VANCOUVER – The UBC Thunderbirds won their first ever Women's Rugby 7s Canada West banner, going a perfect 15-0 on the season and breaking the four-year dominance of Victoria Vikes after the three-stop series wrapped up at Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver on Saturday afternoon.
 
After previous tournament wins in Edmonton and Victoria, the Thunderbirds were made to work hard for their third title triumph, coming from behind to secure a 17-7 victory over Victoria on home turf in the final game of the weekend. Savannah Bauder's go-ahead try for the hosts in the second half saw UBC take the lead for the first time in the title match and they added a late Kally King try to see their historic win.
 
UBC had reached the tournament title game earlier that morning with a 34-5 win over Calgary Dinos, with Victoria reaching the final match up following a 31-0 victory over Alberta Pandas.
 
Calgary claimed a third placed finish with a strong showing in a 19-5 win over their Provincial rivals, the Alberta Pandas.
 
The day had started off with the two consolation semi-finals, with Lethbridge Pronghorns seeing off UBC2 43-5 and Trinity Western Spartans blanking Regina Cougars 37-0. The two winners advanced to the 5th placed game, and it was Lethbridge who took the honours with a commanding 24-0 victory over TWU. UBC2 and Regina met in the 7th placed game, with the home side triumphing 48-0.
 
UBC's Shoshanah Seumanutafa and Victoria's Kira Peary finished the weekend as joint tournament points leaders, with their tally of four tries and 11 conversions giving them 42 points over the two days.  Victoria's Carissa Norsten was the tournament's try leader, going over the line seven times.
 
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Semi-final 1:  UBC Thunderbirds   34 - 5   Calgary Dinos
 
Scoring summary:
 
                  1         2         T
UBC:       15        19         34
CGY:         0         5            5

2' UBC try - #6 Savannah Bauder  (convert missed)  5-0 UBC
7' UBC try - #7 Tia Jordo  (convert missed)  10-0 UBC
7' UBC try - #4 Grace Turner  (convert missed)  15-0 UBC
 
HALF
 
8'  UBC try - #3 Rori Wood   (#5 Shosh Seumanutafa convert)  22-0 UBC
9'  CGY try -  #8 Julia Omokhuale  (convert missed)  22-5 UBC
10'  UBC try - #11 Rachel Smith  (#5 Shosh Seumanutafa convert)  29-5
12'  UBC try - #2 Jordon McLeod  (convert missed)  34-5
 

3rd Place Game:  Calgary Dinos  19 - 5  Alberta Pandas

Scoring summary:
 
                  1         2         T
CGY:       12         7         19
ALB:         0          5          5
 
5'  CGY try - #11 Makayla Joseph  (#7 Tianna Janfield convert)   7-0 CAL
7'  CGY try - #15 Delaney Aikens  (convert missed)   12-0 CAL
 
HALF
 
9' CGY try - #12 Alison Kernick  (#7 Tianna Janfield convert)  19-0 CAL
10' ALB try - #1 Shelby Pierce  (convert missed)   19-5 CAL 
 
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