Tepatasi Aleipata won the first leg of the Bluesky National Women's Sevens Series on Saturday at the Samoa Rugby Union Fields in Tuana'imato.

The Marist International Sevens runners-up went one better than their result a fortnight ago, being crowned champions after a 14-12 win over Apia Maroons in the final.

Assistant coach Lote Sefo said they knew what they had to fix after Marist.

"We went back and we worked hard on it," she said.

After topping Pool C, Tepatasi beat third-placed No Idea 19-17 to advance to the final, where they had another close win over Apia.

Sefo said there is still room for improvement from the team:

"We had so many missed passes and missed tackles today, so I guess we're going to work on those for next week.

"I just wanna thank God for blessing us today, because without him we wouldn't be able to win this tournament."

The final two legs of the Series will be played over the next two weekends.

Full results:

Pool A

No Idea 21-7 Nafanua Hawks
Nafanua Hawks 19-5 Teine Uli
No Idea 22-0 Teine Uli

Pool B

Apia Maroons 26-5 Aiga Ile Tai
A’ana Blues 10-19 Aiga Ile Tai
Apia Maroons 26-0 A’ana Blues

Pool C

Tepatasi 12-5 Avele College
Marist Angels 0-26 Avele College
Tepatasi 19-15 Marist Angels

5^th Place Semifinals

Nafanua Hawks 7-17 A’ana Blues
Aiga Ile Tai 7-10 Marist Angels
 

Cup Semifinals

No Idea 17-19 Tepatasi
Apia Maroons  24-0 Avele College

7^th Place Final

Nafanua Hawks 0-22 Aiga Ile Tai

5^th place Final

A’ana Blues 17-0 Marist Angels

3^rd Place Final

No Idea 14-5 Avele College

Cup Final

Tepatasi 14-12 Apia Maroons

Placings

1^st: Tepatasi
2^nd: Apia Maroons
3^rd: No Idea
4^th: Avele College
5^th: A’ana Blues
6^th: Marist Angels
7^th: Aiga Ile Tai
8^th: Nafanua Hawks
9^th: Teine Uli