The UBC women's rugby team hits the road for the first time this season to renew their rivalry against the University of Victoria Vikes when the two teams meet for the second time in less than a month on Sunday, September 30 at 1:00 p.m. at Wallace Field in Victoria.
 
The 'Birds (2-1) will be looking to bounce back from their first loss of the season after dropping a 36-21 decision on home soil to the defending champion Calgary Dinos last Sunday. It was a tale of two halves for the T-Birds last week as the hosts were sharp in the opening 40 minutes en route to building a 21-12 lead at the break. On the other side UBC enjoyed a further fifteen minutes of positive play before the tides turned in the Dinos favor as the visitors would takeover to score 24 unanswered second half points to secure the win.

?? WRUG | @UBCWRugby gets a penalty try for the 14-7 lead vs. @UCDinos #GoBirdsGo pic.twitter.com/BtiDwRT9ep

— UBC Thunderbirds (@ubctbirds) September 23, 2018

 
Two days before meeting the T-Birds, the Dinos claimed the first win on their west coast weekend sweep in defeating UVic (1-2) 38-22 on Friday night.
 
The Vikes will be in search for a measure of revenge in this latest Legends Cup rivalry series meeting against UBC after the squads dramatic first encounter to open the season in early September. In what was a bone crushing encounter that featured big collisions and unfortunate injuries it was UVic who appeared to have the comfortable 24-12 halftime lead over UBC, however the hosts found another gear in the second half and scored 14 unanswered points to upset the Vikes 26-24.


 
First-year T-Birds head coach Dean Murten spoke to the takeaways from his squads first loss of the season against Calgary.
 
"It was a very tough loss against Calgary, we played some of the best Rugby of the season for 60 minutes and looked in control," said Murten. "However, we made too many unforced errors and a good team like Calgary punished us. It was another physical game as we expected, unfortunately we picked up a few injuries, one of them to our team captain Maddie Gold. This forced us to make changes during the Calgary game and the coming game against UVic."
 
Murten also discussed what he's expecting in facing UVic on their home soil.
 
"UVic will be fired up and want to win this one on home soil," added Murten. "We will need to be more physical than them, and play the same way we did against Calgary, but we can't make the same unforced errors or UVic will punish us. We have lost a few key players; however, I expect the girls that get the opportunity to start to step up and do a good job