Cameron Doherty, Vikes Communications

VICTORIA – The University of Victoria Vikes wrapped up a dominant 2018 Canada West Rugby 7s Series with three more wins on Sunday Feb. 25 at Wallace Field, moving them to a perfect record of 6-0 in the Victoria leg of the series, 18-0 overall, and capturing both the Victoria tournament title as well as the conference 7s banner in the process. 

The Vikes capped off their season by scoring 15 unanswered points in the second half to defeat the 2017 conference champions, the Calgary Dinos, by a score of 22-5 in what was another monumental clash between the two teams. 

“That was our goal coming into the series and we knew that we had the athletes to accomplish it,” said Vikes head coach Brittany Waters on the team’s undefeated season. “It was really important for us to take it one game at a time, one tournament at a time, and just keep improving on our performances.” 

Calgary’s record of 4-1-1 in Victoria was good enough to put them second in both the tournament and the overall standings, while the Lethbridge Pronghorns earned third-place in the conference by finishing fourth on the weekend. Rebecca Gannon scored two tries for Lethbridge in their 31-19 victory over the Alberta Pandas to give the Pronghorns the head-to-head tiebreaker between the two teams that finished with identical records of 3-3 in Victoria. 

The UBC Thunderbirds (3-2-1) secured fourth-place in the conference thanks an outstanding second half comeback against the Dinos. Nicole Mallow crossed the try line right as time expired to knot the game at 10-10 and ensure the Thunderbirds a third-place finish in Victoria, giving them just enough points to edge out the fifth-place Pandas in the conference standings.

The Fraser Valley Cascades (1-5) and the Thompson Rivers WolfPack (0-6) round out both the tournament and conference standings with finishes of sixth and seventh respectively.

Fraser Valley ends the season with two victories, both of which came at the expense of the WolfPack. Thompson Rivers continued to battle hard in their first ever season in the league and ensured that they wouldn’t be kept off the scoreboard in Victoria thanks to a try from Grace Campbell in their final game of the season.

Sunday results

Game 13: UBC Thunderbirds 38, Thompson Rivers WolfPack 0

Scoring summary:

UBC: 26-12: 38

TRU: 0-0: 0

• UBC try – #15 Hera Sfikas (#11 Shoshanah Seumanutafa convert) – 7-0

• UBC try – #1 Emily Baker (convert missed) – 12-0

• UBC try – #15 Hera Sfikas (#11 Shoshanah Seumanutafa convert) – 19-0

• UBC try – #1 Emily Baker (#11 Shoshanah Seumanutafa convert) – 26-0

Half

• UBC try – #15 Hera Sfikas (convert missed) – 31-0

• UBC try – #10 Nicole Mallow (#4 Brooke Bazian convert) – 38-0

Game 14: UVic Vikes 26, Alberta Pandas 12

Scoring summary:

VIC: 12-14: 26

ALB: 12-0: 12

• ALB try – #11 Jamie Braybrook (convert missed) – 0-5

• VIC try – #4 Paige Farries (convert missed) – 5-5

• ALB try – #11 Jamie Braybrook (#5 Aline Wicklum convert) – 5-12

• VIC try – #4 Paige Farries (#9 Kara Galbraith convert) – 12-12

Half

• VIC try – #9 Kara Galbraith (#9 Kara Galbraith convert) – 19-12

• VIC try – #6 Madeleine Graham (#9 Kara Galbraith convert) – 26-12

Game 15: Calgary Dinos 24, Lethbridge Pronghorns 7

Scoring summary:

CGY: 12-12: 24

LET: 0-7: 7

• CGY try – #12 Emily Tuttosi (#6 Laura Petrillo convert) – 7-0

• CGY try – #9 Taejah Thompson (convert missed) – 12-0

Half

• CGY try – #9 Taejah Thompson (#9 Laura Petrillo convert) – 19-0

• CGY try – #9 Taejah Thompson (convert missed) – 24-0

• LET try – #20 Brittany Orr (#15 Hannah Lopez) – 24-7

Game 16: UVic Vikes 31, Fraser Valley Cascades 0

Scoring summary:

