2014 CIS Women's Rugby Championship News
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5TH PLACE CIS women’s rugby championship: Host Gryphons beat Alberta to finish on winning noteNovember 02, 2014GUELPH, Ont. (CIS) – The tournament host Guelph Gryphons scored the first 20 points of the second half to defeat the Alberta Pandas 25-8 in the fifth-place match of the CIS women’s rugby championship at Alumni Stadium, Sunday morning.
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BRONZE CIS women’s rugby championship: Mustangs beat Ottawa for bronze, win first CIS medal since 2007November 02, 2014GUELPH, Ont. (CIS) – Freshman Nikki Case of Toronto scored a pair of tries to lead the Western Mustangs to a 17-5 win over the Ottawa Gee-Gees in the bronze-medal game of the CIS women’s rugby championship at the University of Guelph’s Alumni Stadium, Sunday afternoon.
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FINAL CIS women’s rugby championship: X-Women outscore McMaster to claim 4th Monilex TrophyNovember 02, 2014GUELPH, Ont. (CIS) – Tournament MVP Emma Taylor of Scotsburn, N.S., scored two tries as the St. Francis Xavier X-Women captured their fourth Monilex Trophy thanks to a spectacular 43-34 win over the McMaster Marauders in the highest-scoring CIS women’s rugby final in history at the University of Guelph’s Alumni Stadium, Sunday afternoon.
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Game 3 Pool A CIS women’s rugby championship: Taylor’s last-second try sends X-Women to national finalNovember 01, 2014GUELPH, Ont. (CIS) – All-Canadian second row Emma Taylor, the AUS conference MVP from Scotsburn, N.S., scored three tries, including the game-winner in the dying moments of regulation, to send the St. Francis Xavier X-Women to the national final thanks to a dramatic 27-24 win over the Western Mustangs at the CIS women’s rugby championship at the University of Guelph’s Alumni Stadium, Saturday morning.
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Game 3 Pool B CIS women’s rugby championship: Marauders edge Ottawa, join StFX in finalNovember 01, 2014GUELPH, Ont. (CIS) – The McMaster Marauders will have a chance to capture the first Monilex Trophy in program history on Sunday thanks to a 17-12 win over the Ottawa Gee-Gees in the final game of the preliminary round at the CIS women’s rugby championship, Saturday afternoon, at the University of Guelph’s Alumni Stadium.
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Game 2 Pool A CIS women’s rugby championship: Big second half by StFX eliminates 2013 champsOctober 31, 2014GUELPH, Ont. (CIS) – The St. Francis Xavier X-Women exploded for 31 points in the second half, including the last 26 of the match, to beat the 2013 national champion Alberta Pandas 41-17 in the third game of the CIS women’s rugby championship at the University of Guelph’s Alumni Stadium, Friday morning.
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Game 2 Pool B CIS women’s rugby championship: First-timer Gee-Gees eliminate host GryphonsOctober 31, 2014GUELPH, Ont. (CIS) – Playing in their first-ever game at the CIS women’s rugby championship, the Ottawa Gee-Gees survived a late surge by tournament host Guelph to defeat the Gryphons 21-15 in the fourth game of the national competition at Alumni Stadium, Friday afternoon.
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Game 1 Pool A CIS women’s rugby championship: Mustangs upset defending champ Alberta in tourney openerOctober 30, 2014GUELPH, Ont. (CIS) – The CIS women’s rugby championship got underway Thursday morning with an upset of the defending national champions. The sixth-seeded Western Mustangs took down the top-seeded Alberta Pandas 22-19 in the Pool A opener at the University of Guelph’s Alumni Stadium.
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Game 1 Pool B CIS women’s rugby championship: Marauders edge host Guelph on last second kickOctober 30, 2014GUELPH, Ont. (CIS) – Stephanie Black of Oakville, Ont., scored on a penalty kick in the final seconds of the game as the McMaster Marauders came from behind to beat the tournament host Guelph Gryphons 15-13 in the first Pool B contest of the CIS women’s rugby championship at Alumni Stadium, Thursday afternoon.
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PREVIEW CIS women’s rugby championship: Top-seeded Pandas aim for repeat performance in GuelphOctober 29, 2014OTTAWA (CIS) – The top-seeded University of Alberta Pandas will try to become the first program in five years to repeat as Monilex Trophy champion this weekend when the best teams in CIS women’s rugby meet in Guelph for the 2014 national tournament.
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CIS women’s rugby: Western’s Josephson named player of the yearOctober 29, 2014GUELPH, Ont. (CIS) – Lori Josephson, a fifth-year scrum-half from Western University, was named CIS player of the year in women’s rugby, Wednesday night.
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2014 CIS women’s rugby championship: Seeding, pools and schedule announcedOctober 27, 2014OTTAWA (CIS) – The seeding, pools and schedule were announced Monday for the 2014 Canadian Interuniversity Sport women’s rugby championship, which gets under way later this week in Guelph, Ont.