah Seumanutafa and Victoria's Kira Peary finished the weekend as joint tournament points leaders, with their tally of four tries and 11 conversions giving them 42 points over the two days. Victoria's Carissa Norsten was the tournament's try leader, going over the line seven times.
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7th Place Game: UBC 2 (Thunder) 48 - 0 Regina Cougars
Scoring summary:
1 2 T
UBC2: 31 17 48
REG: 0 0 0
1' UBC2 try - #13 Emily Meier (convert missed) 5-0 UBC2
3' UBC2 try - #10 Sarah Fong (#2 Sarah McPhearson convert) 12-0 UBC2
5' UBC2 try - #10 Sarah Fong (convert missed) 17-0 UBC2
7' UBC2 try - #12 Gracie McAllister (#2 Sarah McPhearson convert) 24-0 UBC2
7' UBC2 try - #11 Ella Kirk (#2 Sarah McPhearson convert) 31-0 UBC2
HALF
9' UBC2 try - #2 Sarah McPhearson (convert missed) 36-0 UBC2
11' UBC2 try - #7 Dylan Kipp (#13 Emily Meier convert) 43-0 UBC2
12' UBC2 try - #13 Emily Meier (convert missed) 48-0 UBC2
5th Place Game: Lethbridge Pronghorns 24 - 0 Trinity Western Spartans
Scoring summary:
1 2 T
LET: 7 7 24
TWU: 0 0 0
4' LET try - #9 Brooklyn Perry (#3 Jada Holtkamp convert) 7-0 LET
HALF
10' LET try - #3 Jada Holtkamp (convert missed) 12-0 LET
12' LET penalty try - #13 Verity Fex 19-0 LET
14' LET try - #10 Kenya Richards (convert missed) 24-0 LET
3rd Place Game: Calgary Dinos 19 - 5 Alberta Pandas
Scoring summary:
1 2 T
CAL: 12 7 19
ALB: 0 5 5
5' CAL try - #11 Makayla Joseph (#7 Tianna Janfield convert) 7-0 CAL
7' CAL try - #15 Delaney Aikens (convert missed) 12-0 CAL
HALF
9' CAL try - #12 Alison Kernick (#7 Tianna Janfield convert) 19-0 CAL
10' ALB try - #1 Shelby Pierce (convert missed) 19-5 CAL
1st Placed Game: UBC Thunderbirds 17-7 Victoria Vikes
Scoring summary:
1 2 T
UBC: 7 10 17
VIC: 7 0 7
2' UBC try - #5 Carissa Norsten (#1 Kira Peary convert) 0-7 VIC
4' UBC try - #6 Savannah Bauder (#5 Shosh Seumanutafa) 7-7
HALF
10' UBC try - #6 Savannah Bauder (convert missed) 12-7 UBC
14' UBC try - #9 Kally King (convert missed) 17-7 UBC
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Consolation semi-final 1: Lethbridge Pronghorns 43 - 5 UBC 2 (Thunder)
Scoring summary:
1 2 T
LET: 12 31 43
UBC2: 5 0 5
1' LET try - #7 Rebecca Powell (convert missed) 5-0 LET
3' UBC2 try - #6 Maddy Thran (convert missed) 5-5
6' LET try - #15 Molly Aellen (#11 Ruby McRae convert) 12-5 LET
HALF
9' LET try - #14 Tory Clements (#11 Ruby McRae convert) 19-5 LET
10' LET try - #Jada Holtkamp (convert missed) 24-5 LET
12' LET try - #3 Jada Holtkamp (convert missed) 29-5 LET
13' LET try - #6 Sam Ganske (#13 Verity Fex convert) 36-5 LET
14' LET try -#10 Kenya Richards (#13 Verity Fex convert) 43-5 LET
Consolation semi-final 2: Trinity Western Spartans 37-0 Regina Cougars
Scoring summary:
1 2 T
TWU: 22 15 37
REG: 0 0 0
1' TWU try - #4 Hope Nystrom (convert missed) 5-0 TWU
2' TWU try - #6 Ava Van Santen (convert missed) 10-0 TWU
6' TWU try - #6 Ava Van Santen (#5 Matisan Kelly convert) 17-0 TWU
7' TWU try - #4 Hope Nystrom (convert missed) 22-0 TWU
HALF
9' TWU try - #4 Hope Nystrom (convert missed) 27-0 TWU
12' TWU try - #19 Abigail Johnson (convert missed) 32-0 TWU
14' TWU try - #1 Danika Dool (convert missed) 37-0 TWU
Semi-final 1: UBC Thunderbirds 34 - 5 Calgary Dinos
Scoring summary:
1 2 T
UBC: 15 19 34
CAL: 0 5 5
2' UBC try - #6 Savannah Bauder (convert missed) 5-0 UBC
7' UBC try - #7 Tia Jordo (convert missed) 10-0 UBC
7' UBC try - #4 Grace Turner (convert missed) 15-0 UBC
HALF
8' UBC try - #3 Rori Wood (#5 Shosh Seumanutafa convert) 22-0 UBC
9' CAL try - #8 Julia Omokhuale (convert missed) 22-5 UBC
10' UBC try - #11 Rachel Smith (#5 Shosh Seumanutafa convert) 29-5
12' UBC try - #2 Jordon McLeod (convert missed) 34-5
Semi-final 2: Victoria Vikes 31 - 10 Alberta Pandas
Scoring summary:
1 2 T
VIC: 24 7 31
ALB: 0 10 10
1' VIC try - #9 Justine Blatt-Janmaat (convert missed) 5-0 VIC
3' VIC try - #5 Carissa Norsten (#10 Summer Blackmore convert) 12-0 VIC
6' VIC try - #2 Emerald Maze (convert missed) 17-0 VIC
7' VIC try - #14 Alexie Pusch (#14 Alexie Pusch convert) 24-0 VIC
HALF
10' ALB try - #25 Cassie Jorgenson (convert missed) 24-5 VIC
14' VIC try - #9 Justine Blatt-Janmaat (#1 Kira Peary convert) 31-5 VIC
14' ALB try - #10 Melina Ioannides (convert missed) 31-10 VIC