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The Vikes women’s rowing team missed bringing home their ninth national title by just half a second last month, finishing second to Queen’s at the Canadian University Rowing Championships in Welland, Ontario. Vikes’ women’s rower Leah Volkers was named the championship’s Oarswoman of the Year. On the men’s side, the Vikes took third behind Western and Queen’s.
The UVic Vikes women’s field hockey team claimed the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) bronze medal with a 3-1 victory over Canada West-champion UBC Thunderbirds at the 2007 CIS National championship in Toronto Nov. 4. The Vikes have now earned medals at 17 of the past 20 CIS championships, including eight golds, seven silvers and two bronzes.
Goalkeeper Kaitlyn Williams was named CIS Rookie-of-the-Year. She also took Canada West Rookie-of-the-Year honours and was named to the Canada West second All Star Team with fellow Vike Natalie Wise. Team mate Ali Lee was named to the first team.
The Vikes women’s soccer team twice played to scoreless ties in their CIS championships only to see their hopes for advancement dashed in shootouts. The team, silver medalists to UBC in Canada West play, lost the CIS bronze medal game to the same team 1-0 (4-3 on penalty kicks) in November.
The Vikes lost their chance for a berth in the gold medal game in another shoot-out heart-breaker against the York Lions. Cape Breton ultimately won the championship on home turf in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Vikes soccer student athletes Amy Thorogood and Ali Bach were named to the All Canadians second team.
The Vikes also placed a record six members on Canada West all star teams. Thorogood and Bach were both named to the first team while fourth-year defender Sarah Cameron, second-year defender Holly Fiddick, fifth-year midfielder Mariel Solsberg, and third-year striker Janelle Smith all made the second team. Team co-captain Solsberg was named this year’s Canada West Student-Athlete of the year. She was a 2006 Canada West all-star and a member of the Vikes’ 2005 CIS championship team.
The Vikes men’s soccer team lost out on a Canada West medal to the University of Alberta Golden Bears in a shootout on Nov. 4 in Langley. Vikes striker Cole McFarlane was named a first team all-star while midfielder Sam Wingham and goalkeeper Dan Kilpatrick were named as second team all-stars.
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