VICTORIA – The UBC Thunderbirds posted two wins on day two of the Victoria stop of the Canada West 7s series to go 5-0 and win the tournament – the second of the 7s season – at Wallace Field.

The Thunderbirds were followed by the hosts, the Victoria Vikes, at 4-1. Trinity Western ended the weekend with a 3-2 clip, while Lethbridge finished at 2-3 overall. Calgary and Alberta rounded out the field, with the Dinos grabbing a win on day two to end at 1-4, and the Pandas at 0-5.

UBC started out hot in their first game, going up 17-0 at halftime against Lethbridge on the back of two tries from Adia Pye and another from Mya Koleba. The Pronghorns cut the deficit to just seven points in the second half, but the T-Birds responded with another pair of tries to make it a 31-10 final.



The Thunderbirds faced off against the Spartans in the final game of the tournament, and the blue and gold recorded an emphatic 27-0 win to put themselves in pole position to claim their third straight Rugby 7s championship.

Skye Farish got the scoring going with a try, before Shalaya Valenzuela notched two of her own along with one from Pye, all before halftime. The T-Birds cruised to victory from there, with Brooklyn Roddham scoring the final try of the tournament.

"It was great to see the quality of play raise up across all the teams compared to the last tournament," noted Vikes head coach Brittany Waters on the weekend. "There were some quality games across the board, and you could see all the hard work teams have been putting in between the first tournament and now. I'm excited to see what the teams bring to the final stop."



Pye recorded five tries for the T-Birds on day two to lead the field, finishing the weekend with six overall to tie Victoria's Olivia Newsome for most over the tournament. Newsome added five converts on the weekend to tie with UBC's Lana Dueck and Lethbridge's Kayleigh Noel for the tournament high.

Calgary earned their first win of the weekend on the second day of play, taking down rivals Alberta, 26-5, using tries from Sofia Brussoni, Maori de Jesus-Gilhula, and Melody Kivia, in the first half and a try from Bomi Lawal in the second half to secure the win.

Trinity Western rounded out the winning teams on day two of the tournament, using two tries from Kelsa Kempf, one from Hannah Hibbs, and one from Ava Van Santen to take a 24-10 win over Calgary.

The Canada West 7s season comes to a close on March 14th and 15th, as Trinity Western hosts the final stop of the series. The T-Birds remain undefeated with a 10-0 record through the first two tournaments, with a three-game lead over second place.
 
 
RUGBY 7s VICTORIA TOURNAMENT FINAL STANDINGS

	TEAM	W	L	POINTS
1	UBC	5	0	10
2	Victoria	4	1	8
2	Trinity Western	3	2	6
2	Lethbridge	2	3	4
5	Calgary	1	4	2
5	Alberta	0	5	1

All teams participating in the Series will receive competition points according to their ranking at the end of each tournament. The overall winner of the Series will be determined by the team with the most series points as set out below:
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 point
 
RUGBY 7s SERIES OVERALL STANDINGS

	TEAM	W	L	POINTS
1	UBC	10	0	20
2	Victoria	7	3	14
2	Trinity Western	7	3	14
4	Lethbridge	2	8	5
4	Alberta	2	8	5
6	Calgary	2	8	4

 
 
ROUND 4
Game 10: Trinity Western (24) vs Calgary (10)
Scoring Summary:
 

	1	2	T
TWU	5	19	24
CGY	10	0	10

 
CGY try - #11 Melody Kivia (convert missed) 5-0 CGY
TWU try - #7 Kelsa Kempf (convert missed) 5-5
CGY try - #7 Makayla Joseph (convert missed) 10-5 CGY
HALF
TWU try - #8 Hannah Hibbs (convert #5 Jenna DeGreeff) 12-10 TWU
TWU try - #7 Kelsa Kempf (convert #4 Isabelle Scholtens) 19-10 TWU
TWU try - #6 Ava Van Santen (convert missed) 24-10 TWU
 
Game 11: Victoria (33) vs Alberta (0)
Scoring Summary:
 

	1	2	T
VIC	21	12	33
ALB	0	0	0

 
VIC try - #4 Ella O'Regan (convert #2 Olivia Newsome) 7-0 VIC
VIC try - #16 Kaitlyn Brescia (convert #2 Olivia Newsome) 14-0 VIC
VIC try - #4 Ella O'Regan (convert #2 Olivia Newsome) 21-0 VIC
HALF
VIC try - #2 Olivia Newsome (convert #2 Olivia Newsome) 28-0 VIC
VIC try - #11 Macy Wiebe (convert missed) 33-0 VIC
 
Game 12: UBC (31) vs Lethbridge (10)
Scoring Summary:
 

	1	2	T
UBC	17	14	31
LET	0	10	10

 
UBC try - #11 Adia Pye (convert missed) 5-0 UBC
UBC try - #6 Mya Koleba (convert missed) 10-0 UBC
UBC try - #11 Adia Pye (convert #7 Skye Farish) 17-0 UBC
HALF
LET try - #1 Emily Stewart (convert missed) 17-5 UBC
LET try - #9 Ainsley Maxwell (convert missed) 17-10 UBC
UBC try - #12 Lana Dueck (convert #12 Lana Dueck) 24-10 UBC
UBC try - #11 Adia Pye (convert #14 Brooke Roddham) 31-10 UBC
 

ROUND 5
Game 13: Calgary (26) vs Alberta (5)
Scoring Summary:
 

	1	2	T
CGY	19	7	26
ALB	5	0	5

 
ALB try – #13 Halle Walters (convert missed) 5-0 ALB
CGY try - #5 Sofia Brussoni (convert #5 Sofia Brussoni) 7-5 CGY
CGY try - #12 Maori de Jesus-Gilhula (convert #5 Sofia Brussoni) 14-5 CGY
CGY try - #11 Melody Kivia (convert missed) 19-5 CGY
HALF
CGY try - #14 Bomi Lawal (convert #5 Sofia Brussoni) 24-5 CGY
 
Game 14: Victoria (32) vs Lethbridge (5)
Scoring Summary:
 

	1	2	T
LET	5	0	5
VIC	15	17	32

 
VIC try - #8 Emily Findlay (convert missed) 5-0 VIC
VIC try - #4 Ella O'Regan (convert missed) 10-0 VIC
VIC try - #2 Olivia Newsome (convert missed) 15-0 VIC
LET try - #12 Millie Tiskey (convert missed) 15-5 VIC
HALF
VIC try - #11 Macy Wiebe (convert #2 Olivia Newsome) 22-5 VIC
VIC try - #8 Emily Findlay (convert missed) 27-5 VIC
VIC try - #2 Olivia Newsome (convert missed) 32-5 VIC
 
Game 15: UBC (27) vs Trinity Western (0)
Scoring Summary:
 

	1	2	T
UBC	22	5	27
TWU	0	0	0

 
UBC try - #7 Skye Farish (convert #7 Skye Farish) 7-0 UBC
UBC try - #15 Shalaya Valenzuela (convert missed) 12-0 UBC
UBC try - #11 Adia Pye (convert missed) 17-0 UBC
UBC try - #15 Shalaya Valenzuela (convert missed) 22-0 UBC
HALF
UBC try - #14 Brooke Roddham (convert missed) 27-0 UBC