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CISTBirds fly high in home opener Canada West OUA QSSF AUS Canada West OUA QSSF AUS CIS 5 Year Championship Schedule Womens Basketball Final 8 Round 1 East Regional Round 1 Central Regional Round 1 West Regional Mens Basketball Final 8 Cross Country Curling Womens Field Hockey Football Desjardins Vanier Cup Womens Ice Hockey Mens Ice Hockey University Cup Womens Rugby Womens Soccer Mens Soccer Swimming Track & Field Womens Volleyball Mens Volleyball Wrestling Basketball Cross Country Curling Field Hockey Ice Hockey Rugby Soccer Swimming Track & Field Volleyball Wrestling Basketball Curling Cross Country Football Ice Hockey Soccer Swimming Track & Field Volleyball Wrestling SSN Canada Website SSN Canada Webcast Schedule Le 5 Partant QSSF Basketball Show CIS Womens Hockey Weekly CIS Touchdown Football Show SSN Webcast Schedule Canada West OUA QSSF AUS Home Universiades FISU World University Championships StudentAthlete Info Members Info International Programs Committee About International Program Services International History Past Medalists Official BLG Website Past BLG Winners BLG Awards History History Past Winners Standings ScheduleResults Playoffs Stats Leaders Team Stats Ind Stats Past Stats CANADA first News TBirds fly high in home openerby Lee Dorner UBC Sports Info AssistantVANCOUVER The UBC Thunderbirds didnt disappoint their fans who came to celebrate their 2009 CIS championship bannerraising on Friday night at War Memorial Gym as they began the new campaign with a 30 win (2520 2510 2515) over the Winnipeg WesmenAfter UBC led by as many as eight points late in the first set Winnipeg rallied to pull to within four before a big kill from Kyla Richey won the set 2520 for the BirdsWinnipegUBC womens volleyball boxscoreAside from an early lead in the third set the Wesmen werent able to challenge the twotime defending national champions the rest of the wayThe TBirds outhit Winnipeg 410 to 033 as a team but UBC head coach Doug Reimer thought the match was closer than the scoreline indicatedThe score was not reflective of how Winnipeg played said Reimer It was only a few big runs that made it onesided and I think they will be disappointed that it wasnt closer But I have to give our girls credit for staying patientThe second set was all TBirds from start to finish Rayel Quiring led the Birds on an early 110 run to spot them a big lead and Shanice Marcelle capped off the frame with an ace on set pointThe Birds sputtered out of the gate in the third set falling behind by three points heading into the first timeout That was about as good as things got for Winn...