Victoria women's field hockey set for U Sports championship amid new era

Balance. It's a simple concept, but it's everything the University of Victoria Vikes women's field hockey team has strived for in the 2023 U Sports season. 

At the beginning of each year, the coaching staff lays out a theme for the student-athletes that defines how they approach the season. For 2023, a year full of adjustments, it was a bicycle, with every aspect of the program playing a role — when everything came together, they had balance. 

"The idea helps us get into the gears of our game; it reminds us that every part of a bike is critical, and riding a bike is not always going to be easy; there's going to be ups and downs, and we just have to keep going," Brooke Furtado, a third-year forward said. 

"To have balance on a bike, everything needs to work together. So there's unity within the bike and unity within the team."

Back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back. <br><br>Congrats to the <a href="https://twitter.com/uvicvikes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@uvicvikes</a> on claiming their fifth straight CW Field Hockey Championship