VICTORIA – With CIS national championship implications at stake, the UVic Vikes women's field hockey team edged out the visiting Calgary Dinos 2-1 in Sunday morning's matchup at the UVic turf field.

As only the top two teams in the Canada West division move on to the CIS championships in November, the second place Vikes and the third place Dinos knew that Sunday's game between the two would narrow the chances of one of them earning a berth into the post-season.

#Perri Espeseth# opened the scoring in the 52nd minute with her 5th goal of the season as she dangled in through three defenders before slipping the ball past the Dinos goaltender Stephanie Petrowitsch.

“Perri played her best in her last home game as she stepped it up a notch despite a contusion in her leg,” commented Vikes coach #Lynne Beecroft# on her veteran co-captain.

UVic's #Dani Hennig# potted her 4th of the season in the 56th minute on a penalty corner to lift the Vikes up by two.

Calgary's Laural Kuntz was able to net the Dino's lone goal in the final minute of play to spoil Vikes 'keeper Kaitlyn Williams' league leading 4th shutout of the season.

“We will need to play like we did in the second half today against UBC next weekend”, added Beecroft about the last season series against the no.1 Canada West team.

Next week's two game matchup will be crucial for the Vikes as a tie or a win against host UBC will secure a national playoff spot.

The games are set for 1pm starts on October 23rd and 24th at UBC.