T-Birds host Vikes with Canada West title on the road
VANCOUVER – The UBC Thunderbirds (4-1-1) are gearing up for his or her closing two video games of the Canada West common season, as they host the defending convention champion College of Victoria Vikes (5-0-1) on Saturday, October 22nd and Sunday, October 23rd at 11:00 a.m. (PT) on Wright Area with the Canada West banner up for grabs.
“We’re excited to have put ourselves able to essentially combat for the title this 12 months,” mentioned UBC head coach Poonam Sandhu. “We have now made some wonderful strides over the previous few weeks and are trying ahead to competing towards a prime opponent. Our focus is on our recreation and the issues that we will management in every quarter of play. I am actually happy with the work that the workforce has put in up to now and so at this level we simply must belief that course of and depart all of it on the market.”
UVic presently leads the Canada West standings with 16 factors, whereas the ‘Birds are second with 13 factors after the 2 groups performed to a 1-1 tie (3-2 shootout win for UBC) on September 24th and Victoria earned a 4-1 win over UBC on September 25th within the provincial capital.
“I anticipate UVic to come back out sturdy this weekend and to play by means of each single minute,” mentioned Sandhu. “This would possibly not be a straightforward weekend for us, and I do not need it to be simple. We have now confirmed that we will compete towards this workforce and so we’ll execute our recreation plan and be sure that we proceed to combat. It will be an thrilling match-up and I am trying ahead to this weekend.”
Earlier this month, the ‘Birds earned a sequence sweep of the Calgary Dinos (0-8) on dwelling turf – successful 1-0 and 3-1 with Miranda Yee named Canada West participant of the week after scoring an important recreation winner.
?? WFH | T-Birds objective! @ubcwfieldhockey is now main @DinosFHC 1-0 within the 1st quarter. #GoBirdsGo pic.twitter.com/g9fxXlO390
— UBC Thunderbirds (@ubctbirds) October 2, 2022
“I would really like for us to proceed to work as a workforce and proceed to work exhausting on protection,” mentioned Sandhu. “This recreation is received by everybody contributing on the pitch and so if we proceed to work as a unit, I do know we’ll achieve success. Nonetheless, since that first week in Calgary we’ve repeatedly developed and grown as a workforce and so I am excited to get on the market this weekend and show that progress.”
UBC is ranked No. 5 in U SPORTS with Victoria sitting at No. 2 heading into the ultimate weekend of standard season motion, because the Canada West champion may also host the U SPORTS Nationwide Championships starting November 3rd.
