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Women’s Rugby Dominates the Okanagan
Valley In True UNBC Fashion

by Jessica Harcombe
Who would have
thought that women
would be doing so well
at a sport like rugby?
Well, they are doing
awesome and racking
up the points on the
road to Junior Varsity!
The UNBC Womenis
Rugby Team was down
in the sunny Okanagan
Valley this past week-
end (November 13th
and 14th) challenging
the Kelowna Bohemians
and the Kamladps
Raiders in a muddy
double-header.

The first game was on
Saturday, against
Kelowna at the Apple
Bowl. The rain was
pouring down and the
mud was getting thicker.
The 10is game started
with UNBCis star prop,
Kristine Bock, scoring
the first try. From this
point forward the UNBC
Womenis team domi-
nated the field running
through Kelownais back
line. At the half, the
score was 10-0 for
UNBC, with the second
try scored by _ rookie
center Jessica
Harcombe. The game
was looking really good.
The team was getting
into it and putting every-
thing they had into fin-
ishing where theyid left
off at the half. The sec-
ond half began with a
quick second try by
Bock, closely followed
by UBC all-star Tessa

Trethewey is skilful try.
Bringing the game to a
confident final quarter.
The UNBC Women
were on fire, temperis
were flaring and the
scrums were getting
rough. The game was

nearing a finish when
Peachland native Lia
Thiesmann burst
through the ruck and
made a run from the
UNBC 5 meter line to
score the finishing try.
The convert that fol-
lowed Liais achieve-
ment was a successful
kick by Nora King. The
game was won and the

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final score was 27-0 for
the UNBC
Timberwolves.

Sunday, November
14th, the rain had
stopped and confidence
was running _ high.
Following a strong win

against Kelowna, UNBC
was out to finish the
weekend with a second
win against the
Kamloops Raiders.
Kamloops came without
a full roster so Debbie
Tainton, Jessica
Harcombe and Cheryll
Gilbert slid over to fill it
up. The game was Qis
and UNBC was thirsty

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for another win. Once
the first try was scored,
by Lia Thiesmann, they
couldn't bring them-
selves to slow down. Try
after try and convert
after convert. With
amazing speed and tal-
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ent, the team was com-
ing together to pull it off
again. The Kamloops
Raiders didn't have a

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chance at recovery. At
the half, UNBC had one
of their players back,
Jessica Harcombe,
leaving Tainton and
Cheryll to help keep the
balance up. A forceful
break by Jayme

Davidson left Kamloops
wide open to have
another try scored

against them. By the

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end of the game the
score was 64-7 for
UNBC. The remaining
points scored by speedy
winger Nora King (4
tries and 4 converts)
and Lia Thiesmann (a
total of 5 tries and 3
converts). The only
points Kamloops came
away with were UNBCis
own Debbie Tainton
blasting through the
ruck to try at the end
line for Kamloops, fol-
lowing that was a con-
vert that gave Kamloops
a small slice of the glory.
The weekend was very
successful for the
UNBC Womenis Team,
making this past week-
end a very good way to
continue on their streak
of victory. The Women
have three more games
on the weekend of the

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UBC and SFU are next
in line for the challenge.
These Women are out
to finish the semester
right, with three more
wins under their belt
and a ton of experience
playing together in true
UNBC fashion.