The UBC Thunderbirds claimed a record 13th McCrae Cup title with a 3-1 win over the host Calgary Dinos Sunday afternoon to wrap up the 2011 FHC-CIS women’s field hockey championship at Hawkings Field.
Rookie Erin Houle scored all three goals as the fourth-seeded Guelph Gryphons captured the bronze medal at the FHC-CIS women’s field hockey championship with a 3-0 win over the top-seeded Toronto Varsity Blues, Sunday morning, at the University of Calgary’s Hawkings Field.
Kaitlyn Longworth scored a pair of goals to lift her University of Calgary Dinos to their first-ever CIS women’s field hockey championship final following a 3-0 win over the Alberta Pandas Saturday morning at Hawkings Field.
After a two and a half hour snow delay, action on Hawkings Field heated up quickly on Friday morning as the UBC Thunderbirds’ offence powered its way to a 4-2 victory over the tournament host Calgary Dinos in the first match of day two at the CIS – FHC women’s field hockey championship.
Dru Marshall, ’82 MSc, ’89 PhD, the head coach of the U of A Pandas Field Hockey team for 21 years, is a highly respected leader in university sport, coaching education and administration.