Sunday’s Results:
Northeast – 1st Place
West – 2nd Place
South – 3rd Place (*thanks for the correction in the comments)
Mid Atlantic – 4th Place
Midwest – 5th Place
Pacific Coast – 6th Place
Mid Atlantic II – 7th place
U23 Developmental – 8th Place
Saturday’s Quarterfinals:
MARFU v MARFU II
Pacific Coast v Northeast
Midwest v South
West v U23s
From Goff (subscription required):
July 20, 2008, St. Charles, Ill. – The Northeast women’s 7s team overcame some difficulties on Saturday to win the two-day territorial invitational Sunday.
Led by an MVP performance by Alison Price, who was the MVP of the National All-Star Championships, the Northeast rebounded from a surprise loss to the West to make the final and defeat those self-same Mustangs 7-5 in the final.
In other action the South defeated the Mid-Atlantic for 3rd, MIdwest defeated Pacific Coast for 6th, and MARFU II beat the U23 developmental team for 7th.
USA 7s head coach Julie McCoy was overall pleased with what she saw, saying that almost all the games were very competitive – scored like 12-5 generally dominating the board.
McCoy worked hard to ensure some parity, enforcing a rule that if you live in a particular territory, you have to play for that territory (players have been known to switch territories just for all-star play). In addition, she augmented team depth with U23 players – 17 players tried out for that team, 12 were picked, and the remaining five were assigned to teams that needed extra. Pacific Coast took three.
“There’s a lot of barriers to playing 7s this summer,” said McCoy. “We have the split XVs season for a lot of players, we have players involved with the XVs national team. We have the economy – air fares just are more expensive. So it’s tough. But this is a World Cup year, and the players have really tried. We’re trying to find solutions, look for team sponsors, things like that, to help out.”
West 7s Team
Claire Gregorich Glendale
Fanny Guiot Austin
Angi Hurt Kansas City
Ellie Karvoski Little Rock
Kim Klahn Glendale
Tess Miller Glendale
Jenn Nelson Kansas City
Tara McCarthy Glendale
Melissa Mckibben Kansas City
Donna Thomas Little Rock
Katie Thoreson Glendale
Heidi Whitman Austin
Coaches: Laura Hertel & Julie Lehman
South 7s Team
Nicole Belkin – Orlando
Claudia Cline – At Large
Brittany Fabbri – University of Florida
Casey Fields – Orlando
Carly Harrington – Atlanta
Lori Light – Orlando
Pat Neder – Atlanta
Lindsey Stephenson – Orlando
Sue Uchneat – Clemson
Coach: Mike May
Random Scores (Saturday):
West 12 Northeast 5
West 12 South 0
West 5 MARFU 12
Random Scores (Sunday):
West 36 Under 23’s 0
West 12 South 7
West 5 Northeast 7
The next stop for most of these teams will be 7s ITTs to be held in Pittsburgh, PA, Aug 23-25.
For a comprehensive list with results etc, of 2008 7’s Tournaments, go here.
Actually South placed 3rd by beating MARFU 12-5 on Sunday.
Thank you, I have made that correction.
Wendy