Day one of the Las Vegas 7s Tournament is in the books, and both the Scion Select and Elite sides had impressive showings, and both are in a position to compete for a place atop their respective podiums.
The Scion Select side won all three of their matches. In fact, they handled their competition, not allowing any team to come close to victory against them. With speedsters, like Kylie Noll and Karmin Macedo racing around the outside of defenses and power runners like Jaime Albarelli and Jacie Vonada running through defenders the Scion Select side had no trouble scoring tries. And their defense was just as solid with some big hits coming from the likes of Megan Gilmore and Jasmine Harrison.
In the Elite division, the Scion Elite side opened the day of 7s with the first match of the morning against a strong French side. Though France bested the Elites, 12-0, Scion controlled the flow of the game, and had it not been for a few mistakes that turned into French breaks, the outcome may have been quite different.
Against a quick and scrappy Japan side, the Scion Elites played more composed and jumped out to an early lead in the first half behind some brilliant kicks from Kimber Rozier and streaking runs from Danielle Miano. The second half opened with another score from Emily Fullbrook, putting the Elites well ahead of the Japanese. However, Japan would rally and tick off a few tries in a row to close the gap to two, 26-24. In the end, Scion would hold on to that two-point lead and set themselves up for a chance to advance to the quarterfinals tomorrow.
The Scion Selects have already wrapped up their pool play and will meet Dark And Stormy in the Open Side Quarterfinals tomorrow morning at 9:00am. Both sides are expecting another day of great rugby and some exciting wins.
One final note, check out the view of Las Vegas from the balcony of the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Pretty sweet backdrop for dinner after a tough day of rugby, huh?
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