CALGARY – The University of Calgary Dinos field hockey team concludes the home portion of their Canada West schedule when they host the Victoria Vikes this weekend at Hawkings Field.

FILLING THE NET
The Dinos opened their conference campaign last weekend with a pair of home games against the UBC Thunderbirds. Both games ended in one-goal setbacks for the home side with the 'Birds earning 2-1 and 4-3 wins. Calgary showed resilience on Sunday, overcoming an early 2-0 deficit to tie the game. The four goals scored on the weekend were the most by the Dinos since Oct. 22-23, 2011 when they netted eight in two games with Victoria.

RUN THIS BROWN
Fourth-year midfielder Nicole Brown was an offensive force for the Dinos in the opening weekend. In their season opener, Brown set up Jen Wishart for the team's only goal. The next day, Brown tallied back-to-back goals, helping the Dinos tie the score mid-way through the match. She becomes the first Dino since 2011 to score twice in a game. 

LAST MATCHUP
The last time the Dinos and Vikes faced off was on Oct. 14, 2018 – a game that ended in a 2-2 tie. The draw was one of two for the Dinos last season, who also earned a 2-2 result versus the Thunderbirds on Sept. 29, 2018.

FIFTH YEAR FINALE
Sunday's game will mark the final match at home for four fifth-year Dinos using their final year of eligibility this fall.  Both Jenna Birch-Jones and Meghan Norlander joined the program in 2015 out of North Vancouver while fellow seniors Jenna Bower and Lauren Hayes hail from Oliver, B.C. and Victoria respectively. 

Birch-Jones joined Jeremy Lee and Max Sturley on the Dinos Unfiltered podcast this week - LISTEN HERE.

SCOUTING REPORT
vs VICTORIA VIKES
Game Info Saturday, Sept. 21, 11 a.m. and Sunday, Sept. 22, 11 a.m. – Hawkings Field
2018 Record 4-1-3, 1st in Canada West
2018 Leading Scorer(s) Stef Langkammer (5g), Lindsay Cole (3g), Delaney Booker (3g)

NOTES

• The Vikes are defending U SPORTS national champions after defeating the York Lions 2-0 in a best-of-three series in Toronto last November
• Victoria is without its top three scorers from last year who all graduated after five years with the program
• Defender Anna Mollenhauer enters her second year with the team after representing Canada this summer at an Olympic qualifying tournament and the Lima 2019 Pan Am Games
• This is Lynne Beecroft's 35th season as the head coach of the Vikes and enters 2019 with a career regular-season record of 234-60-69
• The Vikes will welcome the Dinos to Vancouver Island for two games on Oct. 19-20

UP NEXT
The Dinos make their first trip to the west coast on Oct. 5-6 when they battle the UBC Thunderbirds.

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