OUA Women's Hockey: York defeated UOIT 3-1 OSHAWA, Ont. – It wasn't for a lack of scoring chances that the UOIT women's hockey team registered only one goal on Sunday afternoon against the York Lions.
The Ridgebacks offence flooded the net with 36 shots, but York goaltender Megan Lee managed to save all of them but one as the Lions escaped the Campus Ice Centre with a 3-1 victory.
Combined with her 2-0 shutout over UOIT in October, Lee went 103:33 minutes without allowing a Ridgeback goal, before
Zoe Battie (Nanaimo, B.C.) scored off a scramble in the crease. Down 2-1, UOIT hit posts, had breakaways and two on ones, but they could not find a way to beat Lee for a second time as the Lions skated off with the two-goal victory.
The result extends UOIT's losing streak to nine games, as they fall to 5-11-1 and eight points out of a playoff position with seven games remaining in their regular season. During their nine game slide, the Ridgebacks have only managed to score seven goals.
UOIT goaltender
Cassie Charette (Ottawa, Ont.) allowed two goals on 33 shots, with York's Lisa Stathopulos scoring an empty netter with less than a minute to go in the game. Stathopulos had the game winner late in the second period while Sarai Whitty opened up scoring seven minutes into the game.
York went 1-for-6 on the power play and UOIT went 0-for-5.
The Ridgebacks will look to turn around their season on Friday at home against the Brock Badgers. Brock is winless this season and sit in last place with a 0-12-3 record. The Ridgebacks last victory during the regular season came against Brock on Nov. 7 in St. Catharines, when they defeated the Badgers by a score of 2-1.
A QUICK LOOK AT THE RIDGEBACKSOverall Record: 9-11-2
Conference Record: 5-11-1
Next Game: Fri. Jan. 23 vs. Brock (7:30 p.m.)
