OUA roundup: No. 2 Golden Hawks record 17th straight victory

WATERLOO, Ont. - A first period goal by Kaley Powers (Kingston, Ont.) lifted the No. 2 nationally-ranked Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks to a 1-0 victory over the visiting Toronto Varsity Blues.

"This game was typical of the Laurier-Toronto rivalry of the past," said Laurier head coach Rick Osborne following the content. "The second period was a real battle."

The Hawks have now extended their winning streak to 17 games for a 17-0-0 record while the Blues fall to 8-7-2 on the season.

Powers scored the only goal in the contest at 6:33 in the first period with the assist going to defencemen Fiona Lester (Peterborough, Ont.).

Neither team was able to capitalize on their man-advantage opportunities as both went 0-5 on the power play. Going in to this match-up the Hawks had the best penalty kill in the league, while the Blues had the worst. Neither team had a full team minute power play as an infraction was called during each one.

Liz Knox (Stouffville, Ont.) picked up her league leading eighth shutout of the season by stopping all 21 shots on net. The Blues netminder Kendyl Valenta (Brampton, Ont.) turned aside 37 of 38 in the loss.

QUEEN'S 3, BROCK 2, SO

At Brock, the No. 7 Queen's Gaels needed a shootout to down the host Badgers 3-2 on Sunday.

After the Badgers took a 2-0 lead in the opening period, Elizabeth Kench scored a pair of goals, including the game-tying goal with 2:18 remaining in regulation to force overtime. She then scored the shootout winner for Queen's (13-3-1) for a new-age hat trick.

Shannon McLeod and Melissa Geary scored goals for Brock (5-10-3).

YORK 6, WATERLOO 1

At Waterloo, the York Lions scored six unanswered goals to down the host Warriors 6-1 on Sunday.

Jennifer Petkovics scored two goals for York, with teammates Courtney Unruh, Katrina Tollis, Autumn Mills and Chloe Milano adding single tallies. Unruh had a three-point effort with two helpers.

Waterloo's Liana Tennant opened the scoring.

The Lions improved to 11-5-1 while the Warriors dropped to 6-9-2.

WINDSOR 3, WESTERN 2, SO

At Windsor, Candace Rapchak scored the shootout winner to lift the host Lancers to a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over the Western Mustangs on Saturday.

The Mustangs took a 2-0 lead through two period on the strength of Aoife Cox and Katie Dillon goals.

But the Lancers were in the comeback mood in the third period. Ashley Kirby finally put the Lancers on the scoreboard 6:42 into the period, which was followed by Jackie Leavoy's goal that ultimately forced overtime and set up Rapchak's heroics.

Windsor improved to 6-12-0 while the Mustangs fell to 8-8-2.

LAURIER 5, YORK 1

At Wilfrid Laurier, Candice Styles and Andrea Ironside scored two goals each as the host No. 2 Golden Hawks defeated the York Lions 5-1 on Saturday.

The game was closer than the final score indicates, with both of Ironside's markers coming with the York net empty.

The scoreboard remained at zeros until the second period, when Laurier's Alicia Martin earned the game's elusive first goal. Styles added to the lead, before Andrea Joyce pulled the Lions within one late in the second period.

Styles struck again early in the third period, followed by Ironside's empty netters.

QUEEN'S 4, GUELPH 1

At Guelph, in a CIS Top 10 battle, the No. 7 Queen's Gaels earned a 4-1 road victory over the No. 10 Gryphons on Saturday.

Becky Conroy scored a pair of goals for the Gaels, including a shorthanded marker. Morgan McHaffie and Elizabeth Kench also contributed to Queen's offensive attack.

Scoring Guelph's lone goal was Emily Corbett. The Gryphons fell to 9-6-3.

TORONTO 6, WATERLOO 1

At Waterloo, Karolina Urban scored a pair of goals to lift the Toronto Varsity Blues to a 6-1 road win over the host Warriors on Saturday.

Amanda Fawns, Brenley Jorgensen, Lindsay Hill and Sarah Stephen also scored for the Varsity Blues, who improved to 8-7-2 with the win.

Scoring Waterloo's lone goal was Emma McMillian.

BROCK 2, UOIT 1, OT

At Brock, Shannon McLeod scored the game winner in overtime to lift the host Badgers to a 2-1 win over the UOIT Ridgebacks on Saturday.

Kelly Walker put the Badgers on the scoreboard in the first period with her third goal of the OUA season.

Rikki Palmateer responded for UOIT in the second period on the power play.

WESTERN 5, WINDSOR 3

At Western, five different players scored to lift the host Mustangs to a 5-3 win over the Windsor Lancers on Saturday.

Chantal Morais, Lindsay Repath, Aoife Cox, Tawn Rellinger and Katie Dillon all scored for the Mustangs. Morais has 10 goals on the OUA season.

Manon Davis, Candace Rapchak and Kelly Calhoun all scored for Windsor. It was Davis' 14th goal this season.

Source: Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks with files from OUA Communications