CIS Women's Rugby Championship
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Athletes of the Week (#1): Queen’s Schroeter, Laval’s Houle honouredSeptember 06, 2017
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2016 Women's Rugby Championship: StFX captures fifth national title, McDaid named championship MVPNovember 06, 2016KINGSTON, Ont. (CIS) –The second-seeded McMaster Marauders lay claim to their first Monilex Trophy with a 27-3 win over the tournament host and No. 8 Queen’s Gaels in the gold-medal final of the CIS women’s rugby championship, Sunday afternoon at Nixon Field.
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2016 women’s rugby championship 5TH PLACE: Stingers earn fifth place with character victory over MaraudersNovember 06, 2016VICTORIA (USports) – Less than one day after playing two extra frames of overtime against the Victoria Vikes, the Concordia Stingers regrouped to hand the McMaster Marauders a 29-22 defeat and claim fifth place in Canada.
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2016 Women’s Rugby Championship: Stingers survive late push from Vikes to fight another dayNovember 05, 2016VICTORIA (U Sports) – The Concordia Stingers overcame a late equalizer from the Victoria Vikes to pick up a 29-20 victory in overtime and reserve a spot in the consolation final against McMaster on Sunday.
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2016 Women’s Rugby Championship: Marauders down Axewomen to book spot in consolation finalsNovember 05, 2016VICTORIA (U Sports) – The McMaster Marauders punched their ticket to the consolation finals on Saturday afternoon with a 24-5 victory over the Acadia Axewomen at Wallace Field.
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2016 Women's Rugby Championship Semi Final #2: StFX on to championship final after upset victory over No. 1 GryphonsNovember 07, 2015VICTORIA (U Sports) – The StFX women jumped out to an early lead over the No. 1 Guelph Gryphons in the first half and completed the upset in the second, moving on to the championship finals with a 38-24 victory at Centennial Stadium Friday night.
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2016 Women’s Rugby Championship Semi-Final #1: Gee-Gees prevail in national semifinals after defensive battle with DinosNovember 05, 2016VICTORIA (U Sports) – Great defence was the story of the night at Centennial Stadium on Friday, as the Ottawa Gee-Gees held on for a 7-5 victory over the Calgary Dinos in the CIS women’s rugby championship semifinals.
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2016 Women's Rugby Championships Quarter Final #3: Last second stand allows St. FX to squeak by ConcordiaNovember 03, 2016VICTORIA – In a contest that came down to the very last play of the game the St. FX X-Women held on for a 24-17 victory over the Concordia Stingers.
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2016 Women's Rugby Championships Quarter Final #2: Ottawa downs McMaster in back-and-forth quarterfinal matchupNovember 03, 2016VICTORIA – The Ottawa Gee-Gees tallied three second-half tries on their way to a 25-19 victory over the McMaster Marauders at Wallace Field on Thursday.
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U Sports women’s rugby: Calgary’s Menin named player of the yearNovember 02, 2016
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19th CIS women’s rugby championship: Draw and schedule announcedOctober 31, 2016TORONTO (U Sports) – The draw and schedule were announced Monday for the 2016 Canadian Interuniversity Sport women’s rugby championship. The tournament, hosted for the second time by the University of Victoria, kicks off on Thursday at Wallace Field and concludes Sunday with the gold-medal final at 3 p.m. PT.
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FINAL CIS women’s rugby championship: Marauders defeat host Gaels for first Monilex TrophyNovember 08, 2015KINGSTON, Ont. (CIS) –The second-seeded McMaster Marauders lay claim to their first Monilex Trophy with a 27-3 win over the tournament host and No. 8 Queen’s Gaels in the gold-medal final of the CIS women’s rugby championship, Sunday afternoon at Nixon Field.
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SEMIFINAL #1 CIS women’s rugby championship: Marauders edge Ottawa, get another shot at first Monilex TrophyNovember 07, 2015KINGSTON, Ont. (CIS) – The second-seeded McMaster Marauders will play in the Monilex Trophy final for the second straight year thanks to a hard-fought 14-8 win over the No. 3 Ottawa Gee-Gees in the first semifinal of the CIS women’s rugby championship, Saturday afternoon at Queen’s University’s Nixon Field.
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CONSOLATION #1 CIS women’s rugby championship: Pronghorns edge 2014 champ StFX, will play for fifth SundayNovember 07, 2015KINGSTON, Ont. (CIS) – The Lethbridge Pronghorns defeated the 2014 champion StFX X-Women 20-12 in the first consolation match of the CIS women’s rugby championship Saturday afternoon at Queen’s University’s Nixon Field.
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QF #4 CIS women’s rugby championship: McEwen kicks Gaels to semis, Gaels complete comeback to knock off top seed AcadiaNovember 05, 2015KINGSTON, Ont. (CIS) – The host Queen’s Gaels opened their CIS women’s rugby championship journey with a come from behind upset over the top seeded Acadia Axewomen 24-17 on their home turf of Nixon Field on Thursday night in Kingston.
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QF #3 CIS women’s rugby championship: All-Canadians Tessier, Rajotte lead Stingers over VictoriaNovember 05, 2015KINGSTON, Ont. (CIS) – The fifth-seed Concordia Stingers began their CIS women’s rugby championship journey by knocking off the No. 4 Victoria Vikes 34-12 in the third quarter-final match-up at Queen’s University’s Nixon Field, Thursday evening.
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QF #2 CIS women’s rugby championship: Marauders dominate Lethbridge 62-14, off to Final FourNovember 05, 2015KINGSTON, Ont. (CIS) – Led by CIS player of the year Cindy Nelles of Bellevile, Ont., the McMaster Marauders had no trouble getting past the Lethbridge Pronghorns in the second quarter-final of the CIS women’s rugby championship, winning 62-14 on Thursday afternoon at Nixon Field in Kingston.
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QF #1 CIS women’s rugby championship: Gee-Gees beat defending champs, StFX out of medal contentionNovember 05, 2015KINGSTON, Ont. (CIS) – The Ottawa Gee-Gees opened the CIS women’s rugby championship with a 29-7 quarter-final win over the defending Monilex Trophy champion StFX X-Women on Thursday afternoon at Nixon Field in Kingston.
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McMaster’s Nelles named CIS women’s rugby player of the yearNovember 04, 2015KINGSTON, Ont. (CIS) – Cindy Nelles, a fourth-year number eight from McMaster University, was named the CIS player of the year in women’s rugby, Wednesday night.
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PREVIEW CIS women’s rugby championship: X-Women in tough to repeat at new-look national tournamentNovember 03, 2015OTTAWA (CIS) – The St. Francis Xavier X-Women hope to become the first team since 2009 to repeat as CIS women’s rugby champions this weekend as the national tournament moves from a six-team pool-play format to an eight-team single-elimination competition.