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CISGAME 3 2009 CIS womens field hockey championship UBC ends day Recap BoxscoreGAME 3 2009 CIS womens field hockey championship UBC ends dayBy UVic sports information officeVICTORIA (CIS) The No 2seeded UBC Thunderbirds picked up their second win on day one of the CIS womens field hockey championship with a 31 victory over the No 5 Alberta Pandas Thursday afternoonThe Canada West champion TBirds (20) built a 30 lead on goals from Elise Milosevich (7th minute) her second of the tournament Whitney Kroll (35th) and Kristyn Harrington (42nd) before Carly Flemming put the Pandas (01) on the board in the 45th minuteKroll and Harrington both from West Vancouver scored via penalty cornersUBC was also victorious in the tourney opener scoring a 31 upset of the topranked Guelph Gryphons It marks the first 20 start for the TBirds at the CIS championship since 2006 when they captured their last of 11 McCrae CupsIt was our second game of the day so I think we were a little tired compared to Alberta but we dug deep and came out on top said Milosevich a firstteam allCanadian from Duncan BC I thought we maintained possession a lot better through this gameAlberta goalkeeper Tory Spencer did her best to weather the TBirds constant offensive pressure and was named the Pandas player of the game The sophomore from Bedford NS made several key stops in the second half as Alberta mounted its unsuccessful rallyUBC gameMVP honours went to thirdyear Vancouver native Sarah MacAulayUBC will be back in action on Friday morning to play the defending CIS champion Victoria Vikes (10) at 10 am Pacific Time Alberta will follow with a 1220 pm start against the Toronto Varsity BluesGAME NOTES 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 with the best records at the end of the preliminary round advancing to Sundays national final at 1 pm Pacific TimeSCORING SUMMARYUBC 21 3ALB 01 1First half7th UBC Elise Milosevich (2)35th UBC Whitney Kroll (1)Second half42nd UBC Kristyn Harrington (1)45th ALB Carly Flemming (1)GoaltendersUBC Dina Bulfone (W 7000 1 GA 20)ALB Tory Spencer (L 7000 3 GA 01)Players of the gameUBC Sarah MacAulay (Vancouver BC)ALB Tory Spencer (Bedford NS)CHAMPIONSHIP SEEDING STANDINGS & SCHEDULE (all times LOCAL PACIFIC)Seeding1 Guelph Gryphons (OUA champions)2 UBC Thunderbirds (Canada West champions)3 Victoria Vikes (second place Canada West)4 Toronto Varsity Blues (OUA finalists)5 Alberta Pandas (third place Canada West)Roundrobin standings (after 3 of 10 games)GP W L T GF GA PTS1 UBC 2 2 0 0 6 2 62 Victoria 1 1 0 0 1 0 33 Toronto 1 0 1 0 0 1 04 Alberta ...