Hamilton, Ont. - The McMaster women's rugby team finished off the OUA regular season with a win over the Toronto Varsity Blues on Friday afternoon by a score of 60-7.
McMaster got off to a great start just six minutes into the match. From deep in Toronto's end, Sarah Farquharson (Niagara Falls, Ont.) found a hole through the defence to score the firs try. Stephanie Black (Ottawa, Ont.) connected for the convert for the 7-0 lead.
The Blues would follow up with a try of their own twenty minutes later. Monique Petricone (King City, Ont.)would take a long run up the middle beating a few McMaster defenders for the try. Nicole Baker (Toronto) would score the convert to tie it up at seven.
Just five minutes later, McMaster would retake the lead. Veteran Maggie Cogger-Orr (Thornhill, Ont.) would do most of the work, weaving her way up the middle of the field to the goal line Rebecca Thompson (Guelph, Ont.) would finish it off with a try. Black would add the two points. Shortly following that, Cogger-Orr would score the next two tries for McMaster, giving them a comfortable 24-7 lead going into the second half.
McMaster wouldn't stop there. They would shut out of the Blues for the entire second half and go on a scoring rampage. First up was a try from Sarah Berry (East York, Ont.) with a big run up the sideline and through the Toronto defence. Eight minutes later, Black would get two tries just two minutes apart and connect on both converts to go up 43-7.
The Marauders weren't done there. To finish off the game, Cogger-Orr would score her third try of the game and Kailyn Jones (Port Colbourne, Ont.) would get one of her own. Both converts would be made by Black for a final score of 60-7. One more try would come from Claire Lockhart (Waterloo, Ont.) before the end of the game.
McMaster will await the rest of the games to be playing today to determine their final standing going into the OUA women's rugby playoffs.