KINGSTON, Ont. - Friday afternoon at Nixon Field in Kingston, the Guelph Gryphons women's rugby team picked up a 32-12 victory over the StFX X-Women in consolation semifinal play at the 2021 U SPORTS Women's Rugby Championships. After falling to the Victoria Vikes on Wednesday, the OUA champion Gryphons were right back in action on Friday with an 11am match versus the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) champions. After the X-Women were able to jump out to a 7-0 lead, the Gryphons would score 32 unanswered points, with
Talia Hoffman leading the way for the Gryphons with two tries on the day.
Hannah Beaumont's 50-metre run for a try in the 14th minute help turn momentum in the Gryphons favour, with Guelph taking a 17-7 lead into halftime. The Gryphons now advance to the U SPORTS consolation final on Sunday morning (10am) where they will face the Canada West champions, the UBC Thunderbirds. UBC, who lost their opening match at nationals to the host Queen's Gaels, defeated Acadia on Friday afternoon to book a spot versus Guelph in the consolation final.
Nike Top Performers
Guelph:
Natalie Armatage – 5 points
StFX: Maddie Harroun – 5 points
Scoring Summary
Guelph 32 – StFX 12
First Half
StFX – Try, Maddy Harroun (Danielle Franada convert) 6' 0-7
GUE – Try, Seema Abauehaera (Convert unsuccessful) 14' 5-7
GUE – Try,
Hannah Beaumont (
Kendra Cousineau convert) 17' 12-7
GUE – Try,
Taylor McKnight (Convert unsuccessful) 22' 17-7
Second Half
GUE – Try, Natalie Armitage (Convert unsuccessful) 11' 22-7
GUE – Try,
Talia Hoffman (Convert unsuccessful) 14' 27-7
GUE – Try,
Talia Hoffman (Convert unsuccessful) 19' 32-7
StFX – Try, S. Hoerig (Convert unsuccessful) 26' 32-12
Digital coverage can be accessed on
cbcsports.ca the free
CBC Gem streaming service and the CBC Sports App for
iOS and
Android devices, while French-language broadcasts are available at
https://video.isilive.ca/play/usports/w-rugby-francais.
