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CISGAME 6 2009 CIS womens field hockey championship No 4 Toronto keeps medal hopes alive Recap BoxscoreGAME 6 2009 CIS womens field hockey championship No 4 Toronto keeps medal hopes aliveBy UVic sports information officeVICTORIA (CIS) The 10time McCrae Cup champion and fourthseeded Toronto Varsity Blues kept their medal hopes alive in game six of the 2009 CIS womens field hockey championship with a 21 win over the No 5 Alberta Pandas Friday afternoon at the University of VictoriaBoth the OUA finalist Varsity Blues and Canada West thirdplace finisher Pandas entered the duel in search of their first victory of the tournament Toronto went into the match with an 02 mark after losses against reigning champion Victoria and topranked Guelph on Thursday while Alberta endured a loss to No 2 UBC on opening dayThe Varsity Blues got off to a quick start with freshman Rianna Sterk of Embro Ont capitalizing on a penalty corner two minutes into the match Toronto scored what proved to be the gamewinner midway through the second half as Kristen Shier a thirdyear defender from North Vancouver BC sniped the top right corner off a penalty stroke in the 50th minuteStriker Carly Flemming spoiled Toronto keeper Samantha Lyzuns shutout bid in stoppage time banging home a rebound off a penalty corner for her second goal of the tournamentLyzun a sophomore from West Vancouver BC was named Torontos player of the game Alberta gameMVP honours went to Victoria native and twotime allCanadian Bunny HughesI think we really needed a win today it was good to come out and score right away because we havent scored too many goals in this tournament said Shier Our defence was poor in the first half but we turned that around todayThe win moved Toronto out of the final spot in the standings and kept their medal hopes alive The Varstiy Blues who close out roundrobin play against undefeated UBC (201) Saturday at 1220 pm Pacific Time are trying to avoid a second straight year of not advancing past the preliminary stageMeanwhile the Pandas are still in search of their first win of the tournament Alberta has two games remaining and will open the final day of roundrobin competition against the host Vikes (101) Saturday at 10 am The Pandas will also play Guelph (11) later in the day with a 4 pm start timeSCORING SUMMARYToronto 11 2Alberta 011First half2nd TOR Rianna Sterk (1)Second half50th TOR Kristen Shier (2)70 AB Carly Flemming (2)GoaltendersToronto Samantha Lyzun (W 7000 1 GA 120)Alberta Tory Spencer (L 7000 2 GA 020)Players of the gameToronto Samantha Lyzun (West Vancouver BC)Alberta Bunny Hughes (Victoria BC)CHAMPIONSHIP SEEDING STANDINGS & SCHEDULE (all times LOCAL PACIFIC)Seeding1 Guelph Gryphon...