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CIS women's rugby Saturday roundup
Photo credit Guelph Athletics
Guelph 112, Laurier 0 Final
GUELPH, Ont. - The Guelph Gryphon women's rugby team remain undefeated after blanking the visiting Laurier Golden Hawks 112-0 this afternoon (Oct. 2) in Guelph. The Gryphons move to 4-0 on the season.
Guelph came out strong against a young Laurier team to score an impressive 112 points in their last home game of the regular season.
Rookie Gryphon Devon Keys powered her way through the Hawks defence to show that she belonged on the field with this veteran squad. First year athlete Dominique Monaghan also had an excellent game running hard lines to the inside and setting up her teammates. Stand-in captain Jacey Murphy (replacing the injured Caitlin Beaton) scored an unbelievable five tries. Not to be outdone, Britt Benn came on at half to score four tries and three converts for a total of 26 points.
The forward back were able to run quick ball of the back of rucks and saw a total of 12 tries from Katelyn McCreary (1), Steph DeVries (1), Catherine Wilson (2), Miranda Smith (2), Rose Harris (1) and Murphy (5). Back line tries came from Jane Kirby (1), Mimi Rahneva (3) and Benn (4). Katie McNally kicked 3 converts in the first half for 6 points.
Up next the Gryphons travel to St. Catharine's on October 8th to play the Brock Badgers at 2:00 p.m.
Source: Guelph Sports Info
Brock 15, Western 10 Final
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - The Brock University women's rugby team improved to 2-2 on the season as they came from behind to defeat the Western Mustangs by the score of 15-10 at the Brock Rugby Field Saturday afternoon. Brock answered with the final 12 points of the contest.
Brock's Misha Maric (Toronto, Ont.) would open the scoring midway through the first half connecting on a penalty goal for the early 3-0 lead.
The Mustangs Laurier Bieweld would tie the game minutes later also answering with a penalty goal. Late in the first half, Western's Lynzi Anderson would drive it in for the try with Bieweld answering with the convert for the 10-3 lead at the half.
In the second half, Brock battled hard and would answer with back-to-back tries from Terralee Narraway (Stittsville, Ont.) and Michelle Beck (Cookstown, Ont.). Maric would hit one of two converts for the five point victory. The Badgers defense was also solid making many key tackles throughout the contest.
The Badgers end the OUA regular season at home on October 8th at 2:00 pm when they host the No. 2 nationally ranked Guelph Gryphons. In four games, Guelph has outscored their opponents 286-0.
Source: Brock Sports Info
Laval 10, Ottawa 3 Final
LavalRouge et Or may be ranked number six in the country, but the Gee-Gees made them work hard for their slim 10-3 win.
"I think it was a really big game for us. In the past, when we've seen Laval, it's been a big score in their favour. I think we've really come together as a team this year. And I think we showed them in this game that we can beat them," said fifth year flyhalf Kate Foulds (Toronto, Ont.).
The Gee-Gees held the ball in Laval's end for the beginning of the first half, but were soon on the defensive as the Rouge et Or scored a try 29 minutes in and again 38 minutes into the first half, though both times failing to convert.
The second half saw the Gee-Gees protecting their own zone again for much of the playing time, though showcasing a strong, resilient defence that stopped Laval from putting any points up in the second frame. With seven minutes remaining, Fouldsgave fresh life to the Gee-Gees, putting three points up on the board with a penalty kick. A last minute drive to the Laval goal fell just shy as time ran out.
"We did a great job defensively. But Laval had stolen the momentum and we got into the mindset of just doing defence," commented Head Coach Suzanne Chaulk. "You can't afford to just play defense against a team this good. You have to get the ball in your hands as much as you can. And if you want to win a game, you have to have more [ball control]."
"We were very competitive in the first half. Our nerves got the best of us. I like the way our team is moving. I think we're peaking well. I think we're improving week to week," concluded Chaulk.
The Gee-Gees next action is Thursday, October 7 at 8:00 p.m. when they travel to take on McGill for the second time this season.
Source: Ottawa Sports Info
Acadia 21, Saint Mary's 15 Final
Wolfville, NS) The Axewomen improve to 3-1 after a 21-15 win over the Saint Mary's Huskies at home on Raymond Field. Acadia defeated Saint Mary's 10-5 last weekend in Halifax and captures the season series 2-0 - an important win as the season begins to wind down with two games remaining in the regular season.
The Axewomen opened up the scoring in the first when when Erin Beazley scored her first try of the season. Beazley converted the try moving Acadia ahead 7-0 at the mid-way point of the first half.
The Huskies responded on a Katelyn Smith try in the later part of the half and converted her try to tie the game 7-7 at the half.
Acadia broke the deadlock with a Emillie Chiasson try just over ten minutes into the second half. Beazley converted the try to give the Axewomen their second lead of the game at 14-7. The lead was pushed further on a Nicole Kelly try that was converted again by Beazley.
Saint Mary's closed the gap with a penalty goal by Katelyn Smith at the 30 minute mark to close lead to 21-10. Huskie Sarah Larkin scored the last try of the game that was not converted in the closing seconds of the game.
The win over the Huskies clinches second place by the Axewomen as they lead Saint Mary's by four points in the standings with two games remaining in the regular season. Saint Mary's will head to Antigonish this Wednesday to take on the CIS # # ranked and undefeated StFX X-Women while Acadia heads to the island to take on the winless UPEI Panthers.
Acadia returns home for their final regular season game against StFX on Homecoming weekend - Friday, October 15 starting at 7pm.
Source: Acadia Sports Info
