In dramatic fashion, the Lancer women's hockey team earned their first win of the 2017 calendar year with a crushing 5-0 win over the Ryerson Rams on Sunday afternoon at South Windsor Arena.
 
The win give the Lancers the sweep of the season series between the two clubs and moves them into the final playoff spot with a 6-1-7-2 record. Meanwhile, the Rams drop to 4-1-6-3 and are five points out of a playoff position.
 
After a scoreless first period, the Lancers exploded in the second period scoring four unanswered goals, including three on the power play.
 
OUA leading scorer Krystin Lawrence scored her league leading 14th goal of the season at 4:20 of the second period to open the scoring. Lawrence contributed on four of the Lancers five goals to move her into the top spot in the league scoring race.
 
Exactly four minutes later, Lawrence's line mate Erinn Noseworthy notched the Lancers first of three power play goals to give the Blue & Gold a two goal lead. The red light was not off for long when Jillian Rops scored her first of two also with the man advantage.
 
Noseworthy scored her second of the period less than a minute later at 10:35 to give the Lancers a commanding 4-0 lead heading into the third period.
 
Rops netted the lone goal of the third period at 4:36 to close out the scoring to secure the Lancers win.
 
Lawrence finished the game with a goal and four assists, while Noseworthy had two goals and an assist, and Rops had two goals. Lancer goaltender Morgan Farrow registered her first OUA career hat trick making 30 saves to earn the win.
 
The Lancers will now host the Laurentian Voyageurs on Saturday January 14th at 4:00pm at South Windsor Arena. The game can be seen live at www.oua.tv.