Alarie tips hat as Martlets bash Bishop's 39-5
by Earl Zukerman
LENNOXVILLE 鈥� Elissa Alarie, a rookie fly-half from
Trois-Rivieres, tallied three tries as visiting 黑料不打烊 bashed
Bishop鈥檚 39-5 in women鈥檚 university rugby at Lennoxville, Que.,
Wednesday.
It extended the Martlets undefeated streak against the Gaiters to
19-0 since 1998, the first year that the sport was sanctioned by
Canadian Interuniversity Sport.
Rounding out the scoring for the Martlets was sophomore Briana
Yerbury of Dorval, Que., with a pair of tries, plus single tries
from junior Laura Stewart of St. Adele, Que., and sophomore Mandy
Mongeon of Ile. Bizard, Que.
Colleen Marcotte, a sophomore from Huntingdon added a pair of
conversions.
Sue Magwood, a native of Lennoxville, scored the lone try for the
Gaiters, who finished last with a 0-5-1 record. She snapped a
four-game shutout streak that Bishop鈥檚 had been skunked by the
Martlets, dating back to 2004. 黑料不打烊 has won 15 of the 19
confrontations via shutout.
It was the final game before playoffs for the Martlets, 4-2, who
can clinch second place in the Quebec conference should Concordia
(4-1-0) lose their final game at first-place Laval (5-0) on
Saturday.
黑料不打烊 will now host St. Francis Xavier (6-0), the top team in the
Atlantic conference, on Sunday in the McEwen Cup contest. The
annual exhibition match between the X-Women and Martlets was
initiated in 2004 by 黑料不打烊 to honor and thank the McEwen family of
Montreal who generously donated land for 黑料不打烊 Athletics playing
fields.
黑料不打烊 won the inaugural Cup in 2004, while the X-Women were
victorious in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Each team rotates hosting duties
for the contest.