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CISGAME 1 2009 CIS womens field hockey championship UBC opens with upset of No 1 Guelph Recap BoxscoreGAME 1 2009 CIS womens field hockey championship UBC opens with upset of No 1 GuelphBy UVic sports information officeVICTORIA (CIS) In the opening game of the 2009 CIS womens field hockey championship the No 2 UBC Thunderbirds dealt the topseeded Guelph Gyrphons their first loss of the season with a 31 victory at the UVic Field Hockey TurfIn a matchup of the OUA and Canada West conference champions the 11time CIS champion TBirds prevailed after receiving goals from Robyn Pendleton (30th minute) Poonam Sandu (32nd) and Elise Milosevich (70th) while rookie keeper Dina Bulfone was brilliant in goalAngela Lancaster (38th) responded for GuelphIts the first game so theres first game jitters for both teams They handled the jitters a little bit better than we did but fortunately our finishing was a bit better today said UBC head coach Hash Kanjee whose team went 102 in Canada West play on its way to a seventh straight conference bannerUBC struck twice near the end of the opening half scoring just two minutes apart in the 30th and 32nd minutesPendelton an allCanadian from Victoria opened the scoring after hammering a lowflying strike past the Guelph keeper Dorothy MarcyJust moments later Sandu scored what proved to be the gamewinner on a great individual effort as the Vancuver native cut through the defence down the right side and buried the ball between the postsThe TBirds added an insurance marker in the late stages of the match with allCanadian and Canada West leading scorer Elise Milosevich netting her 12th goal of the season The sophomore from Duncan BC helped convert a penalty corner attempt in the 70th minute just seconds before the final buzzer soundedLancaster an allCanadian from Burlington Ont potted the lone Guelph goal at the start of the second half The fifthyear senior tapped in a loose ball in front of the net in the 38th minute of playGryphon forward Brienne Stairs of Kitchener Ont the CIS player of the year who led the nation with 30 goals in 14 regular season outings was held off the scoresheet thanks in large part to an outstanding performance by BulfoneBuflone a rookie from Delta BC was named UBC player of the game after holding the Guelphs potent offence to just a lone score The Gryphons tallied a teamrecord 68 goals during the regular scheduleThe loss is the first of the 2009 season for Guelph who entered the tournament as the No 1 seed and as the only undefeated team in the country with a 1402 overall record The Gryphons (01) have never won the McCrae Cup and face a quick turnaround before facing archrivals the Toronto Varsity Blues (00) in the later Thursday match at 550 pm Pacific TimeUBC (10) will pl...