The CIS defending champion Varsity Blues field hockey team opened their 2011 campaign with two shut out victories over the Queen’s Gaels and York Lions on Friday, September 16 at McGill Stadium.

In their first game of the day, 2010-11 Varsity Blues female athlete of the year Kaelan Watson scored two goals in leading U of T to a 6-0 win over Queen’s.  Veterans Hannah Tighe and Katherine McNeill, as well as Alexandra Evanyshyn and Gabriella Permell each added single tallies in the win.

The Blues were equally as dominant in their second contest, downing York 8-0.  Evanyshyn recorded her first hat trick of the season, with Watson adding another two of her own.  Tighe, Permell and sophomore Alex Thicke rounded out the scoring with one goal apiece.

The Varsity Blues return to action on Sunday, September 18 when they travel to Guelph, Ont., to take on the Waterloo Warriors.  Game time is set for 1:45 p.m.

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