Summit dominated the possession and field position, but could not finish off the stout and attacking defense of Fort Collins. Fort Collins scored first on a Sadie Anderson penalty kick, but the Tigers quickly moved into the other end and scored of a nicely worked penalty play which ended with a driving maul that saw captain Lauren Danielsen touch down for the 5-3 lead. Although they again moved deep into the Fort Collins end the girls in Black and Gold stood their ground and twice held the Tigers on the goaline. A clearing kick that was lost in sun resulted in a change of ends and Collins worked the ball down the right touch line before centre Maddie Robinson out raced the cover defence to the left for the score and an 8-5 lead. Summit resumed it's attack but could not get fast enough ball to finish of a number of good half breaks. Eventually the Tigers earned a penalty and Danielsen slotted the kick to tie the game.

 

The Lady Tigers opened homecoming with a big win at Tiger Stadium Friday night behind junior captain Lauren Danielsen's 26 points and sophomore BrieAnna Barto's 25 point night. The Tigers, playing in front of over 300 hometown fans, opened the scoring quick with Danielsen's first try just seconds into the match from a turnover deep in Los Alamos' end. The Summit girl's continued to apply pressure on the visitors and added two tries by Barto, one by junior Lizzy Shay and Danielsen's second, all in support of long runs by standout junior openside Jozy Gessner. Gessner, who dominated the breakdowns and was constantly finding gaps in the defense, added her own with a great line off Danielsen, shortly there after and another Barto conversion made it 36-0. Barto, who attempted two drop goals, added her third try shorty before halftime for a 41-0 Summit lead. Barto's first drop was just wide while the second was blocked and scooped up by Liz Dinkle, who was off but a great tackle by freshman fullback Hiedi Gruber and some scrambling defense snuffed out the surge.

The second half saw more of the same,  Los Alamos continued to win their restarts and make tackles, but the Tigers still found gaps in the defense pattern and attacked them. Danielsen added two more tries and Gessner one, while freshman Alex Cooper and sophmore Stephany McDowell each scored their first tries for Summit. Final score 81-0.

Next up for the Tigers, undefeated Fort Collins.

The Lady Tigers kept the season rolling with a win on Saturday,  despite an excellent start from a very good Thunderridge side. The visiting Grizzlies shocked the home team and the crowd by racing out to a 12-0 lead on two very long tries by pacy winger Natalie Willis, but lead by junior captain Lauren Danielsen the Tigers clawed back into the game. Danielsen, who scored 3 of Summit's 5 tries, scored from a nice pick and drive after sophomore halfback Brie Barto was tackled short off the line. Danielsen look good for her second try after Summit took one against the head but it was ruled a double placement and the Grizlies looked to clear with a quick tap but only found USA U19 flanker Jozy Gessner and on the turnover Danielsen left no question as she powered over for a try and closed the gap to 12-10 for Summit.

The second half saw more of the same as Barto pressured the Thunderridge halfback and Gessner and fellow flanker Alison Johnston turned ball at the breakdown. Danielsen took a great angle ball from Gessner off a turnover at the Grizzlies 22, fended the fullback and glided in for her third try and a Summit lead. Summit added two more scores from prop Bobby Bouchard of a nicely worked lineout move and Gessner after a great run by Danielsen. The visitors added a late try for a final score of 25-17.

The Tigers (2-0), who got solid play from the whole tight 5 and backs Cheyenne Spaulding and Halley Armstrong also put in very strong performances. Are off this week before hosting Los Alamos (NM) on Friday the 21st at 5pm in the stadium.

The Tigers opened the 2007 campaign, Friday night before a enthusiastic but rain dampened crowd, against the Chaparral Wolverines at Tiger Stadium. The Summit girls controlled much of the first half but only came away with a 7-0 lead thanks to a try from captain Lauren Danielsen. The points came when hooker Kelly Berger stole the ball on a Chaparrral scrum and halfback BrieAnna Barto drew the defense before passing to Danielsen who broke the line just inside the 22 and then powered out of Chaparral fullback Devyn Lane's goal line tackle. Barto added a drop goal conversion for the 7-0 lead. The Tigers continued to control the possession and field position, but a strong Chaparral defense, led by #8 MacKenzie Lewis, and wet conditions led to too many handling errors and no more points.

The second half saw more courageous defense by Chaparral and some great play by Berger, Barto, Danielsen, and freshmen Rosa Foth (flanker) and Alex Cooper (center). The hometown girls added two more tries by Danielsen and wing Halley Armstrong behind some solid, hardworking play by locks Marie Oberieter, Abby Urias, prop Danielle Crangle, and flanker Alison Johnston. Armstrong capped of a great team try when she reached out to ground the ball in the corner with a nice over her head move. The build up sawthe backs work a nice dummy runner before Danielsen moved the ball the Cooper who found Foth inserting, drawing the defense, and  putting Armstrong into space to race the cover to the corner.