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CISGAME 2 2009 CIS womens field hockey championship Vikes begin title defence with 10 win Recap BoxscoreGAME 2 2009 CIS womens field hockey championship Vikes begin title defence with 10 winVICTORIA (CIS) The tournament host and thirdseeded Victoria Vikes began their title defence at the CIS womens field hockey championship with a 10 victory over the No 4 Toronto Varsity BluesFor the second consecutive year Victoria defeated Toronto on the opening day of the national tournament In 2008 the Vikes took a 21 decision from the Varsity Blues en route to the programs recordtying 11th McCrae Cup titleAngela Buttress a thirdyear forward from North Vancouver BC scored the games lone goal only two minutes into the contestVictoria generated early pressure deep in the Toronto zone and Buttress managed to foil the clearance attempt and skied the ball into the top cornerI think it was really important just to get our heads in the right place and get the first goal said Buttress who was named Victorias player of the game Toronto is always a hardworking team but their style is completely different from ours so we never quite know how its going to turn out when we play against them on the turfButtress came close to widening the lead minutes later but was thwarted by Toronto keeper Samantha LyzunKaitlyn Williams an allCanadian netminder from White Rock BC earned her second career shutout at the CIS tournamentDefender Anna Sophie Kehrein was named player of the game for the OUA finalist Blues The rookie from Germany was relentless in the backfield holding the Vikes to just one goal and keeping the pressure offThe Varsity Blues (01) will need another strong defensive effort in game 4 later Thursday as they battle their OUA rivals the topseeded Guelph Gryphons (01) who dropped a 31 decision to the No 2 UBC Thunderbirds in their opener The rematch of the OUA final which Guelph won 10 takes place at 550 pm Pacific TimeVictoria (10) meanwhile will not return to the pitch until day two with a morning matchup against UBC (10) The two west coast rivals are tied for the CIS lead with 11 McCrae Cup titles apiece Game time is 10 amGAME NOTES All five participating teams at the CIS championship face each of their rivals once in roundrobin play from Thursday to Saturday with the two teams with the best records at the end of the preliminary round advancing to Sundays national final at 1 pm Pacific TimeSCORING SUMMARYVIC 10 1TOR 00 0First half2nd VIC Angela Buttress (1)Second halfNo scoringGoaltendersVIC Kaitlyn Williams (W 7000 0 GA 10)TOR Samantha Lyzun (L 7000 1 GA 01)Players of the gameVIC Angela Buttress (North Vancouver BC)TOR Anna Sophie Kehrein (Speyet Germany)CHAMPIONSHIP SEEDING STAND...