Rouge et Or shutout Axewomen in tournament-opener
VICTORIA (U SPORTS) – Nine different Laval student-athletes scored tries during the Rouge et Or's decisive 68-0 victory over the Acadia Axewomen on November 2 in their quarterfinal game at the 2022 U SPORTS Women's Rugby Championship on Wednesday.
Laval's Marie-Pier Fauteux, Laura Guay, and Rosalie Charbonneau each scored two tries to lead the Rouge et Or, while Audrey Champagne tallied three converts in the win. Laval recorded their sixth shutout of the season.
With the win, Laval advances to play the winner of UBC and Guelph on Friday, November 4 at 5 p.m. PT at Centennial Stadium, while Acadia takes on the loser of UBC/Guelph in the consolation semifinal Friday at 1 p.m. PT at Wallace Field.
View the schedule and results on the U SPORTS Women's Rugby Championship website. To follow the championships live, visit CBC Gem and CBC Sports online.
NIKE TEAM TOP PERFORMERS
- Laval: Andréanne Valois
- Acadia: Katya Dondi
SCORING SUMMARY
ACADIA 0 0 0
LAVAL 41 27 68
First Half
- 4' - Laval try #8 Marie-Pier Fauteux (#12 convert missed) - 5-0 Laval
- 8' - Laval try #5 Annabelle Parent (Convert #12 Audrey Champagne) – 12-0 Laval
- 13' - Laval try #14 Laura Guay, (Convert #12 Audrey Champagne) – 9-0 Laval
- 17' - Laval try #6 Anne-Frédérique Simard, (Convert #2 Audrey Champagne) – 26-0 Laval
- 22' - Laval try #8 Marie-Pier Fauteux, (#12 convert missed) – 31-0 Laval
- 31' - Laval try #11 Anais Gilbert, convert (#12 convert missed) – 36-0 Laval
- 35' - Laval try #14 Corinne Fréchette, (#12 convert missed) – 41-0 Laval
Second Half
- 41' - Laval try #25 Roxanne Labbé (#12 convert missed) – 46-0 Laval
- 44' - Laval try #23 Rosalie Charbonneau (Convert #15 Alexina Tardif-Samson) – 53-0 Laval
- 49' - Laval try #14 Laura Guay (#15 convert missed) – 58-0 Laval
- 61' - Laval try #23 Rosalie Charbonneau (#15 convert missed) – 63-0 Laval
- 65' - Laval try #21 Noémie Tremblay (#15 convert missed) – 68-0 Laval