Knox shuts out Lancers for victory

The Wilfrid Laurier women's hockey team hosted the Windsor Lancers this past Sunday at Pillars Ice in RIM Park. The defending OUA champions dominated the Lancers with a total of 41 shots on goal, while Golden Hawks netminder Liz Knox faced merely six shots, completing a shutout. The win brings the lady Hawks to a perfect 4-0 season so far.

"Between yesterday and today we scored ten consecutive goals. But we gave up three goals early in yesterday's game, which is very out of character for us. So today's challenge was to make sure we played a 60-minute game," explained Head Coach Rick Osborne.

And that's exactly what the Hawks did.

Laurier went 2 for 9 on the power-play, scoring their first two goals with a one-man advantage. Second-year forward Heather Fortuna claimed some open net space off a cross-ice pass that veteran defender Kate Psota sent from the corner. Just over a minute later, second-year forward Candace Kellough fired another shot from Psota, with team captain Andrea Bevan also picking up an assist.

In the second period of play, scrambling out front of the net, second-year Kaley Powers snuck one in past Lancers goaltender Jamie Tessier. Sophomore Katherine Shirriff, and rookie Abby Rainsberry were credited with assists.

Poor defensive effort from the Lancers led to another Hawks goal, with Shirriff going top-shelf off assists from Rainsberry and Powers.

"We have a lot of outside speed...I think we just skated a lot better than they did today," said Osborne.

The final goal of the game was the result of a beautiful play, coming again from the Psota/Fortuna duo. Fortuna now leads her team in scoring, with a total of six goals in four games.

The Hawks travel to Kingston this Saturday, October 25, to face the 2-1 Queen's Gaels.