‘Birds slip past Griffins keeping undefeated streak intact

VANCOUVER – The UBC Thunderbirds (8-0-2) were made to work hard by a spirited MacEwan Griffins team at Thunderbird Stadium on Friday evening before coming away with a come-from-behind 3-2 victory to stay unbeaten on the season. The winless Griffins belied their position at the bottom of the Canada West Prairie Division to give the Thunderbirds a real battle, opening the scoring in the 34th minute from a well-taken Macky Mahfouz strike. Luke Norman levelled things up for UBC with basically the last kick of the first half. Markus Rukavina fired UBC ahead two minutes after the restart in a…