Rugby, soccer, and basketball women’s sports records fall over the weekend

The GIST: The Summer I Turned Pretty, meet the summer women’s sports continued to thrive. Whether you’re Team Conrad or Team Jeremiah, everyone can enjoy this round-up of historic women’s sports moments from over the weekend.

🏉 Women’s Rugby World Cup opener draws its biggest crowd: A record-breaking 42,723 fans took in Friday’s tournament opener between England and the U.S., which host nation England won 69–7. And it’s (literally) just the beginning for this sport on the rise as group stage action continues next weekend with more records expected to fall throughout the tourney.

⚽ More than 40K fans pack Oracle Park for NWSL’s Bay FC: Count ’em — 40,091 fans filled San Francisco’s MLB stadium to see Bay FC fall 3–2 to the Washington Spirit on Saturday, not only setting a new NWSL attendance record but making it the most-attended women’s pro sports league event in the U.S. Next on the list? Perhaps filling NFL stadiums. Sky’s the limit.

🏀 Triple-double queen Alyssa Thomas ties her own single-season record: The WNBA's all-time triple-double leader has done it again, notching her sixth of the season with 13 points, 12 rebounds, and 16 assists in her Phoenix Mercury’s 81–72 Friday win over the Golden State Valkyries.

• Then just 24 hours later, 2012 MVP Tina Charles made history of her own with the Connecticut Sun, recording her 200th career double-double to become the first W player ever to reach the milestone. Buckets on buckets.