The Guelph Gryphons wrapped up their regular season last week and once again showed their dominating scoring power with a 70-0 win over the Trent Excalibur on Friday night (Oct. 5).
The Gryphons finish the regular season with an undefeated 6-0 regular season record atop the Sheils Division and will now host a OUA quarter-final game against the Brock Badgers this Saturday (Oct. 13) at 1:00 p.m. on Varsity Field. During the regular season the Gryphons defeated Brock 86-0. When the post season begin's the Gryphons will be vying for their fifth consecutive OUA Championship title and back-to-back CIS championship titles.
On Friday, in the first minutes of the game against Trent, captain Caitlin Beaton (Clavering, Ont.) set the tone by powering through the defensive line to touch down for the first try. She wanted to end the regular season with a bang. Another fifth year star, Britt Benn (Napanee, Ont.) added three tries of her own in the first half before she was taken off so she can rest before playoffs. U20 National potential Daria Keane (Sarnia, Ont.) also used her powerful running and straight arm to get around her opposite and scored two tries in the first half and one in the second. Shannon Spurrell (Hayley Station) and Dominique Monaghan (Markham, Ont.) each added two each showing the Gryphons had too much speed for the opposition to handle. Megan Lowry (Barrie, Ont.), second year prop finally decided to use her size and strength and parted the defensive line easily off of a quick penalty.
The Gryphons were however put under some pressure as Trent managed to create turnovers at the point of contact when Guelph got lazy or too slow to the breakdown. Their #12 S. Guttin broke several tackles, kicked on the run and caught it on a favorable bounce. The Gryphons however did not want to concede any points and were unforgiving on defence. The penalty count against Guelph was ridiculously high and yet they prevailed on stopping their offensive attempts.
The Gryphons now shift focus to the post-season and will be back in action for an OUA quarter-final game on Saturday (Oct. 13) at 1 p.m. at Guelph's Varsity Field.
