W-RUGBY ROUNDUP: Telidetzki counts four tries in Toronto win
September 5 – McMaster @ Guelph
The defending CIS champion Guelph Gryphon women’s rugby team started off the 2012 season with a 53-8 win over the McMaster Marauders today (Sept. 5) in Guelph. The CIS No. 2 Gryphons move to 1-0 on the season while the Marauders fall to 0-1.
The Gryphons roared out of the gates as the Marauders found it difficult to shut down Guelph’s potent offence.
Veteran Britt Benn of Napanee, Ont. propelled her team and led all players with 15 points in the win. Guelph native
Caitlin McNally contributed two tries for 10 points while Morganne Linthewaite of Guelph, Ont., rookie Bronwyn McCrone of Mississauga, Ont. and Samantha Pepper of Turkey Point, Ont. each added single tries. Second year Stephanie Tibelius of Ottawa picked up four converts for a total of eight points.
The Gryphons return to action this Sunday, September 9 when they host the Laurier Golden Hawks at the Gryphon Soccer Complex at 1:00 p.m.
Source: Guelph Sports Info
Waterloo @ Trent
The Waterloo women's rugby team opened up their 2012 season with a convincing 38-17 win over the home side Trent Excalibur on Wednesday afternoon in Peterborough.
Second year forward Rachel Brown (Cambridge, Ont.) tallied a team high 11 points in the win which included one try and three converts while third year lock Megan Colwell (Spencerville, Ont.) scored two tries for 10 points to lead the Warriors to victory.
Also contributing for the black and gold was third year back Nastasha Vrablic (Cambridge, Ont.), rookie winger Samantha Taraborrelli (Sarnia, Ont.) and flanker Adrienne Sy each with one try. Rookie lock Naomi Brown (Cambridge, Ont.) also added a convert in the winning effort.
Brittany Douglas provided two tries for the home side while Jillian Roy added a single and Celeigh Harris chipped in a convert to round out the Excalibur attack.
The 1-0 Warriors now return home to face the Brock Badgers on Sunday afternoon at 1pm at the CIF fields. The meeting will be the first since the Badgers ousted Waterloo in a heartbreaking loss of the OUA quarter-finals last season.
Source: Waterloo Sports Info
Brock @ Queen’s
Kingston, Ont. - Bronwyn Corrigan (Waterloo, Ont.) led the No. 5-ranked Queen's Gaels with four tries in their 37-0 win over the Brock Badgers in OUA women's rugby action , Wednesday. The third-year lock had a career day as the Gaels cruised to the win in their first game at newly-renovated Nixon Field.
Gillian Pegg (Barrie, Ont.) put the first points on the board with a try in the second minute that originated from a ruck. The Gaels stole the ball and spun it wide giving Pegg the opportunity to put Queen's on the board.
Corrigan scored the second try of the game, going on a 15 yard run in the tenth minute. Twenty minutes later, excellent teamwork and communication by the Gaels allowed Pegg to score her second try, and a try by Nadia Popov (Newmarket, Ont.) in the 38th minute put Queen's up 20-0 at halftime.
The second half of the game saw Brock gain some momentum, as they entered the second half of the game with more energy. However, they were not able to break past the defensive tactic of the Gaels.
In the 65th minute of the game, Corrigan managed to break through the Badgers' defense to score her second try of the game. She went on to score two more tries in second half, in the 73rd and 77th minutes. A 74th-minute conversion by Danielle Underwood (Toronto, Ont.) rounded out the scoring.
“It was a good first league game,” said Gaels Head Coach Beth Barz. “In set pieces, our scrums played well and we moved the ball forward well, but we will need to improve on our rucks.”
Queen's (1-0) will visit Western on Sunday.
Source: Queen’s Sports Info
Western @ York
The York University Lions women's rugby team went down by a score of 52-22 in the first game of the season for both teams on Wednesday evening at York's Rugby Field.
Most of the offence came in the second half as just two tries were scored in the first. The Mustangs held a 14-0 advantage at the break on a beautiful night at York's Keele campus.
The game started to pick up immediately in the second half. The Lions dominated play for the first five minutes and kept the ball in Western's end but could not get into the in-goal area. The Mustangs finally broke free and ran the ball down the length of the field, scoring their third try of the game to increase their lead.
The Lions got on the board first on a try by third-year player Fedelia Omoghan of Toronto, who scored her first of the season. Rookie Shari Stefaniuk of Mississauga, Ont., made good on the convert to give the Lions seven points.
The two teams traded tries back and forth for the rest of the game as points were racked up at both ends of the pitch. Each time the Lions scored the Mustangs would reply almost immediately, and they were able to increase their lead as the contest wore on.
Second-year player Amber Barrett of Kitchener, Ont., the team's co-MVP last season as a rookie, lived up to that billing again with a game-high 15 points on three tries. She is currently tied with Guelph's Britt Benn for the OUA scoring lead after one week.
Western had seven different players score tries in the game, led by Lori Josephson's two. Also tallying five points each for the Mustangs were Emma Clarke, Mackenzie Fane, Caitlin Gillen, Nat Kreiger and Danielle Spice.
Meaghann Buitinga was the leading point-scorer for the Mustangs as she was successful on six convert attempts for 12 points.
The Lions will get right back to it this weekend with a game against the McMaster Marauders, who won the OUA silver medal last season. The contest is set for 3pm at the York Rugby Field on Sunday (Sept. 9).
Source: York Sports Info
Laurier @ Toronto
Karla Telidetzki scored four tries in leading the Varsity Blues women’s rugby team to a 38-13 win over the Laurier Golden Hawks on Wednesday, September 5 at Varsity Centre.
The Blues opened the scoring just five minutes into the contest as Bailey Rudnick pushed in for the try. Telidetzki, the 2011 OUA Russell division most valuable player and all-star, then notched three consecutive tries, with Zoriana Workun adding a late one to give U of T a dominant 31-3 lead at the half.
Laurier’s Jennifer Gilmour attempted to rally the troops with an early try in the second; however, Telidetzki answered back seven minutes later. Samantha Reid added a late marker for the Hawks but it wasn’t enough as the final whistle sounded in favour of the Blues.
Toronto’s Nicole Baker added four conversions in the win.
The Varsity Blues return to action this Sunday, September 9 as they head to Peterborough, Ont., to take on the Trent Excalibur. Game time is set for 1 p.m.
Source: Toronto Sports Info
