VANCOUVER, B.C. – UBC Thunderbirds made it a "perfect ten" at Thunderbird Stadium on Saturday evening.

Second half goals from Zoelle Apps and Maddy Norman saw UBC come away with a  2-0 victory over the visiting Thompson Rivers Wolfpack, in the teams' third meeting of the season, but the Thunderbirds were made to work hard for the three points.

The win saw UBC remain undefeated in the defense of their Canada West and U SPORTS women's soccer championships, with four games of the regular season to go. They also remain perfectly defensively, still having to concede a goal in 2025.



"TRU came in with a very good gameplan and a good low block," UBC head coach Jesse Symons noted postgame. "We had a couple of chances in the first half that didn't go our way and had to really fight to find a goal. We have such good competitors and character players that I knew it was going to come.

"You could see it was coming for sure, as we started to press and push. It was so exciting as well to see Zoelle (Apps) score her first goal as a UBC Thunderbird and what a great game winner today… Our young ones are doing great."

UBC dominated the first half play, outshooting their opponents 10 to 1, but they found themselves up against a determined Thompson Rivers defence who weren't giving the Thunderbirds any real clear-cut goal scoring opportunities.

Friday night's hat-trick hero Ava Alexander was UBC's most dangerous player, and she had three looks on goal in the first 45 minutes, seeing two saved by TRU keeper Floor Ursem and a dipper that just went over the bar.

It was end-to-end fare to start the second half, with both teams moving the ball well without really threatening to break the deadlock.



The defences were on top, but as UBC won a string of corners, it was the TRU backline that was breached first when Ella Sunde whipped in a great ball which Apps finished off for her first ever college goal and the Thunderbirds had the lead in the 79th minute.

After the long wait to find their opener, they only had to wait four minutes for their second as Norman rocketed a shot into the roof of the net from just inside the box, after getting on a knockdown from Jayda Thompson.



Sunde had a couple of close calls to add a third, first seeing a shot cleared off the line from a corner before Ursem turned her fierce shot away.

UBC left it late, but their perfect season continues.

UBC head on the road next weekend for two games out in the Fraser Valley, with a meeting on Friday night against old foes Trinity Western Spartans first up. Thompson Rivers have a bye weekend before returning home to Kamloops the following weekend to close out the regular season.