CARSON Graham grad Beth McNeill was named a tournament all-star after helping St. Francis Xavier's women's rugby team to a resounding 370 victory over Guelph in the CIS championship final on their home pitch in Antigonish, N.S.
With the win, coming at the end of the fall semester, Xavier avenged a loss to that same Guelph team in last year's final and collected their second national title of the past three years. Leading just 5-0 at halftime, the X-Women exploded for 32 points in the second half to cap off an undefeated 13-0 season and claim the third national title in school history. For McNeill, a fifth-year fly half, this was the last game of a unique CIS career that included two years of basketball at Thompson Rivers University followed by three years of rugby at St. FX.
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