Lethbridge - For the second consecutive year, the Lethbridge Pronghorns had to settle for a third place finish at the Canada West Championships, downing the UBC Thunderbirds 33-22.
 
Kara Loewen recorded two tries, while Tiffany Wideen, Sam Wright and Nicole Ronsky each add singles for the Pronghorns. Wideen also converted four of the five Pronghorn tries. Gillian Boag, Gabrielle Hindley, Catherine Ohler and Mackenzie Lee responded with tries for the T-Birds. Ohler was also credited with a convert.
 
Looking to rebound from a disappointing loss to the Calgary Dinos in the second semi-final Friday afternoon, the Pronghorns stormed out of the gate, pushing the Thunderbirds deep into their own end. After the T-Birds held a ball up in end zone once, the 'Horns kept with the pressure and were finally rewarded with a try less than five minutes in. Sam Wright touched the ball down and Wideen made the convert.
 
With the ball bouncing down the field, Kara Loewen snatched the ball in full flight, broke a T-Birds tackle and raced for the 'Horns second try.
Second-year winger Nicole Ronsky scored the 'Horns third try of the half, racing 45 yards past all T-Birds defenders. Wideen hit for her third convert.
 
The T-Birds stormed back with 12 unanswered points. A string of solid passes across the field sprung Mackenize Lee, who touched the ball down for the T-Birds first score.  Ohler hit the convert.
 
Before the half was out, fourth-year scrum half Gabrielle Hindly scored an unconverted try to cut the 'Horns led to 21-12 at the half.
 
The 'Horns continued their strong play in the second half with Wideen scoring her own converted try, while Loewen recorded her second of the day a short time later, outracing T-Birds defenders after the ball was kicked into the end zone.
 
Not going down without a fight, the T-Birds stormed back with two tries of their own. Following the 'Horns denying a try, holding the ball up in the end zone, Boag was at the end of a sequence of passes across the field to score.
 
Ohler pushed the ball over the line in injury time, but missed the convert to conclude the scoring.
 
 
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