Box Score The Lancer women's hockey team lost a tough game 3-2 to the Queen's Gaels in a shoot-out on Saturday afternoon in Kingston, ON.
 
Heading into their final game before the holiday break, the Lancers are 8-2-3 on the season and in third place in the OUA standings, right behind the second place Gaels (9-2-2).
 
The Gaels opened the scoring in the first frame on a goal from Mary Coughlin. Queen's added another shortly after as Taryn Pilon scored her eighth of the year on the power play.
 
In the third period, the Lancers finally found the back of the net on a goal from Candace Kourounis. Looking for the equalizer, Windsor struck again in the final minute of regulation as Krystin Lawrence tied the game with 17 seconds left to play.
 
As neither side could net an overtime winner, the game headed into a shootout. Fifth year forward Jenny MacKnight and Pilon for the Gaels each converted on their respective attempts, pushing the shootout to a fourth round. The Gaels earned the victory in the extra round as Fiona Lester deposited the game-winner on a nice deke move on Lancer goaltender Marissa Kozovski.
 
Final shots for the afternoon totalled 24 to 22 in favour of Queen's, while Kozovski made 21 saves in net for the Blue & Gold and Queen's goaltender Caitlyn Lahonen made 20 saves in the win.
 
Windsor will close out the 2014 portion of their schedule on Sunday afternoon when they face the UOIT Ridgebacks at 3:30pm in Oshawa, ON. The game can be seen live on www.oua.tv.