Tale of the Weekend
 
VICTORIA—After beginning the season with two weekends out on the road, the Vikes women's field hockey team will finally get the opportunity to play in front of their home crowd when they host the UBC Thunderbirds in a pair of games October 8 and 9.
 
Both games will begin at 11:00 a.m.
 
The Vikes and Thunderbirds have already played each other twice this season. The teams tied both games that they played in Vancouver, 1-1.

Last Time Out
 
The Vikes had a bye last weekend and head coach Lynne Beecroft was happy her team got the chance to rest and heal before the stretch run to the CIS national championship begins.
 
The last time the Vikes played was two weekends ago in Calgary. The Vikes won both games that they played against the Dinos by scores of 5-0 and 2-1. Amanda Kurianowicz and Lindsay Cole each scored two goals on the weekend for the Vikes.
 
UBC's last games were also against those very same Dinos. The Thunderbirds also travelled to Calgary and came away with two wins. Their offence was firing on all cylinders in wins of 5-0 and 7-0.

By the Numbers
 
5: The number of players that have scored for UVic this season.
0.75: The goals against average of Vikes goalkeeper Larissa Piva through the first four games of the season.
7: The number of regular season games in a row that the Vikes have either tied or beaten UBC.

Coach's Take
Lynne Beecroft, Vikes head coach
 
"It'll be exciting for the team, when they went to UBC a couple weekends ago I felt that they were a little intimidated. They still played very well but I think they are excited to be at home. Excited to have fans to cheer them on. I think that we have the best surface to play this game on, so I'm hoping it's an exciting weekend."
 
"UBC will have a couple more players back in the line up this weekend that will make their team even stronger, so I'm expecting them to be a little bit tougher."
 
On the games against UBC three weeks ago.
 
"We had a fair bit of play and were able to put a lot of pressure on their backfield. They weren't able to get the ball up to their forward line as easily as I think they thought they would be able to. I'd like to see more of that and I'd like to see more of our backfield intercepting and counter-attacking."
 
Game Info
 
Saturday, Oct. 8 – 11:00 a.m. – vs. UBC Thunderbirds
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Sunday, Oct. 9 – 11:00 a.m. – vs. UBC Thunderbirds
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University of British Columbia record: (2-0-2)
Canada West: t-1
Last Canada West Title: 2014
Last CIS Title: 2015