VICTORIA – Trinity Western's women's rugby sevens team earned one win from three outings on Day 1 at the third and final stop on the Canada West Rugby 7s Series Saturday at Wallace Field. 

After losses to UBC (46-0) and Alberta (34-0), the Spartans capped the day with an emphatic win over Fraser Valley, knocking off their local rivals 33-7.

Issy Scholtens (Langley, B.C.) and Michelle Veerman Quezada (White Rock, B.C.) each scored twice for the Spartans, while Ashley Jacob (South Surrey, B.C.) dotted down once in TWU's win over the Cascades. 

Tausani Levale (Abbotsford, B.C.) converted four of the Spartans five tries. 

TWU finished third in its pool and will take on UBC Okanagan in the consolation semifinals Sunday at 10:52 a.m. at Wallace Field. 

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UBC 46 TWU 0
The Spartans took on UBC for the first time in program history, but it was the Thunderbirds getting the best of TWU, running in eight tries to get the win. Both Jessica Bosma (Hamilton, Ont.) and Sammy Stokes (Kappa, Hawaii) played in their first-ever game with the Spartans.

Alberta 34 TWU 0 
The Pandas tallied four first-half tries and then added two more in the second half while holding the Spartans off the scoreboard. Levale was a highlight for the Spartans breaking numerous tackles throughout the contest. 

TWU 33 UFV 7
The Spartans improved to 3-0 all-time against the Cascades, with TWU putting together a series of well-executed passes and support lines to run in five tries. Beyond the Spartans try-scorers, TWU's Sammi Thiessen (Abbotsford, B.C.) was key in stealing a number of balls at the breakdown to create opportunities for the Spartans. 

QUOTABLE
Isabelle Scholtens
"Our level of play continued to rise upward throughout the day. We took specific goals we wanted to work on and we were able to implement them in the next game."

Ashley Jacobs
"We got better and better as the day went on and had a solid finish against UFV. It was great to see us put into action plays and skills we had been working on in training. I was happy to score a try against UFV – it was a textbook two-on-one."

UP NEXT
Sunday, March 1
Morning session
Consolation Semifinals
10:30 a.m. – UFV vs. Lethbridge 
10:52 a.m. – TWU vs. UBC Okanagan
Semifinals
11:14 a.m. – Victoria vs. Alberta
11:36 a.m. – UBC vs. Calgary

Afternoon session
1 p.m. – 7th-place game
1:22 p.m. – 5th-place game
1:44 p.m. – Bronze game
2:06 p.m. – Final

DAY 1 – TWU RESULTS
Game 1
Trinity Western Spartans (0) vs UBC Thunderbirds (46)
    1    2    T
TWU     0    0    0
UBC     27    19    46

Scoring summary:
UBC Try - #8 Hunter Czeppel (#5 Shoshanah Seumanutafa convert missed) UBC 5-0
UBC Try - #6 Madison Gold (#5 Shoshanah Seumanutafa convert missed) UBC 10-0
UBC Try - #6 Madison Gold (#5 Shoshanah Seumanutafa convert) 17-0
UBC Try - #5 Shoshanah Seumanutafa (#5 Shoshanah Seumanutafa convert missed) UBC 22-0
UBC Try - #1 Emily Baker (#5 Shoshanah Seumanutafa convert missed) UBC 27-0
HALF
UBC Try - #4 Alayna Scramstad (#5 Shoshanah Seumanutafa convert missed) UBC 32-0
UBC Try - #2 Rachel Smith (#10 Jordan McLeod convert) UBC 39-0
UBC Try - #7 Kally King (#10 Jordan McLeod convert) UBC 46-0

Game 6
Trinity Western Spartans (0) vs Alberta Pandas (34)
    1    2    T
TWU    0    0    0
ALB    22    12    34

Scoring summary:
ALB Try - #8 Courtney Holtkamp (#14 Heidi Peake convert missed) ALB 5-0
ALB Try - #8 Courtney Holtkamp (#14 Heidi Peake convert missed) ALB 10-0
ALB Try - #14 Heidi Peake (#14 Heidi Peake convert missed) ALB 15-0
ALB Try - #6 Savannah Dubien (#14 Heidi Peake convert) ALB 22-0
HALF
ALB Try - #6 Savannah Dubien (#14 Heidi Peake convert) ALB 29-0
ALB Try - #2 Izzy McGowan (#14 Heidi Peake convert missed) ALB 34-0

Game 9
Fraser Valley Cascades (7) vs Trinity Western Spartans (33)
    1    2    T
UFV    0    7    7
TWU    14    19    33

Scoring summary:
TWU Try - #4 Ashley Jacob (#5 Tausani Levale convert) TWU 7-0
TWU Try - #7 Isabelle Scholtens (#5 Tausani Levale convert) TWU 14-0
HALF
TWU Try - #3 Michelle Veerman Quezada (#5 Tausani Levale convert) TWU 21-0
UFV Try - #14 Kira Katan (#0 Cheye Gustafson convert) TWU 21-7
TWU Try - #7 Isabelle Scholtens (#5 Tausani Levale convert) TWU 28-7
TWU Try - #3 Michelle Veerman Quezada (#5 Tausani Levale convert missed) TWU 33-7

About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 11 sports in the Canada West conference, including women's and men's soccer, volleyball, basketball, cross country and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes in the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) in men's hockey and as an independent team in men's rugby. The men's and women's hockey programs will begin playing in Canada West and U SPORTS in 2020-21. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 12 U SPORTS team championships and 27 Canada West team championships and two BCIHL championships.

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