VICTORIA – Trinity Western's women's rugby team was 1-1 on Day 2 of the Canada West 7s Series event in Victoria to finish sixth overall Sunday. The Spartans beat UFV 26-10 in the consolation semifinals before falling to Calgary in the fifth-place contest 41-0 at Wallace Field. 

The Spartans finished the tournament with a 2-3 record. 

AS IT HAPPENED 
Playing against UFV in the Spartans first game of the day, TWU got tries from Issy Scholtens (Langley, B.C.),  Rachel Wood (Coquitlam, B.C.), Sara Eskildsen (Mexico City) and Emerson Lover (London, Ont.). Sophia Belsher (Abbotsford, B.C.) as good on three of her four conversion attempts to send into the fifth-place match. 

In the fifth-place match, the Spartans were knocked off by Calgary, with an injury-depleted TWU side held off the scoreboard. 

NEXT UP
The Spartans play in the third and final stop of the Canada West Rugby 7s Series Feb. 25-26 at UBC. 

About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 13 sports in the Canada West conference, including women's and men's soccer, volleyball, basketball, hockey, cross country and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes as an independent team in men's rugby. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 12 U SPORTS team championships and 29 Canada West team championships.

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