Background & History
The Bay Breakers are a founding member of Women’s Elite Rugby (WER), based in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. Following the announcement of WER in April 2024, the Bay Breakers team name and logo were announced in January 2025 alongside the other 5 founding WER teams. In addition to the name and logo, the Bay Breakers announced their ‘Foundational Five’, a group of 5 players that made up the team’s first signings. The Foundational Five for the Bay Breakers can be found below.
Evolving from the Berkeley All-Blues and to a lesser extent the Life West Gladiatrix of the WPL, the Bay Breakers competed in the inaugural WER season in 2025. The Breakers played their first ever game on March 29, 2025 against the Denver Onyx. The Breakers finished 3rd in WER’s inaugural season with a 6-4 record and 32pts, missing out on the chance to compete for the WER Legacy Cup by a single point on the final day of competition.
Foundational Five
records & Record Holders
All-Time:
Top Scorer: Eden Kilgour (35pts)
Top Try Scorer: Eden Kilgour (7)
Most Appearances: Abby Vogel, Shelby Lin, Elena Edwards, Roxelle Thomas (10)
Most Starts: Roxelle Thomas (9)
Single Season:
Top Scorer: Eden Kilgour (35pts – 2025)
Top Try Scorer: Eden Kilgour (7 – 2025)
Historical Performance
2025: 6-4 (+48) – 32pts: 3rd
Overall Regular Season Record: 6-4
Overall Legacy Cup Record:Â N/A
Legacy Cup Appearances:Â 0
Head Coach & Captain
Head Coach:
- Hannah Stolba (2025)
Captain:
- Roxelle Thomas / Jade McGrath (2025)
Logo
All of the WER logos and branding for the league’s inaugural season were co-designed by the league and British advertising agency MATTA. The Bay Breakers’ crest features a breaking wave and a trident at the top with a ‘Sunset Purple’ California sun. The wave ties the logo to the Bay Area, representing the crashing waves of the Pacific Ocean and the ‘power and unpredictability of ocean waves’.
VEnue
The Bay Breakers play their home games to the northeast of San Francisco at the Grape Bowl in Lodi, California. The 3,500 seater synthetic turf field was the venue of a postseason college football game that shares the stadium name from 1947-48. While attendance to these games was over 10,000, the capacity of the stadium has been reduced in the nearly 80 years since then. The Bay Breakers share this venue with the Lodi High School Football Team.
Results
Bay Breakers - Active
| Player | Position | GP | GS | T | C | P | DG | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jade McGrath | Center | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Alycia Namosimalua | Center, Flanker, Hooker, Number 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Eden Kilgour | Center, Wing | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Monica Marquez | Hooker, Prop | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lina Lomu | Flanker, Hooker, Prop, Wing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sierra Watkins | Flanker, Number 8, Wing | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Kristen Siano | Fly-half | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Elena Edwards | Lock, Prop | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Hope Cooper | Flanker, Hooker, Prop | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Paris Hart | Flanker, Hooker, Prop | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Ari Jurkowski | Flanker, Lock | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Tonya Wessman | Flanker, Lock, Number 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Roxelle Thomas | Flanker, Lock, Number 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Isabela Gonzalez Berazueta Burgos | Center, Flanker, Hooker | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Naomi Carrillo | Wing | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Rosaline Okpara | Flanker, Number 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Taina Tukuafu | Scrum-half | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kat Clark | Fly-half, Scrum-half | 9 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Cassandra Tong | Flanker | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Bulou Mataitoga | Fullback, Wing | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Sophia Lamphier | Flanker | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alev Kelter | Center | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Miriama Marawa | Wing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evan Hoese | Center, Wing | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ariana Lewis | Flanker, Fly-half, Lock, Prop | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Laura Thacker | Fullback, Wing | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Olivia Bernadel-Huey | Fly-half, Fullback | 9 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Mona Lisa Tupou | Number 8, Prop | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Abby Vogel | Prop | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Celine Liulamaga | Hooker, Prop | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Kathryn Treder | Flanker, Hooker | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dana Alimena | Center, Flanker, Number 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mahie Wilhelm | Flanker, Number 8, Prop | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shelby Lin | Scrum-half | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Aimee Ramos | Fly-half, Scrum-half | 8 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Jett Hayward | Hooker | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bay Breakers Players – All
| Player | Position | GP | GS | T | C | P | DG | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jade McGrath | Center | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Alycia Namosimalua | Center, Flanker, Hooker, Number 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Eden Kilgour | Center, Wing | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Monica Marquez | Hooker, Prop | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lina Lomu | Flanker, Hooker, Prop, Wing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sierra Watkins | Flanker, Number 8, Wing | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Kristen Siano | Fly-half | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Elena Edwards | Lock, Prop | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Hope Cooper | Flanker, Hooker, Prop | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Paris Hart | Flanker, Hooker, Prop | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Ari Jurkowski | Flanker, Lock | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Tonya Wessman | Flanker, Lock, Number 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Roxelle Thomas | Flanker, Lock, Number 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Isabela Gonzalez Berazueta Burgos | Center, Flanker, Hooker | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Naomi Carrillo | Wing | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Rosaline Okpara | Flanker, Number 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Taina Tukuafu | Scrum-half | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kat Clark | Fly-half, Scrum-half | 9 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Cassandra Tong | Flanker | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Bulou Mataitoga | Fullback, Wing | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Sophia Lamphier | Flanker | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alev Kelter | Center | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Miriama Marawa | Wing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evan Hoese | Center, Wing | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ariana Lewis | Flanker, Fly-half, Lock, Prop | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Laura Thacker | Fullback, Wing | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Olivia Bernadel-Huey | Fly-half, Fullback | 9 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Mona Lisa Tupou | Number 8, Prop | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Abby Vogel | Prop | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Celine Liulamaga | Hooker, Prop | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Kathryn Treder | Flanker, Hooker | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dana Alimena | Center, Flanker, Number 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mahie Wilhelm | Flanker, Number 8, Prop | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shelby Lin | Scrum-half | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Aimee Ramos | Fly-half, Scrum-half | 8 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Jett Hayward | Hooker | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |