The York University Lions women's rugby team finished the playoffs in fourth place after a 36-19 loss to the No. 8 nationally-ranked McMaster Marauders in their OUA bronze medal match on Friday night at Ron Joyce Stadium.
 
The result is York's best in program history and comes on the heels of the team's first ever semifinal appearance. The Lions went 1-2 in the playoffs, defeating the Brock Badgers in the quarter-finals and falling to the defending OUA champion Guelph Gryphons in the semis.
 
The Lions got on the board first with a try by Michela Stratton in the 13^th minute, but the Marauders quickly responded with a try of their own. The Lions once again took the lead on a try by Tobi Owotomo to make the score 10-5 half way through the opening half and picked up the additional two points on the conversion kick, but it wasn't long before McMaster pulled ahead by five at 17-12, the score at the half.
 
From there the Marauders continued to pull away, and they rounded out the scoring just one minute before the final whistle with a try from Sara Svoboda, the OUA Shiels Division player of the year.
 
The other try scorer for the Lions was Cheyenne Legerton, while Catherine Belanger scored both conversions.
 
 McMaster's leading scorer was Khadija Brouillette with two tries and one conversion.
 
Both the Lions and Marauders are now done for the season. The Guelph Gryphons and Queen's Gaels will play for the OUA championship on Saturday afternoon at 1pm at the University of Guelph.