TORONTO (CIS) – The University of Victoria Vikes women's field hockey team drew 1-1 with the top-seeded UBC Thunderbirds on Day 2 of the 40th CIS-FHC field hockey championship at Toronto's Back Campus Fields on Oct. 31.
 
The tie pushes the host Toronto Varsity Blues (2-0-0) into Sunday's championship final and drops the fourth-seeded Guelph Gryphons (0-2-0) into the bronze-medal match for the sixth-straight year.
 
A win or tie for the Vikes (1-0-1) tomorrow versus the Blues will solidify their spot in the final. They match up on the last day of round-robin action Nov. 1 at 1 p.m.
 
"If we can do things collectively rather than individually I think we'll have more success," said Vikes head coach Lynne Beecroft, in her 31^st season at the helm. "U of T is a very strong team. They've obviously proven that with a 3-0 win over UBC so we know we have our work cut out for us tomorrow."
 
In the result of a Victoria loss tomorrow, the Thunderbirds will have to win big versus the Gryphons to tie the Vikes in the standings and secure the goal differential tie breaker.
 
"We're going to get back to focusing on the process, as we've done all year," said first-year UBC head coach Robin D'Abreo. "I think we have to focus on our game plan and execute our set plays with a little more consistency and efficiency as we look to put our best foot forward tomorrow."
 
The Vikes opened the scoring in the eighth minute as third-year veteran Kathleen Leahy gathered the ball near the top of the circle. The 2014 Canada West All-Star and team Canada defender curled strong and let off a quick shot to the bottom corner for a 1-0 Vikes lead.
 
Recently named CIS All-Canadian Hannah Haughn notched UBC's first goal of the tournament in the 23^rd minute putting in a rebound on a penalty corner through the legs of third-year Victoria keeper Sheriden Goodmanson.
 
"I think we played a bit better than yesterday," added Beecroft. "I thought we had some good opportunities to score and Lauren Logush made some great saves for them. It could have been a different outcome for sure."
 
Both teams had numerous chances to score, with both Goodmanson and Logush registering save after save to keep the game even until the final whistle. Goodmanson stood tall on two key penalty corner chances for UBC, while Logush denied prime opportunities for each of Mei Lin Cheung and a near breakaway for Stefanie Langkammer.
 
Official championship website: http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/fh/index

SCORING SUMMARY
VIC: 1-0: 1
UBC: 1-0: 1
 
First half
VIC Kathleen Leahy (1), 8^th minute
UBC Hannah Haughn (1), 23^rd minute
 
Second half
No scoring
 
Goaltenders
VIC: Sheriden Goodmanson (T, 70:00, 1 GA, 1-0-1)
UBC: Lauren Logush  (T, 70:00, 1 GA, 0-1-1)
 
Players of the game
VIC: Annie Walters-Shumka (Victoria, B.C.)
UBC: Hannah Haughn (North Vancouver, B.C.)
 
STANDINGS, SCHEDULE & RESULTS
 
Round-robin standings
 
                        GP       W        L          T          GF       GA      PTS
1. Toronto       2          2          0          0          7          1          6
2. Victoria        2          1          0          1          4          3          4
3. UBC             2          0          1          1          1          4          1
4. Guelph         2          0          2          0          3          7          0
 
 
NOTE: 3 points for a win and 1 point for a tie.

Thursday, Oct. 30

16:30 Game 1: Victoria 3, Guelph 2

18:30 Game 2: Toronto 3, UBC 0

Friday, Oct. 31

16:30 Game 3: Toronto 4, Guelph 1

18:30 Game 4: Victoria 1, UBC 1 

Saturday, Nov. 1

13:00 Game 5: Toronto vs Victoria (CIS-SIC.tv)

15:00 Game 6: UBC vs. Guelph (CIS-SIC.tv)

Sunday, Nov. 2

13:00 Bronze medal: Guelph vs TBD (CIS-SIC.tv)

15:00 Championship final: Toronto vs TBD (CIS-SIC.tv)

 
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