The Lancer women's hockey team opened 2018 on the road with a pair of games in the GTA. The Blue & Gold fell 2-1 on Friday night to the Toronto Varsity Blues before being shut out by the Ryerson Rams 3-0 on Saturday afternoon at the Mattamy Athletic Complex. 

FRIDAY VS TORONTO
In the first period the Lancers came out strong and held pace with the Blues. Despite being outshot 11-6, the Blue and Gold held strong, with Jenkins stopping all 11 shots she faced in the first period, helping her Lancers teammates to a scoreless tie after the first period.
 
In the second period the Lancers broke the tie when Muna Fadel scored off a nice feed from Ashely Maitre nine seconds into the second frame. The lead however, would not last long, when not even 10 minutes later, Meagan O'Brien beat Jenkins on an impressive short-handed, to score an unassisted goal. With 2:45 left in the game Mathilde De Serres scored to give the Varsity Blues a lead late in the second period. Despite the Lancers having an entire period to muster a goal, the Blues' defense proved too strong, keep the Lancers at bay and winning the game 2-1.Lancer goaltender Molly Jenkins put forth an impressive effort, stopping 25 of the 27 shots she faced. Toronto's Madeline Albert stopped 15 of the 16 shots that came her way.
 
The Varsity Blues outshot the Lancers 27-16, allowing only three shots in the third period. The Blues penalty kill played a great game, killing all three penalties and even netting a short-handed goal. The Lancers killed both their penalties.

SATURDAY VS RYERSON
The Rams scored three goals in the opening 17 minutes of the game to take control of the contest early. Windsor pulled goaltender Molly Jenkins after the first period,and back-up goaltender Morgan Farrow went on to stop all 23 shots she faced in the final two periods. 

UP NEXT
The Lancers host the York Lions on Saturday January 13th at 4:00pm at South Windsor Arena. The game can be seen live at oua.tv.