VICTORIA – The University of Victoria Vikes women's soccer team did all their homework to capture the top seed in the Canada West and have now earned hosting rights for the quarter-final against the Regina Cougars on Oct. 25. The Vikes finished their regular season standings with a 10-2 record and cross over to host the eighth-placed Cougars who ended 5-5-2.
 
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The Vikes are coming off a successful road trip that extended their win-streak to seven after wins over Manitoba and Winnipeg. Carly Branion-Calles was the lone goal scorer in the 1-0 win over Manitoba. Second-half substitute and rookie Natasha Magnus notched her first career goals scoring two in the 4-0 win over Winnipeg.
 
Following the pair of wins it was still not secured that the Canada West Final Four would come to Victoria, however, after a 2-2 draw between Alberta and UBC, the Vikes came away on top. The Pandas are currently one point back of the Vikes with a 9-1-2 record, while the Thunderbirds trail three points back with an 8-1-3 record.

The Vikes boast talent from front to back as forward Emma Greig leads in points with four goals and four assists, while fifth-year central midfielder Jacqueline Harrison has tallied five goals and two assists. Fifth-year keeper Tanya Jones has now posted five shutouts and has a 0.758 save per centage. Add in the midfield talents of Jaclyn Sawicki and Carly Branion-Calles, as well as defenders Brigitte Greig and Mallory Hackett and the Vikes have the experience they need to build off their 2012 CIS bronze-medal win.
 
This weekend the Vikes will host the Regina Cougars, who were recently at Centennial Stadium on Oct. 11. Four different goal scorers capitalized in the 4-0 win for the Vikes. Despite the score margin it took 45 minutes to break the seal against the Cougars as goalkeeper Kacey McFee was outstanding in the game. Meagan Cormier currently leads Regina with seven goals and two assists while Tayler Firth has tallied three this season.  
 
PLAYOFF PICTURE
The playoff race is narrowing as Victoria, Alberta, UBC and Trinity Western have secured home-field advantage for their quarter-final match ups against Regina, Fraser Valley, Calgary and Saskatchewan, respectively. Should the Vikes win their opening round against the Cougars, they will be pitted against the winners of the Spartans-Huskies match up.
 
The Vikes enter this weekend with a 6-0 record at home and a win will secure them a spot in the Canada West Final Four and hosting rights for the conference tournament. The tournament is set for Nov. 1-2 at Centennial Stadium.
 
CANADA WEST FINAL FOUR
Should the Vikes win this weekend the below schedule will follow at Centennial Stadium:
 
Nov. 1  |  5:00pm and 7:15 pm Games
Nov. 2  |  5:00pm and 7:15 pm Games