It's Miller time, again, as ruggers romp, clinch third place
Oct. 20, 2010
STE. ANNE DE BELLEVUE, Que. - Fullback Brianna Miller, a freshman from Pte. Claire, Que., tallied a pair of tries as the McGill women's rugby team closed out the regular season with a 28-12 victory over visiting Ottawa Gee-Gees in Quebec University Rugby League play at McEwen Field, Wednesday.
The result clinched third-place for McGill in the six-team conference. Both McGill and Ottawa finished with identical 3-3 records but Ottawa was relegated to fourth-place as they split their two-game series with the Martlets, who had outscored Ottawa 24-19 in head-to-head matchups.
The Martlets, who led 12-5 at halftime, had eight points from veteran Steph Lynam of Beaconsfield, Que., who registered a pair of penalty kicks and added a conversion.
Other McGill tries were notched by sophomore Jessica Wong of Toronto andMandy Mongeon, a senior from Ile-Bizard, Que., who opened the scoring in the 15th minute of play.
Lana Dingwell of Ottawa and Natasha Watcham-Roy of Val des Monts, Que., accounted for all of the Gee-Gees points, with one try apiece in addition to a conversion by Dingwell.
"I was pleased with our performance tonight," said head coach Vince deGrandpre. " Although we made a number of mistakes early in the game and took some penalties which kept the game close in the first half, we finally got our act together after halftime and I think that Ottawa was in our end only a few times for the remainder of the game."
A less than pleased Ottawa head coach Suzanne Chaulk was clearly frustrated with her team's inability to sustain that momentum: "The try we scored in the first half was a beautiful team try, and it looked like we had great momentum and we were going to do something with it. But then we decided not to play, took a million penalties, and made stupid decisions."
McGill will now meet second-place Laval (4-2) in a semifinal affair, slated to be played Saturday at 1 p.m. in Quebec City. The Rouge et Or won the only meeting between the teams this season, with a 27-12 conquest in the provincial capital.
The Martlets are on a bit of a roll, winning two of their last three games, sandwiched around a hard-fought 30-20 setback to the undefeated Concordia Stingers.
"We have a young team and have been working towards just making the playoffs," deGrandpre added. "We are right where we want to be and we'll give Laval a tough game."
The other semi will pit Ottawa against division-leading Concordia (6-0) on Sunday.
SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
McGill Athletics & Recreation
514-398-7012
earl.zukerman@mcgill.ca
OFFICIAL LINEUPS:
|
McGILL |
|
Tries |
Converts |
Drop |
Pen Goals |
PTS |
|
Miller, Brianna |
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
|
Lynam, Stephanie |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
|
Mongeon, Amandra |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
Wong, Jessica |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
Beattie-dagenais, Noala |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Black, Sydney |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Booth, Stephanie |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Crook, Michelle |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Deckert, Kathleen |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Duncan, Chloe |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Dunn, Krista |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Edwards, Cristyn |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Gibson, Brianna |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Henderson, Amanda |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Hunting, Tiffany |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Mckellar, Katelyn |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Paul, Meagan |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Sawitsky, Ashten |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Tomioka, Aya |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Walsh, Trischa |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
White, Julia |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Yerbury, Briana |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
OTTAWA |
|
Essai |
Converti |
Drop |
Pénalité |
PTS |
|
Dingwall, Lana |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
|
Watcham-roy, Natasha |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
|
Agbeyaka, Esinam |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Amson, Ashley |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Blanchard, Caitlan |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Byard, Jillisa |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Carino, Leandra |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Comeau, Jackie |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Cormier, Maude |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Crawford, Jenny-lynn |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Deacon, Nicole |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Ferron, Nicole |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Foulds, Katherine |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Harriman, Katie |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Hussain, Amel |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Kechichian, Sandy |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Lewis, Amy |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Linton, Rachel |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Maccormack, Allison |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Mckay, Janine |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Meng, Sarah |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Ogbemudia, Philippa |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Stoffer, Amber |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Tupper, Nancy |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Walsh moreau, Shannon |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2010 FINAL QURL STANDINGS |
|
|
Pos |
TEAMS |
GP |
W |
L |
N |
PP |
PC |
TOTAL |
|
1 |
Concordia |
6 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
243 |
53 |
12 |
|
2 |
Laval |
6 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
192 |
40 |
8 |
|
3 |
McGill |
6 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
225 |
83 |
6 |
|
4 |
Ottawa |
6 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
158 |
75 |
6 |
|
5 |
x-Sherbrooke |
6 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
42 |
282 |
4 |
|
6 |
x-Bishop's |
6 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
17 |
344 |
0
|
|
