October 30, 2017
20th U SPORTS Women’s Rugby Championship: X-Women in search of second straight Monilex Trophy
U SPORTS TORONTO – The reigning champion StFX X-Women will head into the 20th U SPORTS Women’s Rugby Championship as tournament favourites, looking to capture a second straight national banner.
The X-Women were drawn as the No.1 team going into the national tournament after holding the pole position in the U SPORTS Top 10 for the entire season. Full draw results, and championship schedule available below.
The U SPORTS Women’s Rugby Championship, hosted for the second time by the University of Lethbridge, kicks off on Thursday at Community Sports Stadium and concludes next Sunday with the gold-medal final at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT. Live-streaming is available on USPORTS.LIVE.
CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
Wednesday, Nov. 1
All-Canadian Awards Breakfast, 10 a.m. ET / 7 a.m. PT
Thursday, Nov. 2 (Quarter-finals)
No. 3 Calgary vs. No. 6 Queen’s, 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT
No. 2 Ottawa vs. No. 7 Acadia, 3 p.m. ET / 12 p.m. PT
No. 4 Guelph vs. No. 5 Laval, 5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT
No. 1 StFX vs. No. 8 Lethbridge, 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT
Full championship preview and schedule available at USPORTS.ca
About U SPORTS
U SPORTS is the national brand for university sports in Canada. Every year, over 12,000 student-athletes and 500 coaches from 56 universities vie for 21 national championships in 12 different sports. U SPORTS also provides higher performance international opportunities for Canadian student-athletes at Winter and Summer Universiades, as well as numerous world university championships. For further information, visit USPORTS.ca.
For further information, please contact:
Ken Saint-Eloy
Senior Manager, Communications
U SPORTS
Cell: 647-871-7595
Eoin Colquhoun
Sports Information
University of Lethbridge
Off: 403-380-1851
Alan Hudes
Coordinator, Communications
U SPORTS
Off: 905-508-3000 ext. 242
Cell: 647-991-5343