VANCOUVER - Once again it all came down to the final game of the weekend, but this time the UBC Thunderbirds claimed the glory and the top spot ahead of the University of Victoria Vikes at the second Canada West women's rugby 7s series tournament of the year.
 
Both teams had a perfect record of four wins going into their clash at Thunderbird Stadium on Saturday afternoon, but the Thunderbirds got revenge for the Vikes breaking their 18-game winning streak at the first tournament in Edmonton three weeks ago, coming from behind for a hard-fought 17-7 win against their bitter BC rivals to finish top of the standings.
 
UBC finished the tournament with 28 tries, with Sarah MacPherson leading the team in scoring with six of those tries. Sara Kaljuvee kicked nine conversions for the Thunderbirds.
 
UVic ran over 19 tries in their five matches, with Maggie MacKinnon leading both the Vikes and the tournament in scoring, putting up 46 points from her four tries and 13 conversions.
 
Trinity Western finished third in the standings after a pair of wins on Saturday, beating Calgary Dinos 15-5 and Alberta Pandas for a final record of three wins and two losses on the weekend. Danika Dool led the Spartans with four tries.
 
Calgary came up with a big 19-5 win over Lethbridge Pronghorns in their final game of the tournament to finish 4^th with a record of one win, one draw, and three defeats.
 
Lethbridge finish 5^th in the standings with one win and four defeats from their five games, while Alberta were 6th, with a final record of one draw and four defeats.
 
FINAL TOURNAMENT 2 STANDINGS 

TEAM                    W    L    D    POINTS
1. UBC                   5    0    0    10
2. Victoria               4    1    0    8
3. TWU                   3    2    0    6
4. Calgary               1    3    1    4
5. Lethbridge          1    4    0    2
6. Alberta                0    4    1    1

Point System: 1st Place - 10 points / 2nd Place - 8 points / 3rd Place - 6 points / 4th Place - 4 points / 5th Place - 2 points / 6th Place - 1 points
 
The teams will travel to Trinity Western for the third Canada West Women's Rugby 7s series tournament on February 23rd and 24th.
 
 
DAY 2 RESULTS
 
ROUND 4
 
Game 10:   Calgary Dinos    5    Trinity Western Spartans   15
 
Scoring summary:
                1      2      T
CAL:        5      0      5
TWU:      5    10    15
 
3' TWU try - #7 Ava Van Santen   (#9 Jenna De Greeff convert missed)   5-0  TWU
5' CAL try - #7 Melody Kivia  (#5 Sofia Brussoni convert missed)  5-5
 
HALF
 
11' TWU try - #7 Ava Van Santen   (#8 Vlada Shevchenko convert missed)   10-5  TWU
12' TWU try - #1 Danika Dool   (#11 Sara Eskildsen convert missed)  15-5 TWU
 
 
Game 11:   Victoria Vikes   21   Lethbridge Pronghorns  7
 
Scoring summary:
                 1      2     T
VIC:        21    0     21
LET:         7     0       7
 
1' VIC try - #15 Maggie MacKinnon   (#15 Maggie MacKinnon convert)   7-0 VIC
3' LET try - #12 Zina Umeh   (#13 Verity Fex convert)  7-7
5' VIC try - #24 Lucie Romeo  (#15 Maggie MacKinnon convert)   14-7 VIC
7' VIC try - #24 Lucie Romeo  (#15 Maggie MacKinnon convert)    21-7 VIC
 
HALF
 
No scoring second half
 
Game 12:   UBC Thunderbirds   40   Alberta Pandas  0
 
Scoring summary:
                 1       2      T
UBC:       19    21    40
ALB:         0      0       0
 
1' UBC yellow card - #6 Adia Pye
3' UBC try - #5 Savannah Bauder  (#1 Sara Kaljuvee convert missed)   5-0 UBC
5' UBC try - #4 Grace Turner   (#1 Sara Kaljuvee convert)  12-0 UBC
6' UBC try - #1 Sara Kaljuvee  (#1 Sara Kaljuvee convert)  19-0 UBC
 
HALF
 
10' UBC try - #7 Olivia Sarabura  (#7 Olivia Sarabura convert)  26-0 UBC
13' UBC try - #8 Tia Jordo   (#12 Lana Dueck convert)  33-0 UBC
14' UBC try - #10 Kiki Idowu   (#12 Lana Dueck convert)   40-0 UBC 
 
 
ROUND 5
 
Game 13:   Calgary Dinos   19   Lethbridge Pronghorns   5
 
Scoring summary:
                1      2     T
CAL:        7     12   19
LET:         0      5      5
 
3' CAL try - #14 Bomi Lawal  (#5 Sofia Brussoni convert)   7-0 CAL
 
HALF
 
8' CAL try - #14 Bomi Lawal  (#5 Sofia Brussoni convert missed)   12-0 CAL
10' LET try - #2 Molly Aellen  (#13 Verity Fex convert missed)  12-5 CAL
12' CAL try - #10 Maria Florez (#4 Macie Kitt convert)  19-5 CAL
 
 
Game 14:   Alberta Pandas   15   Trinity Western Spartans   17
 
Scoring summary:
                 1      2     T
ALB:       10    5     15
TWU:      5    12    17
 
3' ALB try - #10 Kate Manning  (#15 Michi Gratton convert missed)  5-0 ALB
4' TWU try - #9 Jenna De Greeff  (#9 Jenna De Greeff convert missed)   5-5
7' ALB try - #15 Michi Gratton  (#12 Kate Alcock convert missed)  10-5 ALB
 
HALF
 
8' TWU try - #7 Ava Van Santen   (#11 Sara Eskildsen convert)  12-10 TWU
10' TWU try - #5 Issy Scholtens  (#11 Sara Eskildsen convert missed)   17-10 TWU
14' ALB try - #14 Steph Hovdestad  (#12 Kate Alcock convert missed)  17-15 TWU
 
 
Game 15:   Victoria Vikes   7    UBC Thunderbirds  17
 
Scoring summary:
                 1      2     T
VIC:         0     7       7
UBC:       5    12     17
 
7' UBC try - #6 Adia Pye   (#1 Sara Kaljuvee convert missed)  5-0 UBC
 
HALF
 
9' VIC try - #13 Larah Wright  (#15 Maggie MacKinnon convert)  7-5 VIC 
12' UBC try - #7 Olivia Sarabura  (#1 Sara Kaljuvee convert)  12-7 UBC
14' UBC try - #6 Adia Pye  (#1 Sara Kaljuvee convert missed)  17-7 UBC