Pronghorns rugby to play for bronze

By Lethbridge Herald on October 16, 2025.

By Justin Seward

Lethbridge Herald

For a second consecutive year, the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns Women’s Rugby 15s team will play for the bronze medal at the Canada West Championship.

The Horns lost 50-21 in their semi-final match against the UBC Thunderbirds on Thursday in Edmonton.

The Thunderbirds saw seven different players score the eight tries they collected.

UBC scored three tries with successful converts to take a 21-0 lead by the 12th minute.

The Horns Emily Stewart scored a try with a successful convert by Kayleigh Noel to make  the score 21-7 in the 33rd minute.

A 38th minute try  by UBC’s Adia Pye with a missed convert by Brooklyn Roddham combined with a Lana Dueck try and successful convert  by Roddham in the 40th minute gave UBC a 33-7 halftime lead.

Lethbridge started the second half with a try by Mackenzie Hutten and a successful Noel convert to cut UBC’s lead to 33-14 in the 51st minute.

UBC made the score 38-14 on a Maddy Thran try with a missed convert by Olivia Sarabura  two minutes later, before Hutten scored another try with a Jayda Morrison convert to make the score 38-21 in the 61st minute.

Poppy-Anne Elcock had a 70th minute try  with a failed convert by  Sarabura in the 70th minute to make the score 43-21.

 Jaime Dickson made the score 50-21 for UBC in the 76th minute with a successful covert by Sarah MacPherson.

U of L will face the University of Alberta Pandas, who lost  to the University of Victoria 67-0 in the other semi-final,  in the bronze medal game on Sunday at 11 a.m. at University of Alberta’s Foote Field.

UBC faces UVIC in the Canada West final at 3 p.m. on Sunday.