It's Miller time, again, as ruggers romp, clinch third place
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STE. ANNE DE BELLEVUE, Que. - Fullback Brianna Miller, a freshman from Pte. Claire, Que., tallied a pair of tries as the McGill women's rugby team closed out the regular season with a 28-12 victory over visiting Ottawa Gee-Gees in Quebec University Rugby League play at McEwen Field, Wednesday.
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The result clinched third-place for McGill in the six-team conference. Both McGill and Ottawa finished with identical 3-3 records but Ottawa was relegated to fourth-place as they split their two-game series with the Martlets, who had outscored Ottawa 24-19 in head-to-head matchups.
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The Martlets, who led 12-5 at halftime, had eight points from veteran Steph Lynam of Beaconsfield, Que., who registered a pair of penalty kicks and added a conversion.
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Other McGill tries were notched by sophomore Jessica Wong of Toronto and Mandy Mongeon, a senior from Ile-Bizard, Que., who opened the scoring in the 15th minute of play.
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Lana Dingwell of Ottawa and Natasha Watcham-Roy of Val des Monts, Que., accounted for all of the Gee-Gees points, with one try apiece in addition to a conversion by Dingwell.
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"I was pleased with our performance tonight," said head coach Vince deGrandpre. " Although we made a number of mistakes early in the game and took some penalties which kept the game close in the first half, we finally got our act together after halftime and I think that Ottawa was in our end only a few times for the remainder of the game."
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A less than pleased Ottawa head coach Suzanne Chaulk was clearly frustrated with her team's inability to sustain that momentum: "The try we scored in the first half was a beautiful team try, and it looked like we had great momentum and we were going to do something with it. But then we decided not to play, took a million penalties, and made stupid decisions."
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McGill will now meet second-place Laval (4-2) in a semifinal affair, slated to be played Saturday at 1 p.m. in Quebec City. The Rouge et Or won the only meeting between the teams this season, with a 27-12 conquest in the provincial capital.
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The Martlets are on a bit of a roll, winning two of their last three games, sandwiched around a hard-fought 30-20 setback to the undefeated Concordia Stingers.
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"We have a young team and have been working towards just making the playoffs," deGrandpre added. "We are right where we want to be and we'll give Laval a tough game."
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The other semi will pit Ottawa against division-leading Concordia (6-0) on Sunday.
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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
McGill Athletics & Recreation
514-398-7012
earl.zukerman [at] mcgill.ca
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OFFICIAL LINEUPS:
| McGILL | Tries | Converts | Drop | Pen Goals |
PTS | |
| Miller, Brianna | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Lynam, Stephanie | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| Mongeon, Amandra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wong, Jessica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Beattie-dagenais, Noala | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Black, Sydney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Booth, Stephanie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Crook, Michelle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deckert, Kathleen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Duncan, Chloe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dunn, Krista | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Edwards, Cristyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gibson, Brianna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henderson, Amanda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hunting, Tiffany | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mckellar, Katelyn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul, Meagan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sawitsky, Ashten | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tomioka, Aya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walsh, Trischa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| White, Julia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yerbury, Briana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| OTTAWA | Essai | Converti | Drop | ±Êé²Ô²¹±ô¾±³Ùé | PTS | |
| Dingwall, Lana | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Watcham-roy, Natasha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Agbeyaka, Esinam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Amson, Ashley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blanchard, Caitlan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Byard, Jillisa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carino, Leandra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Comeau, Jackie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cormier, Maude | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Crawford, Jenny-lynn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deacon, Nicole | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ferron, Nicole | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Foulds, Katherine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harriman, Katie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hussain, Amel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kechichian, Sandy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lewis, Amy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Linton, Rachel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Maccormack, Allison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mckay, Janine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Meng, Sarah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ogbemudia, Philippa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stoffer, Amber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tupper, Nancy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walsh moreau, Shannon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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