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CISGAME 4 2009 CIS womens field hockey championship Dellandreas hat trick leads Guelph to rebound win Recap BoxscoreGAME 4 2009 CIS womens field hockey championship Dellandreas hat trick leads Guelph to rebound winVICTORIA (CIS) Freshman Katelin Dellandrea tallied a hat trick to lead the topseeded Guelph Gryphons to a convincing 52 victory over the No 4 Toronto Varsity Blues in the fourth and final roundrobin match of day one at the 2009 CIS womens field hockey championship Thursday nightThe highestscoring game at the national tournament since 2003 was a rematch of last Sundays OUA final won 10 in overtime by GuelphThe offensive outburst could prove crucial later this weekend for the Gryphons (11) who dropped their championship opener 31 to UBC earlier on Thursday Goal differential serves as a tiebreaker at the end of roundrobin play to determine who moves on to the title matchAfter tasting defeat for the first time this season against the No 2 Thunderbirds the Gryphons took out their frustrations on their OUA rivals scoring four times in the first 21 minutes of the duelDellandrea opened the scoring in the fifth minute with her first goal of the night The OUA champions all but put the game out of reach in the 11th minute with backtoback scores from CIS player of the year Brienne Stairs of Kitchener Ont and fivetime firstteam allCanadian Kristine Wishart of HamiltonDellandrea a native of Guelph made it 40 in the 21st minute and completed the hat trick in the second half with a tally at the 66minute markWe needed to prove to ourselves and to Toronto our biggest contender that were here to win said Dellandrea who received gameMVP honours for the victorsToronto was able to finally put points on the board in the 31st minute when a penalty stroke from Kristen Shier of North Vancouver BC gave the Varsity Blues their first goal of the tournamentThe Blues struck again through Richmond Hill Ont native Natalie Provenzanos 60th minute strike but it was too little too lateToronto playerofthegame honours were presented to secondteam allCanadian forward Kyesia ONeale of Mississauga OntThe sevengoal affair was the highestscoring game at the CIS championship since UBC defeated York 80 in the 2003 semifinalThe Gryphons will look to build on their 11 openingday record when they take on the reigning CIS champion UVic Vikes (10) at 4 pm Pacific Time on Friday The Varsity Blues (02) will face the Alberta Pandas (01) at 1220 pmIn the only other duel scheduled for Friday tournament host Victoria is set to square off with UBC (20) at 10 am in a battle of undefeated teamsTOURNEY NOTE All five participating teams at the CIS championship face each of their rivals once in roundrobin play from Thursday to Saturday with the two teams wit...