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Fallbrook girls' rugby alumni win annual battle, Warriors top Torrey Pines

USA Rugby and Pennsylvania State University’s Kayla Canett had three tries, and USA Rugby and Dartmouth University’s Lily Durbin scored once and converted five conversions as the Fallbrook girls’ rugby alumni team outdistanced the current Warriors varsity team 58-27 Saturday, Dec. 29.

For the current Warriors, Nathalie Celis scored twice, and Julia Tippin and Morgan Bitner each scored a try in the losing effort that saw both varsity and junior varsity players get in on the action.

Abbey Savin made three conversion kicks, and Tiahna Padilla converted one kick in the losing effort.

The teams played a full 15s match with the alumni joining from all over the country – to fill out the squad, the alumni team played the game with a brother and boyfriend on the field.

Ricky Stephens, brother of game captain and USA Rugby, 2016 Olympian and Lindenwood University’s Richelle Stephens, scored three tries for the alumni, and U.S. Military Academy’s Naomi Colin and Lery Palma each scored a try in the match. Alex Beckett chipped in with a conversion kick.

The rest of the alumni team consisted of Kim Mendoza, Johni Durbin, Lizeth Rodriguez, Breil Bonaguro, Natalie Weber, Mackenzie Miller, Audrey HuntsHorse, Julia Haigh, Katherine Wilches, Hannah Savin and Jon Otstott.

The alumni got off to a quick start, but the current Warriors closed the gap as the 80-minute game wore on and their confidence built.

Then Saturday, Jan. 5, the Warriors varsity team played host to Torrey Pines High School in a league match.

Celis scored four tries to lead the Warriors in a 92-0 route of the Falcons in the first league game of the season at Warriors Stadium.

Bitner, Janet Guerrero Flores, Shelby Tippin, Samantha Oxnee and Jordan Duncan each scored twice, with Padilla and Analiese Dalton each adding tries in the win.

Bitner and Tippin each converted two kicks, and Flores and Duncan converted one each.

An intrasquad scrimmage that followed the varsity match was also a high-scoring affair with one-half of the team winning 52-36.

The 70-minute match was the first of the league season for both teams.

Fallbrook’s varsity and junior varsity teams will play Rancho Bernardo High School Saturday, Jan. 12, with the varsity starting at noon and the JV game at 2 p.m.

 

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