Toronto, Ont. - The University of Victoria women's field hockey team forced a shootout, but ultimately came up short, 1-1 (3-2 SO) against the University of Toronto in the first game of the U SPORTS Championships, Nov. 3 at Back Campus Fields.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Scoreless after the first half of play, the Varsity Blues found the back of the net first, scoring in the 37th minute to take a 1-0 lead.
• With under two minutes to play in the fourth, the Vikes were awarded a corner and sent it straight to Libby Hogg at the top centre of the circle, who drilled it to the bottom right corner of the net to equalize, 1-1, and force a shootout to decide the game.
• Madeline Mittelsteadt and Nora Struchtrup were able to score for the Vikes in the shootout, but three Varsity Blues were able to get past Anais Chace to claim the 3-2 shootout win in game one.

WORTH NOTING

• The opening game of the the Vikes' 2021 U SPORTS Championship-winning series also resulted in a 1-1 (2-3 SO) loss for the Vikes.
• Hogg's goal marked her third of the season.
• The Vikes move to 4-2-3 on the season with the loss.

THOUGHTS FROM HEAD COACH KRISTA THOMPSON
"We will lean on the six kids who were here two years ago when we were in a similar situation, and we will go and take the positives from this game playing a full 60 minutes to tie it up. We worked hard all year and our goal at the beginning of the year was to improve a little each day, and that will be no different as we look to improve heading into tomorrow."

UP NEXT
The Vikes continue the national championship series against Toronto tomorrow, Nov. 4 at 2 p.m. ET.