Game Information
 
Date: Friday, Oct. 26
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Calgary, AB
Venue: McMahon Stadium
Watch live: CanadaWest.tv
 
SASKATOON - The University of Saskatchewan Huskies women's soccer team will enter the postseason with a 4-6-4 record, which locked them in as the fifth seed in the Prairie Division and set them up against the Victoria Vikes in a Canada West Play-in game. The Vikes finished the regular season with a 7-6-1 record and in fourth place in the Pacific Division.
 
The Huskies are fresh off a strong weekend on the road, as the club recorded two victories in two matches against the Manitoba Bisons and Winnipeg Wesmen, and are winners of four of their past six matches.
 
Meanwhile, the Vikes are also coming into the postseason in good form, as they recorded victories in three of their past four matches.
 
The Huskies and Vikes met on Oct. 14, when Victoria handed Saskatchewan a 4-0 loss on the road. Georgia Bignold scored the go-ahead goal in the 50th minute of the match and the Vikes didn't look back, as they added three more markers after the 75th minute to seal the victory for the away side.

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5 Things
 
1: Huskies goalkeeper Jadyn Steinhauer is entering the postseason in strong form, as she is fresh off back to back clean sheets, recording victories over Manitoba and Winnipeg.

2: A pair of freshman forwards have led the way for the Huskies, as Cassidy Hayward and Payton Izsak have each scored four goals this season. 

3: The Huskies relied on their youth all season long, as the club had thirteen first-year players appear in games this season. Nine of the team's 14 goals on the year were scored by first-years.

4: The Vikes have recent playoff experience, as the club made a deep run in last year's postseason, as they were silver medalists in the Canada West and 5th place finishers in U SPORTS in the 2017-18 season.

5: The winner of the match will ultimately take on the Calgary Dinos in the Canada West quarterfinal on Oct. 28 at 12:00 p.m. at McMahon Stadium. 
 
By the Numbers
 
3 – Vikes midfielder Rachel Baird has been clutch for her club, as she finished in second in the Canada West in game-winning goals with three.
 
7 – Victoria had a consistent starting lineup all season long, as they had seven players appear in the club's starting XI in all fourteen regular season games.
 
65.3% - Saskatchewan leads the Canada West with 63.9% of their shots being struck on goal.
 
7234.09 – Vikes goalkeeper and 2017-18 U SPORTS First Team All-Canadian Puck Louwes will be will be playing the crucial Canada West play-in game in Calgary, Alberta, 7234.09 km away from her birthplace of Gorinchem, Netherlands.
 
Scouting the Vikes
 
Victoria appears to be rounding into form at the right time, as the club looks to make another deep postseason run. The Vikes were dominant during the 2017 season where the club finished with a 9-1-4 record. However, were slow out of the gates in the 2018 campaign as they lost three of their first four matches.
 
Victoria ended up finishing the season with 22 points in an extremely competitive Pacific division and will now set their sights on knocking off two straight victories against Prairie division foes to ensure yet another appearance in the Canada West semi-finals.
 
Third-year forward Georgia Bignold leads the Vikes in goals and points, as she has recorded eight and three assists while starting in all 14 of Victoria's games this season. Bignold sits in a tie for seventh place in the Canada West with 11 points.
 
Kiara Kilbey, a fourth-year forward and 2017 Canada West Second Team All-Star, finished in seventh place in the conference with five assists.
 
Puck Louwes has logged all 1260 minutes in between the Vikes pipes this season, as the fourth-year keeper has a 7-6-1 record in the 2018 season.