CALGARY – Sarah Keglowitsch and Natalie Sourisseau scored as the UBC Thunderbirds earned a 2-0 win over the Guelph Gryphons at the Canadian university field hockey championship Saturday.
The victory capped No. 2 UBC’s perfect record through the round robin at 4-0 and provided momentum heading into Sunday’s McCrae Cup against the No. 3 Calgary Dinos.
Keglowitsch, the Canada West rookie of the year, scored early in the second half after weaving her way past defenders and drawing Gryphons goalkeeper Kaye McLagan out of her net.
Sourisseau gave the Thunderbirds an insurance goal just two minutes later, banging home the rebound off a shot by Robyn Pendleton from in close.
UBC has outscored opponents 10-3 en route to their perfect tournament record.
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“Calgary has a lot of seniors, and those guys are going to throw everything and the kitchen sink at us tomorrow,” said UBC head coach Hash Kanjee.
“We’ve got to be ready for it and on our best behaviour, and we just have to rise to the occasion and do the work necessary. It’s going to be a lot of hard work.”
The No. 4 Gryphons fell to 1-3 but will still play for bronze against the top-ranked Toronto Varsity Blues (2-2).
Toronto advanced after beating the No. 5 Alberta Pandas 2-0 in the final game of the round robin.
The odds were against the Pandas (0-4), who needed to win by at least two goals to advance on the goal-differential tiebreaker.
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Earlier, the Dinos advanced to the title game with a 3-0 win over Alberta.
Kaitlyn Longworth scored twice while Carolina Romeo added another to send Calgary to its first appearance in the final.
UBC and the Dinos are no strangers after facing off six times in 16 games during the season.
“We know them pretty well, but they have some girls back from the (Pan American Games) that change their personnel and increase their skill level,” said Calgary head coach Jenn Swagar.
“We’re going to watch some game film and this next game where they play Guelph, and from there we’ll come up with a game plan.”
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