Axewomen fall to Queen’s in U SPORTS quarterfinal; turn focus to consolation semifinal

VANCOUVER, B.C. — Acadia opened the scoring but fell 90–10 to the No. 2–seeded Queen's Gaels in Wednesday's CGIS U SPORTS Women's Rugby Championship quarterfinal at Thunderbird Stadium.

Samantha Reid touched down in the second minute to give the Axewomen an early 5–0 lead. Queen's answered with four straight tries to move in front 28–5 by the 26th minute. Sarah Williston added Acadia's second try at the half-hour mark, but the Gaels finished the first half with two late scores to lead 38–10 at the break.

Queen's controlled the second half with eight more tries and six conversions. Juliette Matsukubo was named Acadia's Nike Team Player of the Game.

The Axewomen move into the consolation bracket and will face Laval on Friday at 1:30 p.m. Pacific.

Nike Team Players of the Game
QUE — Lizzie Gibson
ACA — Juliette Matsukubo

Scoring summary

FIRST HALF
2' ACA Try Samantha Reid (conversion failed) 0-5
5' QUE Try Madison Jumeau (Lizzie Gibson conversion) 7-5
13' QUE Try Madison Jumeau (Lizzie Gibson conversion) 14-5
21' QUE Try Mika Matsukubo (Lizzie Gibson conversion) 21-5
25' QUE Try Maya Brubacher (Lizzie Gibson conversion) 28-5
30' ACA Try Sarah Willison (conversion failed) 28-10
35' QUE Try Madi Thompson (conversion failed) 33-10
35' QUE Try Lizzie Gibson (conversion failed) 38-10

SECOND HALF
37' QUE Try Kennedi Stevenson (conversion failed) 43-10
41' QUE Try Jayne Armatage (Lizzie Gibson conversion) 50-10
46' QUE Try Mika Matsukubo (conversion failed) 55-10
49' QUE Try Lizzie Gibson (Lizzie Gibson conversion) 62-10
54' QUE Try Brynn Jenkins (Tatum Lougheed conversion) 69-10
60' QUE Try Olivia Dibua (Tatum Lougheed conversion) 76-10
64' QUE Try Kennedi Stevenson (Tatum Lougheed conversion) 83-10
68' QUE Try Drew Spencer (Tatum Lougheed conversion) 90-10