VIC: 12-19: 31

UFV: 0-0: 0

• VIC try – #14 Sasha Guedes (convert missed) – 5-0

• VIC try – #14 Sasha Guedes (#14 Sasha Guedes convert) – 12-0

Half

• VIC try – #13 Renee Gonzales (#10 Jess Neilson convert) – 19-0

• VIC try – #13 Renee Gonzales (#10 Jess Neilson convert) – 26-0

• VIC try – #6 Madeleine Graham (convert missed) – 31-0

Game 17: Lethbridge Pronghorns 31, Alberta Pandas 19

Scoring summary:

LET: 17-14: 31

ALB: 7-12: 19

• LET try – #13 Sara Cline (#15 Hannah Lopez) – 7-0

• LET try – #10 Rebecca Gannon (convert missed) – 12-0

• ALB try – #1 Elizabeth Steele (#5 Aline Wicklum convert) – 12-7

• LET try – #14 Hailey Driscoll (convert missed) – 17-7

Half

• LET try – #10 Rebecca Gannon (#7 Caitlin Sears convert) – 24-7

• ALB try – #6 Courtney Hotlkamp (#5 Aline Wicklum convert) – 24-14

• LET try – #14 Hailey Driscoll (#15 Hannah Lopez convert) – 31-14

• ALB try – #5 Aline Wicklum (convert missed) – 31-19

Game 18: Calgary Dinos 10, UBC Thunderbirds 10

Scoring summary:

CGY: 10-0: 10

UBC: 0-10: 10

• CGY try – #3 DaLeaka Menin (convert missed) – 5-0

• CGY try – #6 Laura Petrillo (convert missed) – 10-0

Half

• UBC try – #7 Ciara Malone (convert missed) – 10-5

• UBC try – #10 Nicole Mallow (convert missed) – 10-10

Game 19: Lethbridge Pronghorns 40, Thompson Rivers WolfPack 5

Scoring summary:

LET: 14-26: 40

TRU: 5-10: 5

• LET try – #13 Sara Cline (#15 Hannah Lopez convert) – 7-0

• TRU try – #9 Grace Campbell (convert missed) – 7-5

• LET try – #15 Hannah Lopez (#15 Hannah Lopez convert) – 14-5

Half

• LET try – #5 Abigail Duguid (#15 Hannah Lopez convert) – 21-5

• LET try – #5 Abigail Duguid (#15 Hannah Lopez convert) – 28-5

• LET try – #13 Sara Cline (#7 Caitlin Sears convert) – 35-5

• LET try – #7 Caitlin Sears (convert missed) – 40-5

Game 20: Alberta Pandas 49, Fraser Valley Cascades 0

Scoring summary:

ALB: 28-21: 49

UFV: 0-0: 0

• ALB try – #13 Alycia Andersen (#5 Aline Wicklum convert) – 7-0

• ALB try – #5 Aline Wicklum (#5 Aline Wicklum convert) – 14-0

• ALB try – #21 Lora Lee (#21 Lora Lee convert) – 21-0

• ALB try – #13 Alycia Andersen (#5 Aline Wicklum convert) – 28-0

Half

• ALB try – #10 Sarah Farley (#10 Sarah Farley convert) – 35-0

• ALB try – #6 Courtney Holtkamp (#6 Courtney Holtkamp convert) – 42-0

• ALB try – #6 Courtney Holtkamp (#6 Courtney Holtkamp convert) – 49-0

Game 21: UVic Vikes 22, Calgary Dinos 5

Scoring summary:

VIC: 7-15: 22

CGY: 5-0: 5

• VIC try – #5 Emily Belchos (#9 Kara Galbraith convert) – 7-0

• CGY try – #9 Taejah Thompson (convert missed) – 7-5

Half

• VIC try – #10 Jess Neilson (convert missed) – 12-5

• VIC try – #5 Emily Belchos (convert missed) – 17-5

• VIC try – #4 Paige Farries (convert missed) – 22-5

Tournament standings

TEAM   WINS    LOSSES TIES      POINTS

VIC       6          0          0          24

CGY     4          1          1          19

UBC      3         2          1          16

LET      3          3          0          15

ALB      3          3          0          15

UFV      1          5          0          9

TRU      0          6          0          6

NOTE: Teams are awarded four points for a win, two points for a draw, and one point for a loss.

Overall series standings