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CISGAME 1 CIS championship No 1 Blues open title defence with win 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 Home Standings Schedule Results Playoffs News GAME 1 CIS championship No 1 Blues open title defence with winWritten by Nathan Lowther UVic Sports Information Assistant VICTORIA (CIS) Kristen Shier scored in the 31st minute and Samantha Lyzun made six saves as the reigning national champion and topseeded Toronto Varsity Blues opened their title defence with a 10 shutout of the No 2 UBC Thunderbirds in the first roundrobin match of the 2008 CIS womens field hockey championship Thursday morning The win ended a sixgame losing streak for Toronto against UBC at the CIS tournament dating back to a 10 victory in the semifinal round of the 2000 tourney The Blues lost 21 to the Birds in roundrobin play a year ago their lone setback of the championship on their way to a first McCrae Cup title in 11 years Championship web sitewwwcisportcaechampionshipswfieldhockey2008 Toronto capitalized on its only short corner attempt of the first half Fifthyear forward Cailie OHara named CIS player of the year for the second straight season Wednesday night created some space with some nifty stickhandling before dropping a back pass to Shier who beat UBC goalkeeper Katie Graham high on the glove side with four minutes remaining before the break Shier a fifthyear defender from North Vancouver BC tied for second on the Varsity Blues this season with eight goals UBC came out looking to add to its record 11 McCrae Cup titles storming the Blues and gener...