The York University Lions women's field hockey team hosted its first and only regular season home games Sunday at Alumni Field. Their morning match against the Western Mustangs saw a 4-1 win for the Lions, and their afternoon match against the Waterloo Warriors ended in a stunning 10-0 victory for the Lions.
The Lions head into the OUA playoffs in first place in the standings, with an 11-1 season record and 33 points.
Goals for the Lions in their morning contest were scored courtesy of
Sara Vollmerhausen,
Montana Merante,
Frankie St. Louis and
Jaslan Stirling.
Amira Brar,
Sydney McFaul and Stirling also had assists during this match.
The Lions' only slip-up came in the 41
st minute of play when Mustang Payten Lang was able to sneak the ball in the net unassisted.
The afternoon match saw a whopping 10-0 victory over the Warriors. Stirling scored five of the Lions' 10 goals in this match, putting her total goals for the season up to 19, which led the OUA in scoring.
The remaining five goals by the Lions came from Merante,
Madison Mitchell,
Michelle Kelly and two goals by
Michelle Per. St. Louis, Merante,
Ravneet Kalkat and
Rebecca Titus all added assists.
The Lions will host the OUA championships next weekend at Alumni Field and will have their sights set on a banner after their previous two playoff runs ended outside the medals. The eight-team tournament begins on Friday morning and will wrap up on Sunday afternoon with the gold medal game at 3pm.
