ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – After an uncharacteristic stumble at the opening event of the 2019 Canada West Women's Sevens Series, the Victoria Vikes got back on track, going undefeated en route to the title at Tournament No. 2 hosted by the University of the Fraser Valley.

The Vikes went a perfect 6-0, wrapping up their victorious run with wins over Lethbridge (22-10), Calgary (28-0) and UBC Okanagan (24-7) on Sunday at Exhibition Park.

The performance marked a return to form for the defending CW Sevens Series champs, who had finished third at the 2019 curtain-raising tourney in Edmonton two weeks ago.

After relatively mild temperatures and periodic sun on Saturday, Day 2 featured a rare snowfall in Abbotsford with gusting wind. Temperatures were in the neighbourhood of -5 C, with wind chill to -15 C.

The UBC Thunderbirds, coming off a tourney win in Edmonton, locked up second place in Abbotsford in dramatic fashion, edging the Lethbridge Pronghorns 15-10 on Delaney Aikens's try just before the final whistle. The result enabled the T-Birds to hold onto first place in the overall standings with 27 points, just ahead of UVic (25).

The Pronghorns and Calgary Dinos finished with matching 3-2-1 records, but Lethbridge finished third based on point differential. The Alberta Pandas (2-4-0), host UFV Cascades (1-5-0) and UBC Okanagan Heat (0-6-0) finished fifth through seventh, respectively.

The Canada West Women's Rugby Sevens Series concludes with Tournament No. 3, March 2-3 at UBC.

UBC Thunderbirds 15, Calgary Dinos 7

Scoring summary:

UBC: 10-5: 15

CGY: 7-0: 7

• UBC try – #7 Kally King (convert missed) – 5-0
• CGY try – #12 Emma Newton (#15 Elysa Sandron convert) – 7-5
• UBC try – #4 Delaney Aikens (convert missed) – 10-7

HALF

• UBC try – #7 Kally King (convert missed) – 15-7

Victoria Vikes 28, Calgary Dinos 0

Scoring summary:

VIC: 14-14: 28

CGY: 0-0: 0

• VIC try – #11 Nicola Smith (#4 Brooke Bazian convert) – 7-0
• VIC try – #10 Paige Farries (#4 Brooke Bazian convert) – 14-0

HALF

• VIC try – #10 Paige Farries (#4 Brooke Bazian convert) – 21-0
• VIC try – #9 Linnea Dalvi (#15 Alexie Pusch convert) – 28-0

 
Calgary Dinos 45, UFV Cascades 0

Scoring summary:

CGY: 24-21: 45

UFV: 0-0: 0

• CGY try – #6 Grace Campbell (#15 Elysa Sandron convert) – 7-0
• CGY try – #12 Emma Newton (convert missed) – 12-0
• CGY try – #15 Elysa Sandron (convert missed) – 17-0
• CGY try – #7 Alisa Illichova (#22 Berlyn Seselja) – 24-0

HALF

• CGY try – #11 Kate Knight (#22 Berlyn Seselja) – 31-0
• CGY try – #12 Emma Newton (#22 Berlyn Seselja) – 38-0
• CGY try – #6 Grace Campbell (#22 Berlyn Seselja) – 45-0

Tournament standings
TEAM   WINS    LOSSES TIES      POINTS

VIC       6          0          0          24

UBC      5          1          0          21

LET       3          2          1          16

CGY      3          2          1          16

ALB      2          4          0          12

UFV      1          5          0          9

UBCO   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 / Tourney 1 pts / Tourney 2 pts / Total pts

UBC – 15 / 12 / 27 pts

VIC – 10 / 15 / 25 pts

LET – 12 / 10 / 22 pts

CGY – 8 / 8 / 16 pts

ALB – 6 / 6 / 12 pts

UFV – 4 / 4 / 8 pts

UBCO – NA / 2 / 2 pts

REG – 2 / NA / 2 pts

TRU – 1 / NA / 1 pt