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The University of Regina Rams had a chance to tie it up on the last play, but UBC's defence prevailed to secure a 23-16 win for the Thunderbirds on Saturday afternoon in Canada West football action at Thunderbird Stadium.

Trailing by seven points, the Rams forced a late two-and-out and got the ball back on their own 24-yard line with 1:33 left. Lifted by four receptions by Jared Janotta, the Rams marched all the way down to UBC's seven-yard line. They had time to run two plays from the seven, but both Zach Oleynik passes fell incomplete to give the win to UBC.

The win clinches a postseason berth for UBC (4-2) for the first time since the 2006 season, while the Rams fall to fifth place in the Canada West standings with a 2-4 conference record.

Billy Greene completed 19 of his 37 passes for UBC and threw for 273 yards and two touchdowns. Both of Greene's touchdown passes were to running back Dave Boyd, while Billy Pavlopoulos accounted for UBC's other points with three field goals. Jordan Grieve led the Thunderbirds with 87 receiving yards, while David Scott had five catches for 70 yards.

Vivie Bojilov had two interceptions for UBC.

Oleynik ended up with 53 pass attempts for the Rams, one short of the school's single-game record of 54 shared by Mark Anderson and Teale Orban. Oleynik completed 29 of those passes for 388 yards and two touchdowns. Brenden Owens had seven catches for 120 yards, while Janotta had seven receptions for 87 yards and Mark McConkey caught six passes for 63 yards and a touchdown. Running back Adrian Charles rushed 18 times for 67 yards.

Jamir Walker and Mike Kerr both had interceptions for Regina, with Kerr also registering six solo and three assisted tackles.


The Rams will be back in action at home next Saturday against Saskatchewan (3-3). Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium.