T-Birds close out opening weekend with a sweep over the Dinos

VANCOUVER – The UBC Thunderbirds (2-0) downed the visiting Calgary Dinos (0-2) 3-1 (25-17, 25-20, 24-26, 25-11) on Saturday afternoon at War Memorial Gym to start the season with a series sweep. “We expected Calgary to come out, play well and push us the way that they did,” said head coach Mike Hawkins. “I thought they made a few good adjustments and just made us uncomfortable. But similar to last night, the service pressure was significant for us. A few less service errors, a few more service aces, which obviously is always nice, but especially at this point of the…