CISGAME 9 CIS championship Vikes clinch berth in final Birds have to wait
CISGAME 9 CIS championship Vikes clinch berth in final Birds have to wait Canada West OUA QSSF AUS Canada West OUA QSSF AUS CIS 5 Year Championship Schedule Womens Basketball Final 8 Round 1 East Regional Round 1 Central Regional Round 1 West Regional Mens Basketball Final 8 Cross Country Curling Womens Field Hockey Football Desjardins Vanier Cup Womens Ice Hockey Mens Ice Hockey University Cup Womens Rugby Womens Soccer Mens Soccer Swimming Track & Field Womens Volleyball Mens Volleyball Wrestling Basketball Cross Country Curling Field Hockey Ice Hockey Rugby Soccer Swimming Track & Field Volleyball Wrestling Basketball Curling Cross Country Football Ice Hockey Soccer Swimming Track & Field Volleyball Wrestling SSN Canada Website SSN Canada Webcast Schedule Le 5 Partant QSSF Basketball Show CIS Womens Hockey Weekly CIS Touchdown Football Show SSN Webcast Schedule Canada West OUA QSSF AUS Home Universiades FISU World University Championships StudentAthlete Info Members Info International Programs Committee About International Program Services International History Past Medalists Official BLG Website Past BLG Winners BLG Awards History History Past Winners Home Standings Schedule Results Playoffs News GAME 9 CIS championship Vikes clinch berth in final Birds have to waitWritten by Nathan Lowther UVic Sports Information AssistantVICTORIA (CIS) The tournament host and No 4seeded Victoria Vikes clinched a berth in the goldmedal final at the 2008 CIS womens field hockey championship with a scoreless draw against the No 2 UBC Thunderbirds in the next to last duel of the preliminary roundChampionship web sitewwwcisportcaechampionshipswfieldhockey2008The Vikes and Birds end up with identical 211 roundrobin records good for seven points but Victoria gets the edge with a goal differential of plus two (53) compared to plus one (43) for UBCThe 10th and final roundrobin matchup will see the No 5 Alberta Pandas (111 4 pts) battle the topseeded and reigning national champion Toronto Varsity Blues (12 3 pts) Saturday at 4 pm PacificThe No 3 Guelph Gryphons are done with a 121 mark and four pointsWhile Toronto can no longer advance to the CIS final Alberta would join Victoria in the championship game and relegate UBC to the bronzemedal match with a win The Pandas would then be tied with the Vikes and Birds with seven points but would get the tiebreaker over UBC either on goal differential or number of goals scoredVictoria advances to the national final for the first time since 2006 and is looking for its first McCrae Cup since 2002 The Vikes are tied for second place with To...