The Lancer women's soccer team lost only their third game of the season with a 2-1 loss to the Western Mustangs on Wednesday night at TD Waterhouse Stadium in London, ON.

 

Western's Erin Grand scored with a high curling shot early in the game, using the favourable wind conditions to beat Lancers goalkeeper Danielle St. Germain and give the Mustangs a 1-0 lead.

 

Later in the half, Caroline Lott scored on a penalty kick after a controversial hand-ball call. Lott was stopped by freshman Mustangs' goalkeeper Melanie Oberholzer on the original strike from the penalty spot, but she sprinted in and knocked home a rebound past the helpless goalie whose defense did not get a good jump on the rebound.

 

The teams entered the half-time break tied at 1-1.

 

Western took the lead late in the second half after Windsor was unable to take advantage of several scoring opportunities.

 

Early in the second frame, Windsor's senior forward Heather Daichendt was robbed by Oberholzer on a nice counter-attack play from Windsor; the Western netminder came out to slide after the ball, then caught the juicy rebound bounce and secured it to keep the game tied.

 

Daichendt missed on a low-angle shot, then turned over the ball twice in a four-mintue span before missing the net on a point-blank opportunity on an open cage. Daichendt made several great runs in the game, but could not convert after the ball bounced off teammate Candance Garrod and then off a Western defender onto her foot with Oberholzer out of position. The ball sailed two feet wide of the net.

 

Western scored the game-winner minutes later in the 83rd minutes when rookie defender Hayley Slavin beat St. Germain from 35 yards out on a laser-like shot that skimmed along the turf and took a favourable Western bounce late on its passage toward the net.

 

Windsor travels to York to finish out the OUA regular season on Sunday afternoon. The Lancers need to only tie the game against the Lions in order to host a home playoff game next Wednesday night on Alumni Field.

 

Stay tuned to www.goLancers.ca for the game result and all home playoff game information.