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CISGAME 9 2009 CIS womens field hockey championship UBC heads into final with 41 win Recap BoxscoreGAME 9 2009 CIS womens field hockey championship UBC heads into final with 41 winVICTORIA (CIS) The No 2seeded UBC Thunderbirds go into the CIS womens field hockey national final with momentum following a 41 win over the No 4 Toronto Varsity Blues in their roundrobin finale Saturday afternoon at the University of Victorias Field Hockey TurfThe Canada West champion Thunderbirds who end the preliminary stage atop the standings with a 301 record and 10 points had already secured a spot in Sundays title match before facing Toronto which can still advance to the bronzemedal game despite a 130 mark for three pointsIt will mark the TBirds 17th alltime appearance in the national final since the inaugural CIS tournament in 1975 and their first since they captured an 11th McCrae Cup in 2006 UBC currently shares the record for most CIS titles with VictoriaUBC will face either topranked and OUA champion Guelph (111 4 points) or No 5 Alberta (120 3 points) Sunday at 2 pm Pacific The Gryphons and Pandas face off in the 10th and final roundrobin duel Saturday at 4 pmThe Thunderbirds scored three goals in the first half to down the Blues with defender Samantha Smith of Vancouver opening the scoring in the fourth minute of play and Kira Graham of North Vancouver (22nd) and Poonam Sandhu of Vancouver (24th) adding two goals in a span of two minutes in the later stages of the periodSenior forward Kim Aldridge of Richmond BC rounding out the TBirds with a late marker in the 68th minuteTorontos lone goal came in the 38th minute from captain and North Vancouver native Kristen Shier who ranks second in the tournament with three scoresWeve worked really hard and our teams been playing really well Its good going in on a good win too said UBC captain Kristyn HarringtonHarrington a firstteam allCanadian from West Vancouver added the team is ready for Sundays final Were going to bring it A lot of us are in our last year so were going to empty the tanks because we want this more than anythingSandhu was named player of the game for UBC while Richmond native Kaelan Watson received the honour for TorontoSCORING SUMMARYUBC 31 4Toronto 01 1First half4th UBC Samantha Smith (1)22nd UBC Kira Graham (1)24th UBC Poonam Sandhu (2)Second half38th TOR Kristen Shier (3)68th UBC Kim Aldridge (1)GoaltendersUBC Dina Bulfone (W 7000 1 GA 301)TOR Samantha Lyzun (L 7000 4 GA 130)Players of the gameUBC Poonam Sandhu (Vancouver BC)TOR Katelan Watson (Richmond BC)CHAMPIONSHIP SEEDING STANDINGS & SCHEDULE (all times LOCAL PACIFIC)Seeding1 Guelph Gryphons (OUA champions)2 UBC Thunderbirds (Canada We...