The York University Lions women's hockey team fell to the Windsor Lancers 4-1 in a home game on Sunday (Jan. 25) at Canlan Ice Sports.
 
The first period began slowly with minimal shots or action, but began to pick up towards the end. The Lancers broke the deadlock three minutes towards the end of the period at 17:46 when Candice Chevalier came rushing the net alone in a counterattack, then slashed the puck over the top right shoulder of Megan Lee (Orillia, Ont.). At the end of the first the Lancers led the game 1-0.
 
The second period proved to be more action packed as the Lions forwards Justine Treadwell (Huntsville, Ont.) and Sarai Whitty (Kingston, Ont.) rushed the net at 2:02 with Kristen Barbara (Mount Hope, Ont.) who smacked a hard shot right into the back of the net, leveling the score at 1-1.
 
Not long after, at 9:29, the LancerS Krystin Lawrence sent the puck to Erinn Noseworthy who beat the defence and charged Lee alone.  Noseworthy slid the puck above Lee, putting the Lancers back in the lead with a score of 2-1.
 
The Lancers repeated the same goal towards the end of the second as Jenny MacKnight sent the puck through to Candice Chevalier who challenged Lee one-on-one and sent the puck to the back of the net at 16:12, scoring her second goal and putting the Lancers further in the lead with 3-1.
 
The Lions picked up the momentum in the third, bombarding the Lancers with dozens of shots. The Lancer's defence played strong, only letting 10 of the Lions explosive shots slip by for goalie Marissa Kozovski to save.
 
The Lancers found a break after a shot on their net and sent the puck flying to the Lions unprotected net. Jenny McKnight pushed in her own short-handed goal at 16:54, ending the game for the Lancers at 4-1.
 
The Lions fall to eighth in the OUA West standings with a record of 9-8-2, while the Lancers, despite extending their winning streak to two games, slip to sixth with a record of 11-2-4.
 
The next game for the Lions is a home game on Friday (Jan. 30) at 7pm against the Laurentian Voyageurs in Canlan Ice Sports.