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Saturday April 5, 2014

UCLA, CA - BYU women's rugby overcame two good sides to earn an automatic bid to the Nationals Playoff competition. The Cougars dominated University of Arizona on Friday April 4th, and ran numerous tries, to finish the day winning by a record 103 - 3.

On Saturday, University of California Santa Barbara put up a solid start and drew first blood when they scored off an intercept and a penalty kick, to put them up 10 - 0 going into the 15th minute. But BYU had other ideas, the women from Utah Valley regrouped and scored 53 unanswered points. Jordan Gray ran in 3 tries and that was supported by Dana Greenwood and Harley Rowland each with 2 tries a piece. Other players contributed to the final score.

The forwards dominated the scrums and had their fair share of lineouts. Defense was led by hardworking Paige Torgerson, Shaye Grether, and Sia Skipps. The Cougars are through to the Sweet 16, Stanford Regional West which includes:

Brigham Young University Cougar Women’s Rugby
Stanford University Women’s Rugby
Texas A & M University Women’s Rugby
University of California, Berkeley Women’s Rugby

The USA College Rugby Competitions Committee has setup Friday Pool Pairings as follows:
Friday,  April 25, 2014 -  Stanford vs Texas A&M - Time: TBD
Saturday, April 26, 2014 - BYU vs Cal - Time: TBD

Written by Alex Goff  - Tuesday, 01 October 2013 19:31 - RugbyMag.com

Keelia Harker charges up the line against UNM.

PROVO, UT: The University of New Mexico women’s team pulled off something of an upset this past weekend when they defeated BYU (Women’s Cougar Rugby) 29-17 in league play.

With BYU being among the top teams in the country for some years, now, even a strong team like the Lobos, which returned 13 starters from last year’s playoff-bound squad, is expected to struggle.

But BYU has had their issues, too. With the Mormon Church changing the age that women are expected to go on mission from 21 to 19, a large group of players aged 19-20 left this year, leaving Head Coach Tom Waqa with only five starters from last season, and very few B-siders to fill the gap.

“We are young,” said Waqa. “We have talent and we will get it together, but it will take time.”

UNM was led by some superb work out wide.

Wing Tonya Aragon scored the first try for New Mexico, and then 6-2 wing Whitney White added three from her side. Inside center Erica Speer added a a long-range run for a try from about midfield, while Emma McCaslin added two conversions.

BYU’s scorers were all their more experienced players, with Meigham Stevens scoring two and Jordan Gray one. Dana Greenwood added the single conversion.

“BYU is still a really good team, and I don’t think they will have much trouble with the other teams they have to play,” said UNM Head Coach Shannon Robinson. “They like to run their bigger players up the middle so we needed to defend that. I thought our No. 8 Kedra Davis had an outstanding game leading the way on defense.”

Cougar Rugby News - Friday, 12 April 2013 19:19

Nicole on the run for BYU at LVI 2013

Nicole on the run for BYU at LVI 2013

Allendale, Mich: The women's college Round of 16 got a day's head start in Allendale, Mich., one of four regional sites hosting the national playoffs. DI's Penn State and Women's Cougar Rugby won their respective matches as the higher seeds, while DII's Winona and Denison advanced to the next round after wins today.

Monica Jackson, Nicole McCullough, Nalia Tafua had stellar performances for BYU.

Penn State and WCR were favored to win their games today, as the Nittany Lions look to defend their title and the Cougars are becoming regular fixtures in the final four. PSU downed West Chester rather easily, 58-5, while Northern Iowa gave WCR a much better game during their 29-7 loss.

Saturday, November 3, 2012 - Cougar Rugby  News

Cougar Women shows up in a ruck against CO - Paige, Nalia & Boaz & Company.

Provo, UT - BYU Women defeats a young Colorado University side Saturday winning by 67 - 12. BYU Women dominated the set pieces and breakdown from the get go, and started piling up points after 10 minutes of play. The Cougars made some unforced errors in the beginning by made up for that later in the game.

Rebekah Siebach, back, from China International 7s tournament last week, was on hand, to give her team a boost. Paige Torgerson (6) and Amber Ah Sue (7)  also had outstanding performances.

Colorado had two consolation tries towards the very end of the game, but the game was already one for BYU.

Final Score: BYU 67 Colorado 12

Jordan Gray delivers ball for BYU against Colorado.