The York University Lions women's hockey team travelled to UOIT to face off in a Sunday afternoon battle and leaned on a huge first period where three goals were scored to coast to a huge 6-2-road win over the Ridgebacks.
 
Just over two minutes into the opening period the Lions drew first blood. First-year forward Christina Chin (Richmond Hill, Ont.) scored a goal at 2:03 with the assists credited to Kelsey McHolm (Winnipeg) and Jenna Gray (London, Ont.).
 
Only two minutes later the Ridgebacks got on the board themselves, but at 12:21 of the frame Chin beat the goaltender for the second time in the period. Cynthia St-Cyr (New Liskeard, Ont.) and McHolm were credited with the assists. To cap off an exceptional first period from the Lions offence, second-year forward Tegan Duncan (Oakville, Ont.) scored off of an assist from Erin Locke (Toronto) and St-Cyr and the Lions led by a score of 3-1.
 
Entering the second period UOIT had a lot of ground to make up if they wished to keep the game competitive. The Ridgebacks looked like they were on their way when Kassidy Nauboris scored 15 minutes into the period, but McHolm took the wind out of UOIT's sails as she scored only one minute after Nauboris on an unassisted goal.
 
Amy Locke (Toronto) scored a goal of her own to add to the Ridgebacks' blues. The assists on Locke's goal were attributed to Chelsea Tucker (Alliston, Ont.) and Duncan, and the Lions led 5-2 after two periods.
 
In the third period York goaltender Eva Hall (Main-A-Dieu, N.S.) continued her dominant play, standing tall and finishing the game with 30 saves. Once the Ridgebacks pulled their goalie the Lions put the cherry on top with an unassisted empty net goal from Dana Somerville (Hockley, Ont.) to seal the victory.
 
With the victory the Lions now hold a 3-2-8-4 record on the season. Their next game will take place on Saturday when the Windsor Lancers travel to Canlan Ice Sports. Puck drop is set for 2pm.