EDMONTON – Trinity Western scrum half
Issy Scholtens (Langley, B.C.) led the Spartans to a 1-2 record at day one of the Canada West 7s Series at Foote Field.
Scholtens led the Spartans with three tries while making six conversions. Scoltens was joined by
Ava Van Santen (Abbotsford, B.C.),
Danika Dool (Chilliwack, B.C.),
Cheye Gustafson (Langley, B.C.), and two from
Matisan Kelly (Lillooet, B.C.).
TWU kicked off their day with a quick try from Scholtens, but the Alberta answered with 22 straight points throughout the remainder of the match, handing the Spartans an eventual 22-7 loss.
The Spartans were shut out by UBC in game two, falling 27-0.
The final match saw the Spartans take the Bobcats for 50-0 ride with scores from Scholtens, Van Santen, Dool, Kelly, and Gustafson standing as the difference.
The Spartans take on Lethbridge at 10:32 a.m. MT. All games will be streamed live on
Canada West TV.
Game 1: Alberta Pandas (22) vs Trinity Western (7)
Scoring summary:
|
1 |
2 |
T |
| ALB: |
15 |
7 |
22 |
| TWU: |
7 |
0 |
7 |
TWU try - #6
Issy Scholtens (#6
Issy Scholtens convert) 7-0 TWU
ALB try - #7 Emily Brown (convert missed) 7-5 TWU
ALB try - #8 Cassie Jorgenson (convert missed) 10-7 ALB
ALB try - #7 Emily Brown (convert missed) 15-7 ALB
HALF
ALB try - #9 Stephanie Hovdestad (#9 Stephanie Hovdestad convert) 22-7 ALB
Game 2: UBC (27) vs Trinity Western (0)
Scoring summary:
|
1 |
2 |
T |
| UBC: |
17 |
10 |
27 |
| TWU: |
0 |
0 |
0 |
UBC try - #6 Savannah Bauder (convert missed) 5-0 UBC
UBC try - #6 Savannah Bauder (convert missed) 10-0 UBC
UBC try - #6 Savannah Bauder (#5 Shoshanah Seumanutafa convert) 17-0 UBC
HALF
UBC try - #6 Savannah Bauder (convert missed) 22-0 UBC
UBC try - #10 Tessa Strom (convert missed) 27-0 UBC
Game 3: Trinity Western (50) vs Brandon Bobcats (0)
Scoring summary:
|
1 |
2 |
T |
| TWU: |
22 |
28 |
50 |
| BDN: |
0 |
0 |
0 |
TWU try - #6
Issy Scholtens (convert missed) 5-0 TWU
TWU try - #6
Issy Scholtens (convert missed) 10-0 TWU
TWU try - #4
Ava Van Santen (convert missed) 15-0 TWU
TWU try - #
Danika Dool (#6 Isabelle Scholtens convert) 22-0 TWU
HALF
TWU try - #3
Cheye Gustafson (#6
Issy Scholtens convert) 29-0 TWU
TWU try - #5
Matisan Kelly (#6
Issy Scholtens convert) 36-0 TWU
TWU try - #5
Matisan Kelly (#6
Issy Scholtens convert) 43-0 TWU
TWU try - #8 Sarah Eskildsen (#6
Issy Scholtens convert) 50-0 TWU
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Head Coach – Pose Seumanutafa
"I thought today went well for our team. We started the day perhaps a little bit slow. After our first game, we all felt that it was a game we should have won. It was more about the execution from our side of things. Once that game was over, we talked about moving on from the loss, but also learning from it. In our game against UBC, we actually felt that we played better, but UBC is a very good team. I thought we were a lot more composed and we were moving forward in our game. In our last game, the team really stepped it up and I'm really proud of them.
"Issy obviously played a tremendous role, as a player and a leader. I thought Issy and Michelle were our core leaders who really directed the ship for us. We talked about the whole thing of 'United, we stand. Divided, we fall.' No matter the result, as long as we stay united, we'll push through the obstacles along the way. I thought Issy and Michelle personified that within our group."
Canada West Rugby 7s Series:
Teams are awarded 15 points for a tournament win, 12 points for finishing 2nd, 10 points for finishing third, 8 points for finishing fourth, 6 points for finishing fifth, 4 points for finishing sixth, 2 points for finishing seventh, and 1 point for finishing eighth.
The University of Alberta (January 20/21) Victoria (February 11/12) and British Columbia (March 4/5) will host the three Rugby 7s tournaments in 2023.
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 13 U SPORTS team championships and 32 Canada West team championships.
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