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CISBRONZE 2009 CIS womens field hockey championship Host Vikes edge topranked Guelph win bronze BRONZE 2009 CIS womens field hockey championship Host Vikes edge topranked Guelph win bronzeVICTORIA (CIS) The tournament host University of Victoria Vikes edged the topranked Guelph Gryphons 21 to claim the bronze medal at the CIS womens field hockey championship Sunday morningIt marked a fourth consecutive CIS podium and a 15th medal in 16 years for the No 3seeded Vikes who came into the 2009 tournament has defending champions after tying UBCs alltime record of 11 McCrae Cup triumphs a year ago Victoria has 26 CIS medals since the inaugural national championship in 1975 including 11 gold nine silver and six bronzeThe OUA champion Gryphons settled for fourth place for the second straight season a year after losing 30 to UBC in the bronzemedal match Guelph was undefeated in OUA play in 2009 coming into the CIS tourney with a stellar 1402 mark but could only tally one win and one tie in five outings on the west coastThe topseeded team was kept off the podium for a third consecutive yearTo lose yesterday with three minutes left to play the team could have folded up their tents and not even showed up to the game today said UVic head coach Lynne Beecroft But as you can see they all battled and especially the fifthyear kids they really rose to the challengeMidfielder Angela Buttress scored what proved to be the gamewinning goal on a penalty stroke in the 58th minute The thirdyear North Vancouver native capitalized on the opportunity after a Guelph defender blocked the ball on the goal lineSophomore Whitney Siegmann of Kelowna BC opened the scoring for the Vikes in the 15th minute but he Gryphons tied the game just five minutes later on a penalty corner with twotime allCanadian Angela Lancaster of Burlington Ont slipping one past allCIS netminder Kaitlyn WilliamsOur forwards were running everywhere getting balls penetrating the circle and getting chances said Victoria captain Katie Collison who played her last game in a Vikes uniform It was an overall team effort which was good to see in the final game and we finished strongIn addition to Collison Victoria graduating players include defender Sumeet Aujla of Surrey BC defender Katie Tittler of Richmond BC and forward Natalie Wise of SurreyPlayerofthegame honours were presented to a pair of rookie defenders Victoria natives and former teammates at Lambrick Park Secondary Kyla Kirby was named the Vikes MVP while Lauren Goodmanson received the nod for GuelphSCORING SUMMARYVIC 11 2GUE 10 1First half15th VIC Whitney Siegmann (1)20th GUE Angela Lancaster (2) Second half58th VIC Angela Buttress (2)GoaltendersVIC Kaitlyn Williams (W 7000 1 GA 212)GUE Dorothy M...