OSHAWA, Ont. - The Ontario Tech women's hockey team knocked off the No. 5 ranked Nipissing Lakers 2-1 on Thursday afternoon in Oshawa.
 
Not only were they able to celebrate the victory, but before the game, the Ridgebacks recognized Kassidy Ford (Gananoque, Ont.) for playing 100 games at Ontario Tech..
 
Nicole Escano (Kingston, Ont.) put the Ridgebacks on the board 11 minutes into the second period.
 
Escano's influence shortly rubbed off onto Madeline Schroder (Kitchener, Ont.) who claimed the second goal, assisted by Kayla Welk (Barrie, Ont.) five minutes later.
 
The last goal scored of the game by Brianna Gaffney cut the Ontario Tech lead to one, three minutes prior to the second-period buzzer.
 
Neither team was successful in scoring during the final period as Brooke Vial (Port Moody, B.C.) made 35 saves in the win, while Chloe Marshall made 23 in the Lakers loss. 
 
The Ridgebacks women's hockey team will play again Saturday, Feb. 19 on the road to finish their home-to-home series. 

RIDGEBACKS AT A GLANCE
Overall Record: 4-9-1-2 (W-L-OTW-OTL)
Conference Record: 4-4-0-1
 
Next Game: Saturday, Feb. 19 @ Nipissing Lakers (7 p.m. – North Bay, Ont.)