BOX SCORE CALGARY – On a windy Sunday afternoon at the West Varsity Soccer Pitch, the visiting Victoria Vikes defeated the Calgary Dinos by 2-1 in Canada West women's soccer action.

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The Vikes struck early in the contest, leaving the Dinos in a catch-up position for the entire game.

Victoria's first goal came at the 23-minute mark with a Natalie Scharf header that slipped past the fingertips of Dinos goalie Kristen Barton. Minutes later, a foul by Barton in the penalty area led to another potential scoring opportunity for the Vikes in a penalty kick, but Carsen Machin could not capitalize and her kick was just wide bouncing off the left goal post.

The Dinos managed a couple of strong scoring chances, the first coming by Sarah Benson as she managed to get the ball past the Vikes defence but didn't get much on the shot, resulting in an easy save for the Vikes 'keeper, Stephanie Parker. Calgary had another good scoring opportunity with forward Tessa Miller's beautiful cross to Deanna Fidler, but Fidler also could not manage to get a solid shot off.

The Vikes' second goal came early in the second half of play in the 49th minute when Lindsay Hoetzel tracked down Mallory Hackett's pass and managed to sneak the ball past Barton.

The lone Calgary goal came at the 67-minute mark on a breakaway by forward Tessa Miller. The Dinos could not manage to get the tying goal in the match with a shot by Miller and header by Benson both sailing just wide as time wound down.

Shots on goal in the contest were 4-3 for the Dinos. Calgary committed 15 fouls in the match, with the Vikes whistled nine times.

In a rare scheduling quirk, the two teams will face off again next weekend, this time in Victoria. The Vikes will also host Lethbridge next weekend, while Calgary will pay a visit to Fraser Valley.

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