VANCOUVER – The UBC Thunderbirds women's soccer team wrapped up its own tournament with a 7-0 shutout of the Northwest Eagles of Kirkland, Wash., on Sunday afternoon at Thunderbird Stadium.
 
"We created a lot chances for ourselves last game but we didn't finish so we wanted to get numbers in the box and really attack the ball and I thought we were successful with that today," said UBC head coach Marisa Kovacs, who earned her first victory as the leader of the Thunderbirds. "I'm glad we bounced back with a convincing win against a good side."
 
Midfielder Taylor Shannik (Delta, B.C.) and defender Shayla Chorney (Vancouver) each scored twice to lead the UBC offence.
 
Shannik got things going early, finding the net in the second minute. The fifth-year midfielder drove the ball from outside of the penalty box to the top left of the net to give the home side momentum and a 1-0 advantage.
 
After a couple of UBC shots on target, the Thunderbirds doubled their lead in 29th minute when Nicole Sydor (Delta, B.C.) converted a pass from defender Aman Shergill (Surrey, B.C.) and put the ball in the bottom right of the net to allow her team to go into halftime up 2-0.
 
Chorney started the second half with two straight goals, slotting home a cross from Amrit Berar (Richmond, B.C.) in the 53rd minute and notching her second just seven minutes later.
 
Shannik notched her brace in the 77th, scoring directly from a corner kick to make it 5-0.
 
Then a pair of youngsters got on the score sheet late as Sydney Langen (Regina, Sask.) put a shot into the top right corner in the 83rd minute before Elizabeth Swoboda (Livingston, Mont.) knocked a rebound in off the left goalpost to finish off the offensive output for UBC.
 
Olivia de Goede (Victoria, B.C.) made one save to earn the clean sheet against the Eagles, the 20th-ranked squad in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).
 
UBC's next game will be at Western Washington, an NCAA Div. 2 program, in Bellingham, Wash., on Saturday, Aug. 29 at 3:30 p.m.