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So far November has been an incredible month for UVic’s student-athletes as the Vikes have won the 2008 Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Women’s Field Hockey Championship, the 2008 Canada West Women’s Soccer Championship and the 2008 Canada West Men’s Soccer Championship.
Under Coach Lynne Beecroft, the UVic women’s field hockey team earned their 11th McCrae Cup with a 2–1 victory over the Alberta Pandas on Nov. 2. The Vikes are now tied with UBC for most national titles in history, one more than Toronto.
For the fourth straight year the UVic women’s soccer team will be competing at the CIS National Championships. As well, the Canada West—one of four regional conferences that make up the CIS—has awarded Vikes women’s soccer coach Tracy David the Coach of the Year award. This marks the sixth time that she has won the award, and her second time while at UVic.
“Tracy David is a well deserved recipient of this award,” says Clint Hamilton, director of Athletics and Recreation. “She brings a winning attitude and an unmatched focus to every facet of her position, and her knowledge for the game of soccer and outstanding coaching abilities are evident by the consistent success her teams demonstrate on the field of play.” Women’s team will be competing in the CIS National Championship from Nov. 6–9 in Langley.
This month also marks the 11th time the UVic men’s soccer team has won the Canada West championship. The team will be competing in the CIS National Championship from Nov. 6–9 at Carleton University in Ottawa.
“I’m really proud of what the boys accomplished (in the Canada West final), there are never any easy games in the Canada West,” says 22-year Head Coach Bruce Wilson, who has been at the helm since he guided the Vikes to the CIS championship in his first coaching season back in 1987. “With that being said, our job is not done yet; this isn’t our end goal, we head to Ottawa with just one thing in mind.”
In Vikes basketball, the women’s team scored a monster-sized upset on Halloween night, defeating the top-ranked team in the nation, the Simon Fraser Clan, 57–56. And the men’s basketball team won both games against SFU on the Nov. 2–3 weekend stretching their undefeated record to 4–0 for a first-place tie with UBC in the Pacific Division.
With the field hockey national title, the Vikes’ CIS national championship count rises to 46, and the men’s and women’s soccer regional victories boost the Vikes’ Canada West championships total to 85.
For more information visit http://www.universitysport.ca/. The games will be broadcast live at http://www.ssncanada.ca/.
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