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CIS women's rugby Thursday roundup: No. 3 Horns speed past No. 10 Dinos
Photo credit David Moll, Calgary
Lethbridge – The speedy CIS third ranked Lethbridge
Pronghorns proved to be too much for the 10th ranked Calgary Dinos,
getting the ball out wide and racing to a 51-7 victory . In the
process the five-time defending Canada West Champions finished the
conference schedule with a perfect 4-0 record, while the Dinos fall
to 2-1.
“I thought at times we looked quite good and at other times
there were some handling issues,” said ‘Horns Head
Coach Neil Langevin.
“U of C played great defence on us, coming up and closing a
lot of channels.”
Canada West leading scorer Cassandra Orr opened the scoring for
‘Horns only four minutes into the game. Kelsey Willoughby
took a quick tap and a string of passes got the ball out wide to
Orr.
Kendra Reeves was on the end of another set of passes coming off a
scrum won by the ‘Horns; Reeves moved the ball across the
field and touched the ball down for the ‘Horns second score.
Laura Murphy-Burke hit the convert.
‘Horns Freshman Kayla Moleschi broke free on the wide side of
the field and raced away from Dino defenders to score her fifth try
of the season.
Off a set of rucks near the Dino touch line, Lindsay Duxbury was
finally able to punch the ball over the line to round out the
scoring in the opening half. Murphy-Burke connected on her second
convert to put the ‘Horns up 24-0 at the break.
Only nine minutes into the second half, from a driving maul that
covered 15 yards, Lynn Suttie scored the ‘Horns fifth
try.
In the 60th minute the Dinos finally hit pay dirt with Samantha
Crandell barreling through a couple would be tacklers.
The ‘Horns stormed right back; Willoughby broke free from 20
yards out to score the ‘Horns sixth try.
Three consecutive ‘Horns tries in the final 10 minutes
wrapped up the scoring, with Moleschi scoring her second, Sarah
Gordon picking up her first and Paula Woynarowsky scoring in
stoppage time. Gordon converted one Moleschi’s try.
“I was pleased with some individual efforts tonight, which I
don’t usually solo out,” said Langevin. “But
Kayla Moleschi, Kelsey Willoughby and Juhee Thompson were
Phenomenal tonight.”
“We were also really happy with the forward play. We
challenge them to match U of C’s strong pack and I think they
did that as evident with the 15-yard driving maul,” concluded
Langevin.
The ‘Horns will now wait and see who they will play in the
first semi-final next weekend at the Canada West Championships in
Calgary. The ‘Horns will face the winner of Saturday’s
game between the Victoria-UBC game. The Dinos have one more
conference game, traveling to Edmonton on Sunday to face the
Alberta Pandas, in a preview of the second semi-final at the
Championships.
Scoring Summary
Lethbridge
Tries: Kayla Moleschi (2), Kelsey Willoughby, Cassandra Orr,
Lindsay Duxbury, Sarah Gordon, Paula Woynarowsky, Lynn Suttie,
Kendra Reeves
Converts: Laura Murphy-Burke, Sarah Gordon
Calgary
Try: Samantha Crandall
Convert: Sylvie Mullen
