The University of Toronto Varsity Blues field hockey team dropped a 2-0 decision to the UBC Thunderbirds in the gold-medal game of the 40th CIS-FHC field hockey championship Sunday afternoon at Back Campus Fields.
 
After a scoreless first half, the T-Birds scored two second-half goals to come away with their fourth-straight McCrae Cup.
 
The Blues, who came into the match with a perfect 17-0-0 record settle for silver. Toronto did win the R.W. Pugh Fair Play Award, with 2014 CIS player of the year Amanda Woodcroft also earning tournament MVP honours.
 
Woodcroft, along with Alex Thicke and Alison Lee were named to the tournament XI all-star team.
 
"I really feel bad for the girls," said U of T head coach John DeSouza, who was named the 2014 CIS coach of the year at Wednesday night's award banquet. "I thought we put everything we could out on the line. It was great season for us and it's tough to lose at home. We were really hoping to write history on our new turf - it just wasn't our day today."
 
 
Official championship website: http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/fh/index

SCORING SUMMARY
UBC: 0-2: 2
TOR: 0-0: 0
 
First half
No scoring
 
Second half
UBC Poonam Sandhu (1), 47th minute
UBC Sarah Keglowitsch (1), 56th minute
 
Goaltenders
UBC: Lauren Logush (W, 70:00, 0 GA, 2-1-1)
TOR: Madeleine Cho (L, 70:00, 2 GA, 3-1-0)
          
Players of the game
UBC : Sarah Keglowitsch (Shawnigan Lake, B.C.)
TOR: Rachel Fackoury (Maryhill, Ont.)
 
CHAMPIONSHIP HONOURS
 
Championship MVP: Amanda Woodcroft (Waterloo, Ont.), Toronto
 
R.W. Pugh Fair Play Award: Toronto Varsity Blues
 
Championship All-Stars
Ally Chute (Greenfield Park, Que.), Guelph
Rachel Donohoe (North Vancouver, B.C.), UBC
Hannah Haughn (North Vancouver, B.C.), UBC
Daniela Jelec (Mississauga, Ont.), Guelph
Amanda Kurianowicz (Calgary, Alta.), Victoria
Kathleen Leahy (Victoria, B.C.), Victoria
Alison Lee (Mississauga, Ont.), Toronto
Poonam Sandhu (Vancouver, B.C.), UBC
Alex Thicke (North Vancouver, B.C.), Toronto
Lexi Veljacic (Coquitlam, B.C.), Victoria
Amanda Woodcroft (Waterloo, Ont.), Toronto
 
 
STANDINGS, SCHEDULE & RESULTS
 
Round-robin standings
 
                        GP       W        L          T          GF       GA      PTS
1. Toronto        3          3          0          0          8          1          9
2. UBC            3          1          1          1          8          5          4
3. Victoria        3          1          1          1          4          4          4
4. Guelph         3          0          3          0          4          14        0
 
 
NOTE: 3 points for a win and 1 point for a tie.
 

Thursday, Oct. 30

16:30 Game 1: Victoria 3, Guelph 2
18:30 Game 2: Toronto 3, UBC 0
 

Friday, Oct. 31

16:30 Game 3: Toronto 4, Guelph 1
18:30 Game 4: Victoria 1, UBC 1
 

Saturday, Nov. 1

13:00 Game 5: Toronto 1, Victoria 0
15:00 Game 6: UBC 7, Guelph 1
 

Sunday, Nov. 2

13:00 Bronze medal: Victoria 6, Guelph 0
15:00 Championship final: UBC 2, Toronto 0
 
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