The Guelph Gryphons women's rugby team won their fifth straight Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Championship over the Queen's Gaels by a score of 10-6 at Nixon Field, Saturday afternoon in Kingston, Ont. 
 
The victory also marks the 13th time that the Gryphons have won the OUA title since it was first contested in 1994.

The CIS No. 2 Gryphons are now vying for back-to-back national championships when they travel Antigonish, Nova Scotia next weekend for the CIS Championships hosted by CIS. No 1 seed St. FX.

The Gryphons enter the championships as OUA champions with an undefeated regular season record of 6-0, which saw them score a remarkable 388 points while allowing a paltry eight against.  In the post season the Gryphons continued their dominance going 3-0 with a quarterfinal shutout win over Brock and a semi-final defeat of McMaster.   
Today in Kingston, the Gaels earned the right to host as the top seed from the Russell Division. Early in the match, the Gryphons came out and showed why they are considered a favourite at this year's CIS Championship. Guelph ran the ball hard, making life difficult the Queen's defenders, and they quickly jumped out to 7-0 lead in the early minutes of the game with a try from from Caitlin Beaton of Clavering, Ont., with a conversion by Stephanie Tibelius of Ottawa, Ont.
 
Mid-way through the first half the Gaels got their first opportunity to put points on the board, when the Gaels chose to kick a penalty goal over going into a scrum. Bronwyn Corrigan of Waterloo, Ont. kicked a successful penalty goal, bringing the score to 7-3. The Gryphons and Gaels fought hard to gain yards and put more points on the board, but went into halftime with the Gryphons still leading 7-3.

In the 48th minute of play, the Gaels chose once again to attempt a penalty goal over going into a scrum. Corrigan took the kick, bringing the score to 7-6. The Gaels continued to control the play for most of the second half. With minutes left in the half the Gryphons made a push for the Gaels try-line.  In the 74th minute, the Gryphons chose a to go for a penalty goal over the scrum, hoping to clinch a few more points and cushion their lead. The kick was taken by Guelph's Tibelius, bringing the Gryphons lead to 10-6. The Gaels continued to dig deep, they strung together great phases and rucked over the ball well, hoping to steal the victory from under Guelph. But the Gryphons proved to be too much for the Gaels on this day, and came  away with 10-6 victory.

With files: Emily Suchanek, Queens