The York University Lions women's hockey team may have only split their opening two games, but the way in which they did it can be nothing but encouraging to Dan Church and his staff. 

They fell 5-2 to Nipissing in the opener, but were down just a goal to the No. 5 Lakers early in the third period. Then, the following afternoon, reigning York female athlete of the week Emma Wedgewood backstopped the Lions to a 4-0 victory, making 28 saves for her first career OUA shutout in her first career OUA game.

Now, the Lions revert their focus to back-to-back home games against the Western Mustangs on Friday night and Toronto Varsity Blues on Saturday afternoon. 

The Matchups:

Oct. 28 – York (1-1-0) vs. Western (1-1-0)

Oct. 29 – York (1-1-0) vs. Toronto (1-1-0)

Game Details:

Fri., Oct 28 vs. Western (7;15 pm; OUA.tv)

Sat., Oct. 29 vs. Toronto (2:15 pm; OUA.tv)

Current Streak: 

York – Won 1

Western – Lost 1

Toronto – Won 1

Quick Facts

York: 

• York's six goals have come from six different goal scorers (Anderson, Paulson, Shaw, Massey, Giantsopoulos, Cuccia).
• The Lions are the only team with a shutout thus far.

Western:

• The Mustangs have the most shots on goal in the OUA entering play (78). 
• Western's three goals against is tied for the fewest in the conference through two games

Toronto:

• U of T is one of three OUA teams without a power play goal against.
• The Blues two power play goals for is second in the conference

Lions to Watch:

#10 SYDNEY PAULSON: First-year forward… Scored the Lions second goal of the home opener against Nipissing, her first OUA goal…

#14 ALEXA GIANTSOPOULOS: First-year forward… Had one of the Lions four goals in their shutout victory over Laurier last Saturday.