EDMONTON – The UBC Thunderbirds began day two of the opening Canada West Rugby 7s tournament hosted by the University of Alberta with a dominant 54-0 victory against the Trinity Western Spartans. The 'Birds continued their stellar play inside Foote Field Dome, defeating the tournament host Alberta Pandas 33-12 to secure a first-place matchup against the undefeated Victoria Vikes. Sarah Kaljuvee led the way for her top-seeded unit scoring both tries in the 12-5 win over the T-Birds.
 
The win against the 'Birds finished off a perfect tournament for the Vikes, who posted a 6-0 record en route to capturing their fourth University of Alberta tournament title since 2017.
 

"Just so happy this tournament was able to go off. It's amazing to see all the teams here and competing so well, after basically a two-year hiatus. Our team honestly built game-by game, and we have a lot of talent on this squad," said Vikes head coach Brittany Waters. "It was a great team performance, everyone stepped up. We had some key injuries, but the healthy players really performed well."
 
Victoria led 7-0 until the T-Birds cut into the Vikes lead early in the second half. Kaljuvee locked up the Victoria win with a try in the final seconds and stay perfect for the weekend.
 
The Vikes were led by Krissy Scurfield who finished with a team-high seven tries, two of which came on Sunday. T-Birds Savannah Bauder finished with a tournament-high eight tires, also adding four successful converts on Sunday.


 
"Obviously Krissy had an excellent weekend. She scored a ton of tries; her speed on defence and attack was amazing," continued Waters. "Huge effort from Summer Blackmore as well, working the middle of the field. Larah Wright was also excellent, doing a lot of that grunt work for us."
 
The host Alberta Pandas earned third place after a thrilling 17-12 overtime win against the Calgary Dinos as Shelby Pierce scored six minutes into sudden death OT. The Pandas scored the game-tying try in the final seconds of the second half because of Maria Sawiak's effort in from 5 yards out. 
 
Lethbridge was awarded fifth place after Trinity Western was forced to forfeit their final match due to injuries. The Pronghorns knocked off the Spartans 26-12 in their first meeting earlier in the day.
 
The Canada West Rugby 7s series will now head to Victoria, as the Vikes host Tournament #2 on February 12^th and 13^th at Wallace Field. UBC will host the final tournament on February 25^th and 26^th in Vancouver.

 

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Game 10: Trinity Western Spartans (0) vs UBC Thunderbirds (54)

UBC try - #6 Savannah Bauder (#6 Savannah Bauder convert) 7-0 UBC
UBC try - #6 Savannah Bauder (#6 Savannah Bauder convert) 14-0 UBC
UBC try - #11 Grace McAllister (convert missed) 19-0 UBC
UBC try - #14 Piper Logan (#6 Savannah Bauder convert) 26-0 UBC
UBC try - #6 Savannah Bauder (#6 Savannah Bauder convert) 33-0 UBC
HALF
UBC try - #14 Piper Logan (#11 Grace McAllister convert) 40-0 UBC
UBC try - #13 Delaney Woods (#11 Grace McAllister convert) 47-0 UBC
UBC try - #14 Piper Logan (#11 Grace McAllister convert) 54-0 UBC

Game 14: UBC Thunderbirds (33) vs Alberta Pandas (12) 

ALB try - #3 Isabella Cuciz (convert missed) 5-0 ALB
UBC try - #2 Jordan McLeod  (convert missed) 5-5
UBC try - #14 Piper Logan (#5 Shoshanah Seumanutafa convert) 12-5 UBC
HALF
UBC try - #6 Savannah Bauder (#5 Shoshanah Seumanutafa convert) 19-5 UBC
UBC try - #2 Jordan McLeod (#5 Shoshanah Seumanutafa convert) 26-5 UBC
UBC try - #2 Jordan McLeod (#5 Shoshanah Seumanutafa convert) 33-5 UBC
ALB try - #12 Maria Sawiak (#25 Kate Manning convert) 33-12 UBC

1^st Place Game: UBC Thunderbirds (5) vs. Victoria Vikes (12) 

VIC try - #5 Sara Kaljuvee (#6 Summer Blackmore convert) 7-0 VIC
HALF
UBC try - #6 Savannah Bauder (convert missed) 7-5 VIC
VIC try - #5 Sara Kaljuvee (convert missed) 12-5 VIC

 

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Final Tournament Standings

TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	TIES	POINTS
VIC	6	0	0	24
UBC	4	2	0	18
ALB	4	2	0	18
CGY	2	4	0	12
LET	2	4	0	12
TWU	0	6	0	6

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