The York University Lions women's hockey team won 4-3 in a shootout against the Waterloo Warriors after an exciting game on Sunday (Oct. 26) at Canlan Ice Sports.
 
The Lions were able to come out of a 2-0 disadvantage to score three goals in the third, followed by another Warrior's goal, tying the game. The game ended up in a shootout, with Megan Lee (Orillia, Ont.) saving all three shots she faced, and Lisa Stathopulos (Toronto) scoring the only goal, giving the Lions the win.
 
The first period started off as an even game with equal opportunities coming from both sides. The Warriors shortly broke the deadlock with a goal by Siobhan Hewitt-Kenda at 8:37.
 
Sarah Conway (Orillia, Ont.) tested her luck with a counterattack on Warriors goalie Rebecca Bouwhuis that landed too far left of the net.
 
The Warriors charged at the Lions again at 17:31 with a sliding goal by Angela MacDonald that caught Lee off-guard, landing behind her left shoulder.
 
The second period ended scoreless with several opportunities from both sides. The Lions had six shots in the second, while the Warriors had a total of eight shots.
 
Only 23 seconds into the third, Amy Locke (Toronto) scored a brilliant goal, raising the spirits of the Lions. Four minutes later, Stathopulos grabbed the puck from the Warriors, skated down the ice and sent the puck flying to Rianna Langford (Collingwood, Ont.), who buried it in the net.
 
Langford tied up the game with another goal for the Lions at 6:35.
 
At 16:31, the Warriors tied the game again when Marissa Redmond pushed the puck down the ice into the Lions' half and sent it flying to Carolyn Burke, who smacked the puck into the net.
 
The game went into five minutes of overtime, with no goals from either side, then finally ended in a 4-3 shootout victory for the Lions.
 
Both goalies, Lee and Bouwhuis, played an excellent game saving 27 shots for York and 21 shots for Waterloo.
 
The next game for the Lions is against the No. 6 nationally-ranked Guelph Gryphons on Saturday (Nov. 1) at 2p at Canlan Ice Sports.
 
 

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