Ridgebacks secure a point in shootout loss


OUA Women's Hockey: Toronto defeated UOIT 3-2 (SO)

OSHAWA, Ont. - The UOIT women's hockey team fell 3-2 to the University of Toronto in a shootout Saturday afternoon at the Campus Ice Centre.

After battling to a stalemate in the first period, the Ridgebacks opened the scoring on a power play as Mikaeli Cavell (Edmonton, Alta.) recorded her third goal of the season on a blast from the blueline. Cavell finished the game with a goal and an assist.

Toronto responded only three minutes later as forward Taylor Day was able to even the score, however, Ridgebacks leading goal scorer Jill Morillo (Whitby, Ont.) secured the lead once again for UOIT at the end of the second period.

The goal, which again came on the power play, marks Morillo's 57th career goal. Cavell assisted on the goal alongside Jaclyn Gibson (Cobourg, Ont.) who finished with the game with two assists. Gibson is 7th in OUA scoring with 17 points in 13 games.

The Varsity Blues evened the game up less than two minutes into the third with a shorthanded goal courtesy of Kelly O'Hanlon. Both teams would then battle to another stalemate through the remainder of the third period and overtime forcing a shootout.

Neither team was able to score until the fifth round of the shootout when Toronto forward Sonja Weidenfelder was finally able to just sneak one past Ridgebacks goaltender Tori Campbell (Lethbridge, Alta.). In the effort, Campbell finished with 23 saves on 26 Toronto shots.

The Ridgebacks will look to regroup quickly from the tough late game loss as they welcome Ryerson University to the Campus Ice Centre on Sunday, November 24 at 3:30 p.m.

A QUICK LOOK AT THE RIDGEBACKS
Overall Record: 11-6-1
Conference Record: 7-5-1

Next Game: Sun. Nov. 24 vs. Ryerson (3:30 p.m.)