UOIT's winning streak snapped at home

OUA Women's Hockey: Waterloo defeated UOIT 2-1

OSHAWA, Ont. – The UOIT women's hockey team suffered their first conference loss of the season on Friday night as the Waterloo Warriors came up with a 2-1 victory in the Ridgebacks home opener.

After going 4-0-0 to start the season on the road, the Ridgebacks were not able to pull out the victory on home ice despite outshooting the Warriors 35-22.

Penalties would put the Ridgebacks behind the eight ball as they took ten minor penalties compared to just five by Waterloo. Rachel Marriott would take advantage of a power play opportunity as she scored her first career OUA goal with 11 seconds left in the first period. Katie Dillon (Oshawa, Ont.) was in the box after being called with an illegal equipment penalty.

Waterloo was able to double-up their lead four minutes into the second period when Kaitlyn McDonell scooped in a rebound in a scramble in front of the Ridgeback net.

After several scoring chances in the Waterloo zone, Sam Forchielli (Hamilton, Ont.) was finally able to get UOIT on the board with five minutes to go in the second frame as she took a pass from Sarah Worthington (Whitby, Ont.) and slipped one through the five-hole. Dillon would record a second assist on the play which cut the Warriors lead to one.

UOIT would continue to apply a lot of pressure in the third period, but were unable to beat Waterloo goaltender Rebecca Bouwhuis, who made 34 stops in her second win of the year.

Tori Campbell (Lethbridge, Alta.) made 20 saves in her first career loss. The freshman netminder has a goals against average of 1.38 in five games this season.

The Ridgebacks are 4-1-0 on the year and sit in the top spot of the OUA standings tied with the Western Mustangs (4-1-0). Waterloo is in seventh place with a 2-1-1 record.

The nationally ranked Laurier Golden Hawks (3-1-0) will be visiting the Campus Ice Centre on Saturday night. Game time is 7:30 p.m.

A QUICK LOOK AT THE RIDGEBACKS
Overall Record: 8-2-0
Conference Record: 4-1-0

Next Game: Sat. Oct. 19 vs. Laurier (7:30 p.m.)

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