In the third quarter-final match of the 2015 CIS men's soccer championship, the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds put three goals past the University of Toronto Varsity Blues for a 3-0 victory at York Stadium on Thursday evening (Nov 12).
 
The Thunderbirds now advance to Saturday's second semifinal, which will be played at 1:30 p.m., while the Varsity Blues will move to the consolation side of the draw and will play in a consolation semifinal on Friday afternoon at 1:30 p.m.
 
The Varsity Blues carried most of the possession throughout the first part of the game, but it was the Thunderbirds who had more scoring chances and they grabbed their first goal of the match in the 20^th minute. After being rewarded a penalty shot, Thunderbirds' Harry Lakhan of Surrey, B.C., stepped up to give his team the lead which the Thunderbirds carried into the half.
 
In the second half the Thunderbirds added two more. First, after a solid clearance off of the goal line by Varsity Blues defender Devon Bowyer of Toronto, Justin Wallace of Kamloops, B.C., found the loose ball during the sramble and put it into the back of the net for the 2-0 lead in the 63^rd minute.
 
The third and final goal came just six minutes later from an effort by Gagandeep Dosanjh of Abbotsford, B.C.,. Rushing between the Varsity Blues' centre defence, Dosanjh kept his composure to place the ball into the bottom right corner of the net. He was named UBC's player of the game after the final whistle.
 
Despite the loss, U of T coach Luciano Lombardo was happy with his team's performance against the No. 1-ranked team in the country.
 
"I'm very proud of the effort the boys put in today and I anticipate that we will show well tomorrow. Any national championship game is a big game and an honour to play and we will come out ready to go."
 
Toronto defender Lukas MacNaughton of Brussels, Belgium, earned his team's player of the game award.

SCHEDULE & RESULTS

Thursday, Nov. 12
11:00 Quarter-final 1: UQAM 2, McMaster 1 (4-3 kicks)
13:30 Quarter-final 2: UNB 3, Victoria 2
16:00 Quarter-final 3: UBC 2, Toronto 0
19:00 Quarter-final 4: Cape Breton vs. York (CIS-SIC.tv)

Friday, Nov. 13
11:00 Consolation 1: McMaster vs. Victoria (CIS-SIC.tv)
13:30 Consolation 2: Toronto vs. Loser QF 4 (CIS-SIC.tv)
 
Saturday, Nov. 14
11:00 Semifinal 1: UQAM vs. UNB (CIS-SIC.tv)
13:30 Semifinal 2: UBC vs. Winner QF 4 (CIS-SIC.tv)
16:00 5^th-place game (CIS-SIC.tv)

Sunday, Nov. 15
11:00 Bronze medal (CIS-SIC.tv)
14:00 Championship final (CIS-SIC.tv)
 
About Canadian Interuniversity Sport
 
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