WINDSOR, Ont.- The Windsor Lancers women's hockey team battled hard, but came up just short against the CIS No. 7 ranked Guelph Gryphons on Saturday evening at South Windsor Arena, falling 3-2 in their second game of the weekend.

With the setback, Windsor drops to 7-6-1 and are tied for sixth-place in the OUA conference with the Western Mustangs. The Gryphons improve to 11-3-0 and sit second in the league following Saturday's contest.

The Lancers opened the scoring on Erinn Noseworthy's eighth goal of the season at the 9:57 mark of the first. However, after the Gryphons scored three unanswered, tallying goals in all three period to take a two-goal lead. Kayla Dodson brought the women with just over seven minutes left in regulation, however that was as close as the Lancers would get as they had their two-game win streak snapped.

The Lancers were 0-for-4 on the power-play, and Guelph could not capitalize on any of their six special teams opportunities. Marissa Kozovski stopped 25 of 28 shots in a losing cause for Windsor.

The women close out the first half of their season next Saturday in Kingston, Ont. where they will battle the Queen's Gaels. Game-time is set for 3:30 p.m.