VANCOUVER – The UBC Thunderbirds celebrated receiving their Canada West championship medals in style with a 6-0 win over the Calgary Dinos at UBC's Wright Field on Sunday afternoon.
 
The Dinos played a strong first half, with goalie Madison Arbuckle only beaten once in the 19th minute by T-Bird Emily Martin, despite relentless pressure by the Thunderbirds.


 
But the floodgates opened for the UBC offence early in the second half. UBC scored five goals in a sixteen-minute span, with Meghan Hayden potting a pair and Sara Goodman, Hannah Eborall and Margaret Pham adding singles.
 
The 'Birds were lethal off set pieces on the day, with their final three tallies coming off penalty corners.
 
Rowan Harris provided the clean sheet in the Thunderbird goal.


 
With a large boisterous crowd in attendance, thanks to the UBC Thunderbird Athletic Council who promoted the game extensively around campus as one of their weekly 'Hype Games', the Thunderbirds received their Canada West championship banners, trophy and medals for the 10th time in the last 11 seasons.
 
UBC will now prepare to host the OUA champion in the U SPORTS field hockey championship best-of-three games final on November 3, 4 and 5.
 
SCORING SUMMARY
Calgary         0  0 – 0
UBC               1  5 – 6
 
GOAL SCORERS
UBC – #19 Emily Martin, FG, 17', 1-0 UBC
UBC – #14 Meghan Hayden, FG, 49', 2-0 UBC
UBC – #20 Sara Goodman, FG, 51', 3-0 UBC
UBC – #8 Hannah Eborall, PC, 55', 4-0 UBC
UBC – #14 Meghan Hayden, PC, 60', 5-0 UBC
UBC – #11 Margaret Pham, PC, 65', 6-0 UBC
 
GOALKEEPERS
Calgary – Madison Arbuckle, 70 MP, 6 GA
UBC – Rowan Harris 70 MP, 1 GA
 
CARDS 
UBC – Alyssa Nonis, (27', GC)