X-Women Rugby to play Guelph in U SPORTS quarterfinal Oct. 29

U SPORTS announced the seedings and bracket for the 2025 CGIS U SPORTS Women's Rugby Championship, presented by The Rec Room Granville, to be hosted by UBC in Vancouver. The tournament gets underway on Wednesday, Oct. 29, and concludes the following Sunday, Nov. 2.

The eight participating teams, listed in seeding order, are as follows:

• #1, Victoria Vikes, CW finalists (5-0 regular season, 2-0 playoffs)
• #2, Queen's Gaels, OUA finalists (6-0, 2-0)
• #3, Laval Rouge et Or, RSEQ champions (6-0, 2-0)
• #4, STFX X-Women, AUS champions (5-0-1, 1-0)
• #5, Guelph Gryphons, OUA finalists (5-1, 1-1)
• #6, UBC Thunderbirds, Hosts (3-2, 1-1)
• #7, Acadia Axewomen, AUS finalists (4-2, 1-1)
• #8, Ottawa Gee-Gees, RSEQ finalists (5-1, 1-1)

Conference champions are seeded in positions one through four, based on their conference's relative finish at last year's championship. The four remaining teams are then slotted to avoid intra-conference matchups until the final round.

Seven of the eight teams are return participants from the 2024 event in Charlottetown. The only new entrant is STFX, who return after a one-year absence.

The four quarterfinals will be played on Wednesday at UBC's Thunderbird Stadium. Action starts at 11 a.m. (all times Pacific) with Victoria taking on Ottawa, followed by STFX facing Guelph at 1:30 p.m. and Queen's facing Acadia at 4 p.m. The day will close with RSEQ champions Laval taking on the tournament hosts, UBC at 6:30 p.m. 

Game Day 2 is set for Friday, October 31, and will see consolation games at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., with the semifinals set to follow at 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

The final day will be Sunday, November 3 and will start with the fifth-place game at 11 a.m., followed by the bronze-medal game at 1:30 p.m. and the championship at 4 p.m. 

Tickets for the event are currently on sale at www.usportstickets.ca. 

All 11 games of the championship will be streamed on CBC digital platforms in English, and on Radio-Canada digital platforms and usports.ca in French.\

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