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CIS2009 CIS womens field hockey championship Seeding and schedule announced 2009 CIS womens field hockey championship Seeding and schedule announcedOTTAWA (CIS) The same five teams will compete for the McCrae Cup for the second straight year when the University of Victoria hosts the 2009 CIS womens field hockey championship from Nov 58The Guelph Gryphons UBC Thunderbirds Victoria Vikes Toronto Varsity Blues and Alberta Pandas all return from last years tournament also held at Victoria when the hometown Vikes defeated Alberta 21 in the national final to tie UBCs alltime record of 11 McCrae Cup triumphs one more than TorontoThe Vikes who were crowned as the No 4 seed in 2008 will once again have to pull a few upsets in order to defend their title as they were seeded third for this weeks championship after going 543 and taking second place in the Canada West standingsGuelph was established tournament favourite for the first time in program history following an undefeated campaign (1202 regular season 30 playoffs) that culminated with a 10 shutout of Toronto in the OUA final In three previous trips to the CIS tourney the topranked Gryphons claimed silver in 2007 and finished fourth in both 2005 and 2008UBC bronze medallist a year ago and McCrae Cup champion for the last time in 2006 earned No 2 status after finishing first in the Canada West with a 1020 markToronto (1013 season 21 playoffs) goes in as the No 4 seed with Alberta receiving the lowest ranking for the second straight year following a 372 Canada West campaign The Varsity Blues last hoisted the Cup in 2007 while the Pandas captured their lone CIS banner in 2005Every team will face each of its rivals once in a 10game roundrobin competition from Thursday to Saturday The two teams with the best records at the end of roundrobin play will square off in Sundays national final at 1 pm Pacific Time The bronzemedal match is slated for 10 am PTNo 1 Guelph and No 2 UBC kick off the competition Thursday at 930 am PT with Victoria opening its title defence versus Toronto at 1150 am PTFor all the info on the 2009 CIS womens field hockey championship visit wwwcissicca Note a complete championship preview will follow on TuesdaySEEDING1 Guelph Gryphons (OUA champions 1202 regular season 30 playoffs)2 UBC Thunderbirds (Canada West champions 1020 regular season no playoffs)3 Victoria Vikes (Second place Canada West 543 regular season no playoffs)4 Toronto Varsity Blues (OUA finalists 1013 regular season 21 playoffs)5 Alberta Pandas (Third place Canada West 372 regular season no playoffs)CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE (All times local Pacific Time)Wednesday Nov 41830 AllCanadian Awards BanquetThursday Nov 5930 RoundRobin 1 Guelph vs U...