VICTORIA – The University of Victoria Vikes wrapped up a dominant 2018 Canada West Rugby 7s Series with three more wins on Sunday at Wallace Field, moving them to a perfect record of 6-0 in the Victoria leg of the series, 18-0 overall, and capturing both the Victoria tournament title as well as the conference 7s banner in the process.
The Vikes capped off their season by scoring 15 unanswered points in the second half to defeat the 2017 conference champions, the Calgary Dinos, by a score of 22-5 in what was another monumental clash between the two teams.
Calgary's record of 4-1-1 in Victoria was good enough to put them second in both the tournament and the overall standings, while the Lethbridge Pronghorns earned third-place in the conference by finishing fourth on the weekend. Rebecca Gannon scored two tries for Lethbridge in their 31-19 victory over the Alberta Pandas to give the Pronghorns the head-to-head tiebreaker between the two teams that finished with identical records of 3-3 in Victoria.
The UBC Thunderbirds (3-2-1) secured fourth-place in the conference thanks an outstanding second half comeback against the Dinos. Nicole Mallow crossed the try line right as time expired to knot the game at 10-10 and ensure the Thunderbirds a third-place finish in Victoria, giving them just enough points to edge out the fifth-place Pandas in the conference standings.
The Fraser Valley Cascades (1-5) and the Thompson Rivers WolfPack (0-6) round out both the tournament and conference standings with finishes of sixth and seventh respectively.
Fraser Valley ends the season with two victories, both of which came at the expense of the WolfPack. Thompson Rivers continued to battle hard in their first ever season in the league and ensured that they wouldn't be kept off the scoreboard in Victoria thanks to a try from
Grace Campbell in their final game of the season.
Saturday results
Game 2: Calgary Dinos 20, Alberta Pandas 7
Scoring summary:
CGY: 15-5: 20
ALB: 0-7: 7
• CGY try – #6
Laura Petrillo (convert missed) – 5-0
• CGY try – #3
DaLeaka Menin (convert missed) – 10-0
• CGY try – #9
Taejah Thompson (convert missed) – 15-0
Half
• CGY try – #12
Vanessa Graham (convert missed) – 20-0
• ALB try – #6 Courtney Hotkamp (#5 Aline Wicklum convert) – 20-7
Game 4: Calgary Dinos 31, Fraser Valley Cascades 0
Scoring summary:
CGY: 17-14: 31
UFV: 0-0: 0
• CGY try – #12
Vanessa Graham (#6
Laura Petrillo convert) – 7-0
• CGY try – #3
DaLeaka Menin (convert missed) – 12-0
• CGY try – #12
Vanessa Graham (convert missed) – 17-0
Half
• CGY try – #3
DaLeaka Menin (#12
Vanessa Graham convert) – 24-0
• CGY try – #9
Taejah Thompson (#12
Vanessa Graham convert) – 31-0
Game 10: Calgary Dinos 48, Thompson Rivers WolfPack 0
Scoring summary:
CGY: 29-19: 48
TRU: 0-0: 0
• CGY try – #9
Taejah Thompson (#6
Laura Petrillo convert) – 7-0
• CGY try – #3
DaLeaka Menin (convert missed) – 12-0
• CGY try – #14
Kelcey Leavitt (convert missed) – 17-0
• CGY try – #14
Kelcey Leavitt (convert missed) – 22-0
• CGY try – #3
DaLeaka Menin (#6
Laura Petrillo convert) – 29-0
Half
• CGY try – #3
DaLeaka Menin (#6
Laura Petrillo convert) – 36-0
• CGY try – #9
Taejah Thompson (#6
Laura Petrillo convert) – 43-0
• CGY try – #23
Charity Corcilles-Herring (convert missed) – 48-0
Sunday results
Game 15: Calgary Dinos 24, Lethbridge Pronghorns 7
Scoring summary:
CGY: 12-12: 24
LET: 0-7: 7
• CGY try – #12
Emily Tuttosi (#6
Laura Petrillo convert) – 7-0
• CGY try – #9
Taejah Thompson (convert missed) – 12-0
Half
• CGY try – #9
Taejah Thompson (#9
Laura Petrillo convert) – 19-0
• CGY try – #9
Taejah Thompson (convert missed) – 24-0
• LET try – #20 Brittany Orr (#15 Hannah Lopez) – 24-7
Game 18: Calgary Dinos 10, UBC Thunderbirds 10
Scoring summary:
CGY: 10-0: 10
UBC: 0-10: 10
• CGY try – #3
DaLeaka Menin (convert missed) – 5-0
• CGY try – #6
Laura Petrillo (convert missed) – 10-0
Half
• UBC try – #7 Ciara Malone (convert missed) – 10-5
• UBC try – #10 Nicole Mallow (convert missed) – 10-10
Game 21: UVic Vikes 22, Calgary Dinos 5
Scoring summary:
VIC: 7-15: 22
CGY: 5-0: 5
• VIC try – #5 Emily Belchos (#9 Kara Galbraith convert) – 7-0
• CGY try – #9
Taejah Thompson (convert missed) – 7-5
Half
• VIC try – #10 Jess Neilson (convert missed) – 12-5
• VIC try – #5 Emily Belchos (convert missed) – 17-5
• VIC try – #4 Paige Farries (convert missed) – 22-5
Tournament standings
TEAM WINS LOSSES TIES POINTS
VIC 6 0 0 24
CGY 4 1 1 19
UBC 3 2 1 16
LET 3 3 0 15
ALB 3 3 0 15
UFV 1 5 0 9
TRU 0 6 0 6
NOTE: Teams are awarded four points for a win, two points for a draw, and one point for a loss.
Overall series standings
Team / Pts.
VIC---30
CGY---22
LET---16
UBC---12
ALB---10
UFV---3
TRU---0