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CISGAME 5 2009 CIS womens field hockey championship Vikes Birds battle to scoreless draw stay undefeated Recap BoxscoreGAME 5 2009 CIS womens field hockey championship Vikes Birds battle to scoreless draw stay undefeatedVICTORIA (CIS) The nations most storied womens field hockey programs kicked off the second day of roundrobin matches at the CIS championship and it was perhaps fitting that the No 2seeded UBC Thunderbirds and reigning national champion Victoria Vikes battled to a 00 draw Friday morningThe west coast rivals who share the CIS record with 11 McCrae Cup triumphs apiece went scoreless through 70 minutes in a defensive stalemate The tie kept both teams undefeated in roundrobin competition with UBC now standing at 201 for seven points and No 3 Victoria moving to 101 for four pointsThe duel marked the only outing of the day for the TBirds who beat topranked Guelph and Alberta by identical scores of 31 on ThursdayThe Vikes who blanked Toronto 10 in their lone openingday matchup get back on the field against Guelph Friday at 4 pm Pacific TimeIt was a tough game and theyre a tough team said Victorias Perri Espeseth We came out strong but we just couldnt put it in the back of the net Zerozero is always a weird score because the game could have gone either wayEspeseth a twotime allCanadian defender from Duncan BC was named Victoria gameMVP after another strong performance anchoring the backline Espeseths defensive performance was matched by UBCs fifthyear senior Samantha Smith of Vancouver who earned playerofthegame honours for the TBirdsAllCanadian Victoria netminder Kaitlyn Williams of White Rock BC picked up her second shutout of the tournament her ninth of the 2009 campaign Her counterpart Dina Bulfone of Delta BC recorded the whitewash for UBCWilliams endured a couple of close calls in the late stages of the game after Victorias 2008 allCanadian defender Katie Tittler of Richmond BC left the game with a knee injury UBCs allCanadian forward Elise Milosevich a sophomore from Duncan who scored twice on Thursday generated a pair of quality scoring chances but failed to produce what could have been the deciding goalThe 00 draw was the same result as when the TBirds and Vikes met in last years roundrobin matchup It also marks the first time Victoria has taken a point from UBC in five games this season The TBirds swept the season series 40 en route to their seventh consecutive Canada West championshipNOTES The Vikes topranked defence will be challenged later Friday with containing Guelphs prolific offence The OUA champion Gryphons scored 68 goals in 14 games during the regular season and have potted six through two tournament matches while the Vikes have yet to surrender a goal Toronto was victorious the ...