Late goal hands Pronghorns another one goal loss

1/20/2018 5:31:00 PM

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LETHBRIDGE - With overtime looming for the second night in a row, the UBC Thunderbirds received a goal from an unlikely source and completed the weekend sweep of the Lethbridge Pronghorns with a close 2-1 decision.

With just over two minutes remaining, Thunderbird Alexa Ranahan picked an opportune time to score her first goal of the season. On a wild goalmouth scramble, Ranahan somehow picked the puck out of the crowd and jammed home the go ahead goal.

The win improves the Thunderbirds record to 13-4-3-2 and they keep pace with the Manitoba Bisons for top spot in the conference. The loss, the Pronghorns 12th one goal loss of the season, drops their record to 3-14-2-3. 

With three weekends to play in the Canada West season, the Pronghorns remain seven points out of the final playoff spot.

Freshman Alli Borrow scored the lone goal for the Pronghorns, while Cassandra Villgrain scored the other T-Birds goal.

In what turned out to be a goaltending duel, Pronghorn starter Alicia Anderson made 30 saves in the loss, while her counterpart Amelia Boughn stopped 24 of 25 shots for her sixth win of the season.

Building off a 3-2 shootout win from Friday night, UBC jumped on Lethbridge early, opening the scoring only 1:20 into the game. Cassandra Villgrain drove to the net, jumping on a Hannah Clayton-Carroll rebound and chipped the puck over Pronghorn goaltender Alicia Anderson. The goal was Villgrain's sixth of the season.

After a slow start, the Pronghorns found their legs in the second half of the opening period but struggled to get pucks through to Thunderbird netminder Amelia Boughn. Shots through 20 minutes favored UBC 11-8.

Similar to Friday night's game, the Pronghorns would bring the game even in the second period. Sprung on a breakaway, freshman Alli Borrow beat Boughn for the only goal in an entertaining second period. Borrow's goal was her fifth of the season and now sits tied with fellow rookie Kyra Greig for the team lead.

Both teams had their chances in the third to take the lead but both goaltenders continued their exceptional play keeping the game tied into the final minutes of the period.

Despite pulling Anderson for the extra attacker the Pronghorns were unable to find the equalizer in the final two minutes
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The task doesn't get any easier for the Pronghorns as they travel to Edmonton next weekend to take on the U SPORTS top ranked Alberta Pandas. UBC will head out on the road next weekend, traveling to Saskatoon to face the Saskatchewan Huskies.
 
 
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