The York University Lions women's hockey team will look to pick up its first win of the season this weekend when the squad returns to Canlan Ice Sports to face the Laurier Golden Hawks and Waterloo Warriors.
 
The Match-up: York (0-0-4-1) vs. Laurier (0-0-2-1) and Waterloo (1-1-1-0)
 
Game Details
Laurier – Saturday, Nov. 4 @ 2pm
Waterloo – Sunday, Nov. 5 @ 2pm
 
Home/Away Records
York – 0-2 at home
Laurier – 0-1 on the road
Waterloo – 1-0 on the road
 
Current Streak
York – Lost 5
Laurier – Lost 3
Waterloo – Won 2
 
Last Meetings
The Lions swept the season series between the two teams last year, winning the first match-up 3-2 in a shootout on the road and then cruising to a 4-0 victory in the rematch at home. Including those two victories, the Lions have won three of the last four contests. Prior to that, the Golden Hawks won 14 in a row dating back to the 2008-09 season.
 
The Warriors defeated the Lions in both of their meetings last year. The Lions earned a point in the first meeting, falling 2-1 in overtime, and lost 4-1 in the second. Before Waterloo's recent success, the Lions won three in a row and four of five over the previous three seasons.
 
QUICK FACTS
 
York

• The Lions are still looking for their first win of the season. They earned their first point last weekend with an overtime loss to the UOIT Ridgebacks on the road.
• As part of the opening month of the season, the Lions also dropped decisions to Ryerson, Toronto, Guelph and Queen's.
• The Lions are one of the lowest-scoring teams in the OUA with just five goals in as many games. They have also given up the most with an average of 4.8 allowed per game thus far.

 
Laurier

• The Golden Hawks have started the year with three straight losses. They earned a point with a 1-0 shootout loss to Ryerson and also fell to Toronto 2-0 and Waterloo 2-1.
• The Golden Hawks are a strong defensive team with only five goals allowed in three games, but they've found the back of the net only once this year.
• Laurier is looking to move up the OUA standings after finishing at the bottom last year with just three wins and 12 points.

 
Waterloo

• The Warriors began the year with a narrow 1-0 loss to UOIT in the season opener but have bounced back with two straight wins, defeating Queen's 3-2 in overtime and cross-town rival Laurier 2-1 last week.
• The Warriors are coming off their best season in program history, where they advanced to the OUA semifinals for the first time after taking out Western in the quarter-finals. They got to Game 3 of the semis before being eliminated by the two-time defending champion Guelph Gryphons.
• Waterloo scored fewer goals last year than any other playoff team, with just 50 in 24 games, but their 43 goals allowed was the fourth-fewest in the conference.

 
PLAYERS TO WATCH
 
York
 
F Erin Locke – The team's leading scorer as a sophomore last year. She scored her first goal of the season last weekend against Queen's for her first point of the year.
 
F Brooke Anderson – The rookie forward leads the Lions in scoring after five games with three assists. She had two against Ryerson in the first game of her career in the season opener.
 
Laurier
 
F Jaden Head – Has Laurier's lone goal on the season thus far. Last year she finished her rookie campaign with six points (one goal, five assists).
 
RW Emily Woodhouse – Led the Golden Hawks in scoring as a rookie last year, tallying 12 points (10 goals, two assists) while playing in every game.
 
Waterloo
 
G Stephanie Sluys – Waterloo's reigning female athlete of the year ranks sixth in the OUA in goals against average (1.02) and tied for sixth in save percentage (.957) this season. She was part of the Canadian team that won the silver medal at the FISU championships in Kazakhstan last February.
 
F Rachel Marriott – The team's leading scorer last year with 19 points (nine goals, 10 assists) in 21 games, she has three points (one goal, two assists) so far this season. She was also on the Canadian team that won FISU silver last winter.