Weekend Jolts

• The Vikes Men's basketball team came out of the mainland on the weekend with a split, knocking off SFU 78-53 on Friday night, but falling 87-83 to the Trinity Western Spartans the following night. Saturday's win for the Spartans gives them the all important tie-breaker against the Vikes, as they take the season series 2 games to 1. Both teams now sit with an identical 10-5 record, and have 8 games remaining to decide the second seed in the Pacific division and the all important home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. The Vikes now return to Shields court for a couple of home games against teams from the Keystone province, as Manitoba and Winnipeg will make their way to the Island. The Boys will likely need a sweep on the weekend if they hope on continuing their current streak of five straight years of hosting a playoff series. The Province newspaper Howard Tsumura was at Friday's contest and wrote this story about the swarming Vikes D

http://www.theprovince.com/Sports/Vikes+trounce+Clan+with+solid+defence+lights+shooting/1165113/story.html

• The Vikes women also made their way back to the rock with a weekend split to show for. Friday's night contest saw the girls battle the #1 ranked team in the Nation for four quarters, before falling 63-56 to the SFU Clan. The Vikes bounced back on Saturday, knocking off the Spartans by a 70-63 final. The victory gave the Vikes some separation in the Pac division standings, as they now sit in second place a game clear of the Spartans. The Vikes also own the tiebreaker against the Spartans, having swept them 3-0 in the season series. If all goes according to plan down the stretch, the Vikes women are in great shape to host their first playoff series in four years.
  

Check out www.govikesgo.com for recaps of both contests