VICTORIA - The University of Victoria women's rugby team begins its journey for the 2022 Canada West Women's Rugby 15s title Oct. 20 against the University of Calgary, hosted at the University of Alberta.

MATCH INFORMATION
#2 Vikes vs. #3 Calgary Dinos (Canada West Semifinals)
Thursday, Oct. 20 | 1 p.m. MT | Foote Field 
Watch: Canada West TV

SERIES HISTORY

• The Vikes are 3-2 against the Dinos in the last five 15s meetings between the two sides and have won the last three meetings.
• Last matching up Sept. 18, 2022 at Wallace Field, the Vikes claimed their third-straight Jenny Vincent Memorial Game win with a 42-12 victory.
• Victoria and Calgary last met in the Canada West postseason Oct. 21, 2018. The Dinos took the 27-8 win in the title game to win the conference banner.

NEWS & NOTES

• The Vikes head into postseason play with a 3-1-1 overall record, and with a No. 6 ranking in the latest U SPORTS Top 10 poll.
• UVic capped the Canada West regular season with a 31-31 tie against UBC at Wallace Field, Oct. 15.
• Calgary holds a 3-3 record coming in to the semifinals, closing their regular season with a 43-12 win over Alberta, Oct. 15.
• Summer Blackmore enters the tournament as the reigning Canada West Player of the Week after her two-try performance against the Thunderbirds. 
• Victoria finished second at the 2021 Canada West Championships, defeating Lethbridge, 36-7 in the semifinals and falling to UBC, 47-13, in the finals.
• Lucie Romeo leads the Vikes in tries (6) and points (30), while Alexie Pusch's 13 converts are a team-high.
• 17 different players have scored tries for the Vikes this season. 7-of-17 try-scorers have two or more tries for the Vikes.
• The Vikes have recorded a minimum of four different try scorers every game, while registering a minimum of six different players on the scoresheet every week (try and convert scorers). The season-high came Sept. 29 versus Alberta, when the Vikes recorded nine try-scorers and had 10 total players record points.
• The Vikes have medalled at the Canada West Championships every season under head coach Brittany Waters, with their lone conference title coming in 2015.