LONDON, Ont. – After shutting out the Windsor Lancers on Friday night, the UOIT women's hockey team couldn't keep up with the No. 7 ranked Western Mustangs on Saturday.
The Mustangs dropped UOIT 5-2 in London.
Despite the Mustangs national ranking, and the fact they are defending U SPORTS silver medalists, the Ridgebacks did have Western's number last season – shutting them out in their last meeting.
Starting next weekend the Ridgebacks will return to the Campus Ice Centre for a five-game homestand, which spans from Oct.26 to Nov. 10.
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Kassidy Nauboris (Brampton, Ont.) scored her fourth goal of the season with 14:05 to go in the third period, putting the Ridgebacks behind 4-2.
• Western scored three unanswered goals from Alyssa Chiarello, April Clark and Emma Suitor in the second period to go ahead 3-0 before UOIT found the back of the net.
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Marissa Murphy (Kingston, Ont.) scored her first goal of the year and second of her OUA career to open the Ridgebacks scoring in the second period.
• The Mustangs had five different goal scorers, with Anthea Lasis and Jessie Sanghe rounding out their offence.
• Tareya Webster earned the win for the Mustangs, her first of the season.
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Briar Hughes (Thornton, Ont.) lost her second game of the season.
Overall Record: 3-1-3-1 (W-OTW-L-OTL)
Conference Record: 1-0-2-1
Next Game: Friday, Oct. 26 vs. Brock Badgers • 7:30 p.m. – Campus Ice Centre
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