Women's Rugby - Queen's vs. Acadia U SPORTS Quarter-final 20191030
Photos of the Queen's Women's Rugby team vs. Acadia in the quarter-finals of the U SPORTS Women's Rugby Championship at Matt Anthony Field, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON on October 30, 2019.
All photos on this site are Copyright © Jeff Chan, and may be used for personal non-commercial applications including by Queen's University, Rugby Canada, and U SPORTS Canada and its member conferences, other participating teams, and in the case of concert photos, the artists, so long as photo credits are shown or the photos are otherwise attributed to Jeff Chan.
Jeff is founder and Chair of the Canadian University Men's Rugby Championship being held on November 20-24, 2019 at Concordia University in Montreal.
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QUEEN'S 55, ACADIA 19
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SECOND HALF SURGE AGAINST ACADIA SENDS GAELS TO U SPORTS SEMIFINAL
By Queen's Sports Information
In the final quarterfinal of the day at the U SPORTS Women's Rugby Championship, the Queen's Gaels defeated the Acadia Axewomen by a score of 55-19 on a rainy night at Matt Anthony Field at the University of Ottawa.
OUA Most Valuable Player Sophie de Goede and rookie Taylor Black paced the offence for the Gaels, as Queen's scored 40 of their 55 points in the second half of the contest.
From the moment the game began, the Gaels pressured with wave after wave of attack.
While de Goede missed a penalty kick from 20 yards out in the ninth minute, she quickly bounced back with a burst through the defence to open the scoring with her first try of the game in the 13th.
Acadia worked their way across the field into the offensive zone for the first time in the 17th minute, but the attack was short-lived as Queen's forced a retreat.
Within the span of four minutes, Black notched a pair of tries to add to her team's lead, she broke through the Acadia defence each time for long scores with her dynamic speed and agility.
In the waning moments of the first half, Emma Pfleiderer got past the Gaels defenders and scored her team's first try of the night. A successful convert by Annie Kennedy cut the Queen's lead to 15-7 heading into halftime.
Queen's walked onto the field with renewed energy as the second half began. In the opening 10 minutes, the Gaels tallied a total of four tries, highlighted by McKinley Hunt splitting the Axewomen defence and sprinting into the endzone to extend the lead to 43-12.
Late in the contest, both sides exchanged tries back and forth.
Acadia responded in the 51st minute, with Keisha Kane breaking through the wall to find the try line.
Maggie Banks replied for the Gaels, effectively using a stiff arm to break past a defender and run half the length of the field to score.
As the final minutes trickled off the clock, Sarah Boudreau scored for Acadia, while Banks scored her second of the night for Queen's moments later.
"(I'm) really happy with the effort, everybody played their role to perfection," said Gaels head coach Dan Valley after the game. "It's one of the biggest jobs on day one of this championship — get through day one on the right side of the ledger. Whether that's by 50 or by one, the important piece of the puzzle is getting to the other side. We did a really nice job and now we reload for Ottawa."
The win marks the fourth straight for the Gaels over Acadia dating back to 2012 and the second U SPORTS quarter-final victory for Queen's over Acadia as the Gaels knocked off the then No.1 seed in 2015 to open the championship hosted at Queen's.
Both teams play next on Friday, with Queen's advancing to face the host Ottawa Gee-Gees at 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT in the national semifinal. Acadia will face Calgary in the consolation semifinal at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT.
Nike Top Performers
QUE: Lizzie Gibson
ACA: Emilie Merilainen
Read MoreAll photos on this site are Copyright © Jeff Chan, and may be used for personal non-commercial applications including by Queen's University, Rugby Canada, and U SPORTS Canada and its member conferences, other participating teams, and in the case of concert photos, the artists, so long as photo credits are shown or the photos are otherwise attributed to Jeff Chan.
Jeff is founder and Chair of the Canadian University Men's Rugby Championship being held on November 20-24, 2019 at Concordia University in Montreal.
All other rights, including for all corporate and media use, are strictly reserved.
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QUEEN'S 55, ACADIA 19
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SECOND HALF SURGE AGAINST ACADIA SENDS GAELS TO U SPORTS SEMIFINAL
By Queen's Sports Information
In the final quarterfinal of the day at the U SPORTS Women's Rugby Championship, the Queen's Gaels defeated the Acadia Axewomen by a score of 55-19 on a rainy night at Matt Anthony Field at the University of Ottawa.
OUA Most Valuable Player Sophie de Goede and rookie Taylor Black paced the offence for the Gaels, as Queen's scored 40 of their 55 points in the second half of the contest.
From the moment the game began, the Gaels pressured with wave after wave of attack.
While de Goede missed a penalty kick from 20 yards out in the ninth minute, she quickly bounced back with a burst through the defence to open the scoring with her first try of the game in the 13th.
Acadia worked their way across the field into the offensive zone for the first time in the 17th minute, but the attack was short-lived as Queen's forced a retreat.
Within the span of four minutes, Black notched a pair of tries to add to her team's lead, she broke through the Acadia defence each time for long scores with her dynamic speed and agility.
In the waning moments of the first half, Emma Pfleiderer got past the Gaels defenders and scored her team's first try of the night. A successful convert by Annie Kennedy cut the Queen's lead to 15-7 heading into halftime.
Queen's walked onto the field with renewed energy as the second half began. In the opening 10 minutes, the Gaels tallied a total of four tries, highlighted by McKinley Hunt splitting the Axewomen defence and sprinting into the endzone to extend the lead to 43-12.
Late in the contest, both sides exchanged tries back and forth.
Acadia responded in the 51st minute, with Keisha Kane breaking through the wall to find the try line.
Maggie Banks replied for the Gaels, effectively using a stiff arm to break past a defender and run half the length of the field to score.
As the final minutes trickled off the clock, Sarah Boudreau scored for Acadia, while Banks scored her second of the night for Queen's moments later.
"(I'm) really happy with the effort, everybody played their role to perfection," said Gaels head coach Dan Valley after the game. "It's one of the biggest jobs on day one of this championship — get through day one on the right side of the ledger. Whether that's by 50 or by one, the important piece of the puzzle is getting to the other side. We did a really nice job and now we reload for Ottawa."
The win marks the fourth straight for the Gaels over Acadia dating back to 2012 and the second U SPORTS quarter-final victory for Queen's over Acadia as the Gaels knocked off the then No.1 seed in 2015 to open the championship hosted at Queen's.
Both teams play next on Friday, with Queen's advancing to face the host Ottawa Gee-Gees at 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT in the national semifinal. Acadia will face Calgary in the consolation semifinal at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT.
Nike Top Performers
QUE: Lizzie Gibson
ACA: Emilie Merilainen
