The No. 2 nationally ranked Toronto Varsity Blues went two-for-two this week against the No. 3 York University Lions field hockey team as a tight contest between two of the best in U SPORTS resulted in a 2-1 win for the Varsity Blues at Alumni Field.
 
With the win, the Varsity Blues improve to 4-0-1 on the 2021 season, and have now won two of three contests in this four-game stretch between York and Toronto.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Toronto got on the board first with a shot by Sam McCrory that sailed past Serena Vilde in the York net for the game's opening goal 11:03 into the first quarter.
• McKinley Kennedy added the second goal for Toronto seven minutes into the second quarter, getting her stick on an already-moving ball just enough to change its direction and roll it into an open area of the York net.
• Then, Russem Thind answered back for York, getting them on the board five minutes later after re-directing a centering pass from Prava Sandhu into past Varsity Blues goaltender Deepi Gill, cutting the Toronto lead in half.
• York's best chance to tie it came after Alyssa Brooks was awarded a penalty corner, and Frankie St. Louis let a blistering shot go slightly high of the Toronto net.  

LOOKING AHEAD
 
After three straight games against the Toronto Varsity Blues, York still has one more to go against Toronto before seeing another opponent. They will host the Varsity Blues again on Friday, Oct. 20 at Alumni Field to wrap up their four-game season series, before wrapping up their season with two games against the Queen's Gaels on the road.