Forwards Jaslan Stirling and Montana Merante each scored a pair of goals to lead the York University Lions field hockey team to a 4-0 win over the McMaster Marauders in their OUA quarter-final match at Alumni Field.
 
The Lions have now advanced to the semifinals for the first time since 2015.
 
The top-seeded Lions were heavily favoured after their 11-1 record in the regular season, while the Marauders did not play in the league and were the eighth seeds.
 
It took a while for the Lions to get on the scoreboard, but once they did the floodgates opened and they scored four times before the final whistle. Stirling, who was named the OUA rookie of the year and co-MVP earlier this week, opened the scoring in the 27^th minute, and Merante added another three minutes later for a 2-0 lead after the first half.
 
The same two were at it again in the second half. This time it was Merante scoring first, in the 39^th minute, and Stirling rounded out the goals in the 56^th minute with a nifty redirect.
 
The Lions will now face the winner of the day's third semifinal between the Queen's Gaels and Western Mustangs in the first semifinal on Saturday morning at 9am. The loser will play in the first consolation semifinal on Saturday at 1pm.