The Lancer women's hockey team opened the 2017 playoffs with a 3-0 loss to the Guelph Gryphons on Wednesday night in Guelph.
 
The victory gives the top seeded Gryphons a 1-0 series lead over the Lancers in the best-of-three quarterfinal series. Game two is scheduled for Friday night in Windsor at 7:30pm at South Windsor Arena.
 
Wednesday night's matchup marked the second time in the last four days that the Gryphons and Lancers squared off. This past Saturday (Feb. 18), the Gryphons recorded a 7-2 victory over the Lancers in what was the second-to-last game of the regular season schedule.
 
The Lancers outshot the hosts 27-17 but could not get past Gryphon goaltender Valerie Lamenta. Morgan Farrow made 14 saves in the loss for the Blue & Gold.
 
At the 14:27 mark of the 1st period the Gryphons opened the scoring after Claire Merrick corralled her own rebound and set up Kaitlin Lowy right in front of Farrow.
 
The Gryphons would extend their lead to 2-0 just 15 seconds into the second period when Katherine Bailey stepped into a point shot on the power play. Later in the period, the hosts would once again strike on the man advantage with Lowy getting a rebound and firing the shot into the top corner for her second of the night.
 
The puck is scheduled to drop at 7:30pm on Friday night at South Windsor Arena in game two of the series. Tickets are available at the door starting at 6:30pm. The game can also be seen live at www.oua.tv.