The Girls Open 7s at the LVI produced some lovely pieces of drama, and also showed that the unity of playing as a single school can sometimes trump the elite play of a select side.

Four of the top eight teams, including the top two seeds, were single schools. Lake City out of BC was un-scored-upon in beating Minnesota, Flatirons Blue, and Texoma. The Falcons were the #1 seed. But the real drama came with the battle for the #2 seed. In Pool D, British Columbia Elite Youth 7s (BCEY) was expecting to win the pool, but whenever they put on a big score, Summit HS out of Colorado did the same. The two met in a dramatic game late on Day One, and Summit came out 12-10 winners.

"It was great," said Summit Coach Karl Barth. "It was a really well-played game. Players would see tiny gaps and take them. We'd see goal line stands, and great cover defense. It was a great game, really balanced."

Scored first, using their big midfield to punch through for a 5-0 lead. Summit tied it up with a try from Brigid Corson. BC scored again in the second half to lead 10-5, and then pinned Summit in their own 22. But Sumit got the ball and sent it out to Becca Rosko, who sped through a gap, and weaved in and around the BC defenders, pulling away from grasping hands more than once, and galloping in under the posts.

Natalie Gray kicked the conversion to take the lead, and the ref blew for full time.

"What was really good about it was the series of good decisions that allowed Becca to make that break," said Barth. "We did well today. We played well in our first game, especially since we hadn't played since November. We shook off the rust and played as a team, and I think there's something to the fact that single-school teams play more as if they're on the same page. We were able to come here this year because the LVI is now in March, so basketball is over and we had a team. We couldn't do that before."

BC did hold on to get a quarterfinal spot as the #6 seed, and you know they're not happy about it.

Fallbrook also went 3-0 to win Pool B, while Canadian select sides the Mavericks and Eastern Ontario also won their pools. In Pool A, US-based select side program Atlantis started off shakily, losing to the Rocky Mountain Rebels, but they then beat the Mavericks by a try, and rolled on Virginia to finish 2-1 and squeak into the quarters, where they face Lake City.

Scores below, then pool standings, and then knockout round matchups.

 

EORU	19-15	View Park Prep
Flatirons Red	15-5	Mavericks 7's Blue
EORU	45-0	Mavericks 7's Blue
Flatirons Red	0-37	View Park Prep
EORU	26-5	Flatirons Red
View Park Prep	24-10	Mavericks 7's Blue
Vancouver Wave	19-24	Tennessee Tri-Star
Fallbrook	27-10	Wisconsin
Lake City Falcons	27-0	Texoma Rugby Club
Flatirons Blue	5-10	Minnesota Tundra
Mavericks 7's Red	42-0	Rugby Virginia Blue
Rocky Mountain Lady Rebels	14-10	Atlantis
BCEY 7's	54-0	Rugby Virginia Red
Summit High School	36-5	Aztec Warriors
Vancouver Wave	0-45	Wisconsin
Fallbrook	36-10	Tennessee Tri-Star
Lake City Falcons	38-0	Minnesota Tundra
Flatirons Blue	22-10	Texoma Rugby Club
Mavericks 7's Red	10-15	Atlantis
Rocky Mountain Lady Rebels	22-5	Rugby Virginia Blue
BCEY 7's	50-0	Aztec Warriors
Summit High School	52-0	Rugby Virginia Red
Vancouver Wave	0-10	Fallbrook
Tennessee Tri-Star	22-7	Wisconsin
Lake City Falcons	41-0	Flatirons Blue
Texoma Rugby Club	5-19	Minnesota Tundra
Mavericks 7's Red	19-10	Rocky Mountain Lady Rebels
Rugby Virginia Blue	0-27	Atlantis
BCEY 7's	10-12	Summit High School
Rugby Virginia Red	0-26	Aztec Warriors

 

Pool A	W	L	T	Pf	Pa	Pd	Pts
Mavericks Red	2	1	0	71	25	46	7
Atlantis	2	1	0	52	24	28	7
Rocky Mt. Lady Rebels	2	1	0	46	34	12	7
Rugby Virginia Blue	0	3	0	5	91	-86	3
Pool B	W	L	T	Pf	Pa	Pd	Pts
Fallbrook	3	0	0	73	20	53	9
Tennessee Tri-Star	2	1	0	56	62	-6	7
Wisconsin	1	2	0	62	49	13	5
Vancouver Wave	0	3	0	19	79	-60	3
Pool C	W	L	T	Pf	Pa	Pd	Pts
Lake City Falcons	3	0	0	106	0	106	9
Minnesota Tundra	2	1	0	29	62	-33	7
Flatirons Blue	1	2	0	27	61	-34	5
Texoma Rugby Club	0	3	0	15	68	-53	3
Pool D	W	L	T	Pf	Pa	Pd	Pts
Summit High School	3	0	0	100	15	85	9
BCEY 7s	2	1	0	114	12	102	7
Aztec Warriors	1	2	0	31	86	-55	5
Rugby Virginia Red	0	3	0	0	142	-142	3
Pool E	W	L	T	Pf	Pa	Pd	Pts
EORU	3	0	0	90	20	70	9
View Park Prep	2	1	0	78	24	54	7
Flatirons Red	1	2	0	20	68	-48	5
Mavericks Blue	0	3	0	20	84	-64	3

 

Cup QFs

#1 Lake City v #8 Atlantis

#4 Fallbrook v #5 Mavericks Red

#3 EORU v #6 BCEY

#2 Summitt HS v #7 View Park Prep

 

Plate QFs

#1 Tennessee Tri Star v #8 Texoma

#4 Wisconsin v #5 Flatiron Blue

#3 Rocky Mountain v #6 Flatiron Red

#2 Minnesota Tundra v #7 Aztec Warriors

 

Bowl Semis

#1 Vancouver Wave v #4 Rugby Virginia Red

#2 Mavericks Blue v #3 Rugby Virginia Blue