EDMONTON – The University of Calgary Dinos opened the Canada West Women's Rugby 7s season with a win and two losses at the University of Alberta Rugby 7s tournament, inside the Dome at Foote Field.
 
Calgary sits in fourth, after losing to Alberta (15-12) and UBC (29-14), before ending the day with a 36-7 win over Trinity Western.
 
"While we started the tournament with a lot of enthusiasm, it took a couple of games to knock the rust off," admitted Dinos head coach Simon Chi. "Unfortunately, some costly decisions and turnovers cost us, but we will learn from them and continue to build into the second day."
 
Sofia Brussoni led the Dinos with three tries in three games, while Taejah Thompson added a pair in the final match of the day.
 
"We definitely got back to playing the way we want by the end of the day and want to take this momentum forward into some critical games tomorrow," said Chi.
 
Alberta and Victoria finished Day 1 with matching 3-0 records and sit atop the table with 12 points each. The UBC Thunderbirds sit in third place alone with 9 points, after dropping a thrilling 12-7 decision to Victoria in the final game of session 3.
 
The Spartans and Pronghorns will head into Sunday looking for their first win, with both teams finishing Saturday with 0-3 records.
 
It marks the first 7s event in Edmonton in over two years, after the cancellation of the 2021 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  
 
Day 2 of the Alberta Rugby 7s tournament gets underway at 9:28 a.m. on Sunday, with session #4. Session five kicks off at 12:02 p.m., before the medal round gets underway at 2:36 p.m.
 
All games will be streamed live on Canada West TV presented by Co-Op.
 
ROUND 1

Game 1: Alberta Pandas (15) vs Calgary Dinos (12)

Scoring summary:
 

	1	2	T
ALB:	5	10	15
CGY:	7	5	12

 
CGY try - #13 Esita Qiodravu (#10 Berlyn Seselja convert) 7-0 CGY
ALB try - #9 Melina Ioannides (convert missed) 7-5 CGY
HALF
ALB try - #7 Emily Brown (convert missed) 10-7 ALB
ALB try - #20 Cassie Jorgenson (convert missed) 15-7 ALB
CGY try - #11 Sofia Brussoni (convert missed) 15-12 ALB

ROUND 2
 
Game 5: UBC Thunderbirds (29) vs Calgary Dinos (14)

Scoring summary:
 

	1	2	T
UBC:	12	17	29
CGY:	7	7	14

 
CGY try - #5 Julia Omokhuale (#10 Berlyn Seselja convert) 7-0 CGY
UBC try - #8 Olivia Sarabura (#5 Shoshanah Seumanutafa convert) 7-7
UBC try - #5 Shoshanah Seumanutafa (convert missed) 12-7 UBC
HALF
UBC try - #6 Savannah Baura (#5 Shoshanah Seumanutafa convert) 19-7 UBC
CGY try – Penalty Try - 19-14 UBC
UBC try - #7 Sadie Gluvic (convert missed) 24-14 UBC
UBC try - #7 Sadie Gluvic (convert missed) 29-14 UBC
 
ROUND 3
 
Game 7: Trinity Western Spartans (7) vs Calgary Dinos (36)
 
Scoring summary:
 

	1	2	T
TWU:	7	0	7
CGY:	21	15	36

                               
CGY try - #8 Leah Brunner (#10 Berlyn Seselja convert) 7-0 CGY
CGY try - #9 Taejah Thompson (#10 Berlyn Seselja convert) 14-0 CGY
CGY try - #9 Taejah Thompson (#10 Berlyn Seselja convert) 21-0 CGY
TWU try - #4 Ashley Jacob (#5 Isabelle Scholtens convert) 21-7 CGY
HALF
CGY try - #11 Sofia Brussoni (convert missed) 26-7 CGY
CGY try - #11 Sofia Brussoni (convert missed) 31-7 CGY
CGY try - #7 Melody Kivia (convert missed) 36-7 CGY
 
Tournament Standings
 

TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	TIES	POINTS
VIC	3	0	0	12
ALB	3	0	0	12
UBC	2	1	0	9
CGY	1	2	0	6
LET	0	3	0	3
TWU	0	3	0	3

 
NOTES: NOTE: Teams are awarded four points for a win, two points for a draw, and one point for a loss.
 
Teams are awarded 15 points for a tournament win, 12 points for finishing 2nd, 10 points for finishing third, 8 points for finishing fourth, 6 points for finishing fifth, 4 point for finishing sixth, 2 points for finishing seventh, and 1 point for finishing eighth.