EDMONTON – After allowing an early goal against, the UBC Thunderbirds scored six unanswered, bookended by Canada West leading scorer Mackenzie Kordic's 12^th and 13^th goals of the season, to earn a 6-1 victory, extending their win streak to seven games.

The visitors were relentless Saturday afternoon, using their speed, press and forecheck to force turnovers and hem the Griffins in for large swaths of time.

With the result, the Thunderbirds improve their Canada West-leading record to 18-1-3, while the Griffins fall to 3-18-1 and remain in ninth.



MacEwan's lone goal once again came courtesy of Jesse Jack who notched her seventh of the season just 3:40 in.

UBC's scoring was spread around, but Kordic led the way with two goals, including the T-Birds' first of the game when she one-timed a Madisyn Wiebe pass from behind the net to knot the game 1-1 after one.

With just 4:29 remaining in the third, Kordic picked Jesse Jack's pocket in the neutral zone, went in alone on Lindsey Johnson and deked her out.

Jacquelyn Fleming (tip-in), Sophia Gaskell (slapshot bar down) and Wiebe (buried off a broken play) all scored in the second period as UBC broke open a tied game and took control.

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Chanreet Bassi added another for the visitors in the third when she was wide open on the back side to tap a rebound in on the power play.

Not only was UBC using their speed to grind down the Griffins, but they disrupted most of their breakouts, often gobbling up passes in the neutral zone and charging back in.

UBC's Kayla McDougall made 16 saves for the Thunderbirds who return home for a home-and-home against the Trinity Western Spartans starting Friday, January 19^th for the Winter Classic at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre. Tickets for the big game are on sale now.