The Windsor Lancers' top line proved to be too much for the Ryerson Rams to handle in OUA women's hockey action Friday night at the Mattamy Athletic Centre. Erinn Noseworthy, Krystin Lawrence and Shawna Lesperance each found the back of the net once to propel the Lancers to a 3-1 win.
 
Windsor improves to 6-1-10-1 on the year and are now nine points back of the eighth and final playoff spot held by the Laurier Golden Hawks. The Rams fall to 2-0-14-1 and have now lost four straight.
 
The Lancers' dynamite offensive trio has been lights out all season. They scored four of the Windsor's five goals in a 5-0 victory over Ryerson Jan. 15 and have combined for nearly 70% of their team's offense this season (34 of the team's 49 goals). It didn't take long for them to get going in this one.
 
A little over eight minutes into the first, Lesperance fired a shot past Ryerson's rookie goaltender Sydney Authier. Her league-leading 13th goal of the season made it 1-0.
 
In the second, Ryerson's Emma Rutherford knotted the score up at one at 5:53 of the period.
 
Windsor quickly responded on the powerplay two minutes later. Natalie Barrette slid a pass to Lawrence and she sent it between the pipes for her ninth goal of the year.
 
The Rams had a few chances to tie the game back up but the Lancers' goaltender Hanna Slater shut the door multiple times.
 
Late in the frame, Noseworthy got on the board to extend Windsor's lead to 3-1. Her tally rounded out the scoring as neither team lit the lamp in the third.
 
Slater finished with 22 saves in the win while Authier stopped 20 shots at the other end of the ice.
 
Windsor will look to extend their streak on Saturday when they cross the street and take on the Toronto Varsity Blues at 7:30pm. The game can be seen live on www.oua.tv.