Box Score
LONDON, Ont. - The Brock University women's hockey team (3-10-1 OUA) knocked off the Western Mustangs (7-6-1 OUA) by the score of 4-3 Saturday night on the road.
The Badgers opened the scoring with 6:28 remaining in the first period as captain
Leigh Vanderveen (NOTL, Ont.) added a powerplay marker for her fifth goal of the season.
Laura Neu (Ayr, Ont.) and
Ally Graham (Thamesford, Ont.) collected the assists.
Western would add a powerplay marker of their own 3:31 into the second period as Stacey Scott beat Brock rookie goaltender
Jenna Sosnoski (New Dundee, Ont.) for her third goal of the campaign. Cassidy Gosling and Tara Cation added the assists.
At the midway mark of the second period, Brock rookie
Brittany Gillmor (St George Brant, Ont.) beat Mustangs starter Kelly Campbell for her second goal of the season putting the Badgers up 2-1.
Scott would add her second goal of the contest late in the second period, tying the game 2-2. Gosling and Cation both collected their second assists of the night.
With just over a minute left in the second period, Western's Cassidy Gosling would be called for a charging major putting Brock on a five minute powerplay.
It wouldn't take long for the Badgers to capitalize with the man-advantage. Just under two minutes into the third period
Katie Howlett (Burlington, Ont.) beat Campbell for her second goal of the season. Just 14 seconds later,
Jessica Fickel (Fort Erie, Ont.) and Graham setup Vanderveen for second powerplay goal of the night to make it 4-2.
The Mustangs Jessica Sorensen would add a shorthanded marker to make it 4-3, but it was Sosnoski standing tall the rest of the way.
Sosnoski was outstanding in goal for the Badgers finishing with a career high 40 saves for her third victory of the season. Campbell recorded 27 saves in the loss.
The Badgers now break for the holidays and return to action in 2014 with an important four-game homestand vs Laurier (Jan. 9 - 7:15pm), Waterloo (Jan. 12 - 3:15pm), Nipissing (Jan. 18 - 3:15pm) and Laurentian (Jan. 19 - 3:15pm).
Notes: One night after the Brock women's hockey team cheered on the women's volleyball team in Windsor, the volleyball team returned the favour and were in attendance cheering on their fellow Badgers.
