Women's Rugby - Queen's vs. Brock 20191011
Photos of the Queen's Women's Rugby team's match vs. the Brock Badgers in the OUA Semi-final match at Nixon Field, Queen's University, Kingston, ON on October 11, 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.
All other rights, including for all corporate and media use, are strictly reserved.
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QUEEN'S 74, BROCK 3
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NO. 3 GAELS TO HOST OUA CHAMPIONSHIP NOV. 18 WITH SEMI-FINAL WIN OVER BROCK, QUALIFY FOR U SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP IN OTTAWA
By Queen's Sports Information
The No.3 Queen's Gaels took down the Brock Badgers 74-3 on Friday night under the lights at Nixon Field. With the win, the Gaels will host the OUA Championship next Friday night at 7 pm on homecoming weekend. The Gaels also booked their ticket back to the U SPORTS national championship.
GAME FLOW
The reigning U SPORTS MVP Sophie de Goede wasted no time in the match as she circled the Brock defence for a try and nailed the conversion herself to put the Tricolour ahead 7-0.
Queen's continued to dominate the play and possession as 2018 U SPORTS All-Canadian Rachel Hickson was able to get the ball out wide and put down a try to make it 12-0 Gaels.
The Gaels were able to block a kick from Brock deep in the Badgers end to gain possession. From there Queen's worked it outside to Lizzie Gibson who dashed for open space and dove over the try line for the score.
McKinley Hunt and de Goede each scored tries and Queen's was ahead 31-0 late in the opening half.
With Brock looking to get their first points on the board, Lane Hessels broke free for a near field-long run but it was the Gaels Hickson who never gave up on the play and chased down Hessels with a great try-saving tackle to ensure a 31-0 lead for Queen's at halftime.
The second half started with Hickson using her speed once again down the outside of the field for a try. The Badgers were finally able to score their first points of the match as Taylor Knezevich kicked a penalty for three points from the 22.
Queen's went on to add another 33 in the half and seal the win 74-3.
The victory sets up a rematch of the 2018 OUA Final with the Guelph Gryphons. Queen's and Guelph met earlier this season where the Gaels came away with a 54-19 win in Guelph. The Gaels will be looking to win the program's second OUA championship title and first-ever on home soil.
FINAL SAY
Head Coach - Dan Valley
"We had a really great performance against Guelph this year and we know they are going to be reloaded and show up here pretty pissed off and that's exciting for us. We're really looking forward to that challenge. Having the final at home is a reflection of the work that our athletes have done to earn that right.
On Hickson's tackle.
"It's a reflection of our attitude. There are a lot of people that would have said we can't close that space but we had Carmen Izyk and Rachel Hickson who had no business catching that person just pin their ears back and go. And that's a massive boost for us."
BY THE NUMBERS
1st - Time in school history the women's rugby team will host the OUA Championship
1 - Spot secured at the U SPORTS National Championship at Ottawa
16 - Points on the night for de Goede
2 - Victories over Brock this season
8 - Different try scorers for the Tricolour
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 74, BROCK 3
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NO. 3 GAELS TO HOST OUA CHAMPIONSHIP NOV. 18 WITH SEMI-FINAL WIN OVER BROCK, QUALIFY FOR U SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP IN OTTAWA
By Queen's Sports Information
The No.3 Queen's Gaels took down the Brock Badgers 74-3 on Friday night under the lights at Nixon Field. With the win, the Gaels will host the OUA Championship next Friday night at 7 pm on homecoming weekend. The Gaels also booked their ticket back to the U SPORTS national championship.
GAME FLOW
The reigning U SPORTS MVP Sophie de Goede wasted no time in the match as she circled the Brock defence for a try and nailed the conversion herself to put the Tricolour ahead 7-0.
Queen's continued to dominate the play and possession as 2018 U SPORTS All-Canadian Rachel Hickson was able to get the ball out wide and put down a try to make it 12-0 Gaels.
The Gaels were able to block a kick from Brock deep in the Badgers end to gain possession. From there Queen's worked it outside to Lizzie Gibson who dashed for open space and dove over the try line for the score.
McKinley Hunt and de Goede each scored tries and Queen's was ahead 31-0 late in the opening half.
With Brock looking to get their first points on the board, Lane Hessels broke free for a near field-long run but it was the Gaels Hickson who never gave up on the play and chased down Hessels with a great try-saving tackle to ensure a 31-0 lead for Queen's at halftime.
The second half started with Hickson using her speed once again down the outside of the field for a try. The Badgers were finally able to score their first points of the match as Taylor Knezevich kicked a penalty for three points from the 22.
Queen's went on to add another 33 in the half and seal the win 74-3.
The victory sets up a rematch of the 2018 OUA Final with the Guelph Gryphons. Queen's and Guelph met earlier this season where the Gaels came away with a 54-19 win in Guelph. The Gaels will be looking to win the program's second OUA championship title and first-ever on home soil.
FINAL SAY
Head Coach - Dan Valley
"We had a really great performance against Guelph this year and we know they are going to be reloaded and show up here pretty pissed off and that's exciting for us. We're really looking forward to that challenge. Having the final at home is a reflection of the work that our athletes have done to earn that right.
On Hickson's tackle.
"It's a reflection of our attitude. There are a lot of people that would have said we can't close that space but we had Carmen Izyk and Rachel Hickson who had no business catching that person just pin their ears back and go. And that's a massive boost for us."
BY THE NUMBERS
1st - Time in school history the women's rugby team will host the OUA Championship
1 - Spot secured at the U SPORTS National Championship at Ottawa
16 - Points on the night for de Goede
2 - Victories over Brock this season
8 - Different try scorers for the Tricolour
