NORTH YORK, Ont. – The UOIT women's lacrosse team played with a lot more confidence on Sunday afternoon at York University compared to one week prior.
 
The Ridgebacks opened the day with a close 6-5 loss to the hosting York Lions followed by a 10-5 defeat to Toronto. UOIT cut their goal differential by 12 goals against the Varsity Blues compared to their match at the Civic last Sunday.
 
In the opening game of the day, York's Sonya Mwambu scored five consecutive goals for the Lions including the game winner with five minutes to go to give the Lions the 6-5 win.
 
UOIT's offence was spread out as Elyse Lockhart (Ajax, Ont.) was the only multi-goal scorer as she had two. Julia Vinkovic (Oshawa, Ont.), Kristin Lemmon (Whitby, Ont.) and Holly Collins (Oshawa, Ont.) all had goals, with Collins strike tying the game up at 5-5 with 11 minutes to go.
 
Goaltender Cierra Maingot (Whitby, Ont.) made several key stops for UOIT as the teams were evenly matched in play and on the scoreboard throughout the game.
 
In game two, Toronto had a strong second half as they scored seven goals compared to UOIT's three to rebound from an 11-7 loss to Queen's earlier in the day.
 
Melissa Holland was the difference maker for Toronto as she recorded a hat-trick with all three goals coming in the second half.
 
Lemmon matched Holland's output as she had a hat-trick while teammates Samantha Bullen (Whitby, Ont.) and Lockhart had single goals.
 
UOIT will have two tough matches next Saturday in Toronto when they take on the Trent Excalibur and Queen's Gaels.