EDMONTON – The University of Victoria were eliminated by the Grant MacEwan University Griffins on Sunday afternoon during the Canada West quarterfinals at Clarke Stadium.

For the second-straight game, the Vikes couldn't find the back of the net in regulation and lost 1-0.

They came close early, though.

Brea Christie had the first great chance for the Vikes, as she took a corner in the 15^th minute and struck it off the crossbar.

"There's some stuff we've got to work on. Credit to MacEwan, their set pieces are dangerous, we knew that," said Vikes Head Coach Tracy David. "We know about their long throw and they were able to execute. You need that in a game like this for sure. We've got work to do, for sure."

The Griffins produced a pair of threatening corners of their own in the first half, both from Suekiana Choucair. Both times, the ball bounced around and Vikes keeper Puck Louwes punched it out of the six-yard box.

Louwes was unable to get a handle on a strike from Salma Kamel in the 42 minute. Kamel's shot got blocked, but the rebound bounced to Jamie Erickson, who drilled it out of midair for the opening goal.

During stoppage play at the end of the first half, Kiara Kilbey set up Kyra Teetzen in tight, but her shot was turned away by a diving Emily Burns.

In the second half, the Griffins produced three consecutive corners in the 65^th minute which all led to dangerous scoring chances. The Vikes back line did a solid job at blocking and clearing the attempts.

The Vikes didn't have too many chances in the second half, but they did have a great opportunity from 20 yards out late in the match.

Free-kick specialist Rachel Baird took one in the 80^th minute, but the Vikes couldn't get a second touch on the strike and it was easily covered by Burns.

Five minutes later, Kiara Kilbey sent a centring cross into the 18-yard box for Kyra Teetzen, but the fourth-year midfielder couldn't corral the bouncing ball.

 A corner from Avneet Rai in the 90^th minute was as close as the Vikes got, as time ran out on the Vikes.

"First of all, I think we've got to deal with the severe disappointment that we have. We would really have liked to have had the games leading up to the national championship. I think that's important, but it gives us a little time for us to regroup and refocus and work on some things. We obviously saw some of our weaknesses came out today, for sure. We're going to be ready," said David.

Luckily, the Vikes still have the U SPORTS national championship going on in their own backyard in two weeks. They will have time to rest up and fine tune their program while they wait to see the rest of the conference tournaments shake out.