LETHBRIDGE — Hannah Clayton-Carroll scored twice and Tory Micklash earned her fifth shutout of the season as the UBC Thunderbirds swept their weekend series with the Lethbridge Pronghorns with a 5-0 win, their sixth victory in a row.

Lethbridge came out of the gate strong, getting an early 5-1 shot advantage on Micklash, but UBC was insistent on continuing their unanswered goals streak early, scoring just five minutes into the first frame.

A Sarah Thon breakout pass reached Kenzie Robinson who in turn dished to Tiffany Chiu entering the offensive zone. Chiu cut around Mattie Apperson in front of the Lethbridge net and buried the shot past the glove of Marshall to give her team an early lead.

HUGE WIN BY THE T-BIRDS, sweeping this weekend series against the Pronghorns and extending their win streak to 6 wins. Tory Micklash earns her 5th shutout of the season! pic.twitter.com/Ud9rjeUQ5s

— UBC Women's Hockey (@UBCWHKY) November 17, 2019

The Thunderbirds added to their lead just 95 seconds later, as Mathea Fischer regained possession of the puck from a scrum behind the Lethbridge net. As Mikayla Ogrodniczuk was driving the net for the chance, Fischer found the defencemen who buried it top-shelf to widen their lead.

Following a scoreless middle frame, UBC's unanswered scoring streak continued in the third period with three more goals. Ireland Perrott carried the puck into the zone, softly dumping it to the far corner for a trailing Fischer who found Hannah Clayton-
Carroll in the slot to put it above Marshall and into the net for her team's third goal of the game.

Three minutes later at the 6:20 mark, Perrott scored one of her own on the power play, her second of the season.



Inside the final half of the period, a Pronghorns defensive breakdown at the offensive blue line allowed Clayton-Carroll to steal the puck and head down the ice for a partial break, backhanding the puck through Marshall's legs as she was falling, putting the game permanently out of reach for the Pronghorns.

With the win, the Thunderbirds (7-2-1-2) leapfrog the Calgary Dinos (7-4-1-0) to steal top spot in the Canada West.

The T-Birds will look to extend their six-game win streak back at home next weekend when they host the Mount Royal Cougars Friday and Saturday at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre.