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Guelph captures OUA Championship; Queen's wins silver
Posted by: Emily Suchanek (Sports Information Writer)

10/27/2012 3:28:00 PM
KINGSTON, Ont. (October 27, 2012) – The Guelph Gryphons won their fifth straight OUA Championship over the Queen's Gaels by a score of 10-6 at Nixon Field Saturday afternoon.

The victory also marks the twelfth time that the Gryphons have won the OUA title since it was first competed for in 1994.

For Queen's, it was their third time playing in the championship game and the second time since 1995.

Early in the match, the Gryphons came out and showed why they are considered a favourite at this year's CIS Championship. Guelph ran the ball hard, making life difficult the Queen's defenders, and they quickly jumped out to 7-0 lead in the early minutes of the game with a try from from Caitlin Beaton of Clavering, Ont., and Stefanie Tibelius of Ottawa, Ont.

Mid-way through the first half the Gaels got their first opportunity to put points on the board, when the Gaels chose to kick a penalty goal over going into a scrum. Bronwyn Corrigan of Waterloo, Ont. kicked a successful penalty goal, bringing the score to 7-3.

The Gryphons and Gaels fought hard to gain yards and put more points on the board, but the game would remain in a scoring deadlock for the remainder of the half.

In the 48th minute of play, the Gaels chose once again to attempt a penalty goal over going into a scrum. Corrigan took the kick, bringing the score to 7-6. The Gaels continued to control the play for most of the second half. With minutes left in the half the Gryphons made a push for the Gaels try-line. The Gryphons chose a to go for a penalty goal over the scrum, hoping to clinch a few more points and cushion their lead. The kick was taken by Guelph's Tibelius, bringing the Gryphons lead to 10-6.

The Gaels continued to dig deep, they strung together great phases and rucked over the ball well, hoping to steal the victory from under Guelph. But the Gryphons proved to be too much for the Gaels on this day, and came away with 10-6 victory.

Queen's coach Beth Barz could not be more proud of the Gaels stating that the girls “played the lights out of this game.”