VANCOUVER - The UBC T-Birds locked up their eighth straight Canada West championship after a 3-2 victory over the UVic Vikes women's field hockey team on Saturday.

UBC's standout rookie Natalie Sourisseau scored twice for the T-Birds, including the game-winner. UBC goals came in the 9th, 38th and 55th minutes.

Despite the loss, the second place Vikes still qualified for the CIS championship because of Calgary's earlier 3-1 loss to Alberta. The nationals appearance will be UVic's 28th and fifth consecutive. The Vikes have won 11 CIS titles.

#Courtney Low# and #Perri Espeseth# scored UVic's goals in Saturday's loss. Low struck first, scoring in the 20th minute, and Epeseth netted her team-leading sixth of the season in the 57th minute.

The Vikes applied pressure until the final buzzer but could not come away with the equalizer.

The T-Birds and Vikes will wrap up the regular season on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Wright Field. The two CIS tournament-bound squads battle for momentum heading into nationals.