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Korissa Williams, a basketball player from the University of Windsor, and Ross Proudfoot, a cross country and track star from the University of Guelph, are the BLG Award winners as Canadian Interuniversity Sport female and male athletes of the year for the 2014-15 season.
Canadian Interuniversity Sport and national law firm Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) announced Wednesday the eight finalists for the 23rd annual BLG Awards. The BLG Awards were established in 1993 to recognize the top female and male athletes from universities affiliated with CIS.
X-Women rugby lock and CIS tournament MVP Emma Taylor was named the CIS female athlete of the week for the second consecutive week, a very rare accomplishment.
X-Women rugby lock Emma Taylor was named the Subway AUS athlete of the week for the second consecutive week.
Tournament MVP Emma Taylor of Scotsburn, N.S., scored two tries as the St. Francis Xavier X-Women captured their fourth Monilex Trophy thanks to a spectacular 43-34 win over the McMaster Marauders in the highest-scoring CIS women’s rugby final in history at the University of Guelph’s Alumni Stadium, Sunday afternoon.
All-Canadian second row Emma Taylor, the AUS conference MVP from Scotsburn, N.S., scored three tries, including the game-winner in the dying moments of regulation, to send the St. Francis Xavier X-Women to the national final thanks to a dramatic 27-24 win over the Western Mustangs at the CIS women’s rugby championship at the University of Guelph’s Alumni Stadium, Saturday morning.
The St. Francis Xavier X-Women exploded for 31 points in the second half, including the last 26 of the match, to beat the 2013 national champion Alberta Pandas 41-17 in the third game of the CIS women’s rugby championship at the University of Guelph’s Alumni Stadium, Friday morning.
X-Women rugby lock Emma Taylor was honored as a CIS All-Canadian Wednesday evening at the CIS awards gala in conjunction with the 2014 national championship.
Emma Taylor, a rugby player from St. Francis Xavier University, and Ross Proudfoot, a cross-country runner from the University of Guelph, are the ArcelorMittal Dofasco CIS female and male athletes of the week for the period ending Oct. 26, 2014.
The top-seeded University of Alberta Pandas will try to become the first program in five years to repeat as Monilex Trophy champion this weekend when the best teams in CIS women’s rugby meet in Guelph for the 2014 national tournament.
The seeding, pools and schedule were announced Monday for the 2014 Canadian Interuniversity Sport women’s rugby championship, which gets under way later this week in Guelph, Ont.
The StFX X-Women are the 2014 Atlantic University Sport women’s rugby champions after a hard fought 19-12 overtime victory against the Acadia Axewomen Sunday afternoon at Raymond Field.
The CIS No. 2 ranked and first seeded StFX X-Women advanced to the Subway AUS women's rugby championship game after a convincing 100-0 semifinal victory over the fourth seeded Saint Mary's Huskies Saturday afternoon at Acadia University.
X-Women lock Emma Taylor was named the AUS most valuable player, while freshman prop Joanna Alphoso took home AUS rookie of the year honors. Head coach Mike Cavanagh received the AUS coach of the year award.
The 2014 Subway Atlantic University Sport women's rugby championship hosted by Acadia University is scheduled for October 25-26 in Wolfville, N.S.
The CIS No. 1 ranked StFX X-Women (6-0) defeated the Saint Mary's Huskies (0-6) by a 115-0 score Sunday afternoon in the season finale of the AUS rugby season.
