A third period comeback fell just short as the Lancer women's hockey team fell 4-3 to the visiting Laurentian Voyageurs on Saturday afternoon at South Windsor Arena.
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Both teams payed fairly conservative in the first period as neither team scored or took a penalty, until five seconds remaining when Voyageur Jessica Staats beat Windsor goalie,
Ingrid Sandven.
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The Voyageurs carried the momentum of their 1-0 lead into the second period as the action began to pick up. At 9:05 of the second period, Sam Morell put the Voyageurs up 2-0 after a pass from Taylor Weber.
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Seven minutes later, Weber scored a goal of her own, with assists going to Julie Hebert and Sara Habal. Weber's goal would conclude the scoring for the second period, and the Voyageurs would head to the intermission with a 3-0 lead.
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Halfway through the third period, Windsor began to come back.
Erinn Noseworthy managed to beat Laura Deller on the powerplay to bring the Lancers within two.
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Five minutes later, Noseworthy scored her fifth goal of the weekend to bring the Lancers even closer to tying the game.
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Just over two minutes later however, Renee Leclair restored the Voyageurs two goal lead.
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A minute after that, Windsor would score again with a
Shawna Lesperance's league-leading twelfth goal of the season. However, this would be as close as Windsor would get, and the Voyageurs would win their second game of the weekend with another score of 4-3.
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Windsor will now hit the road for a pair of games against the Toronto Varsity Blues and Ryerson next weekend in Toronto.Â