‘Birds battle back with gutsy win over GeeGees to secure berth in U SPORTS consolation final
ELMIRA, Ont. – In a game no team at the U SPORTS National Championship tournament wants to be playing in, the UBC Thunderbirds motivated themselves to a hard-earned 2-0 win over the Ottawa GeeGees Saturday afternoon to advance to Sunday’s consolation final where the ‘Birds will take on the host Waterloo Warriors. Elise Hugens stopped 15 shots to earn her fourth career national tournament shutout, the fifth-year goaltender outduelling Ottawa’s Clara Genier in a game where both netminders came to play. The only one of UBC’s 39 shots to get past Genier came off the stick of Ashton Thorpe on…
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