Women's hockey struggles continue in pair of losses to Brock and Guelph

Friday, December 3 vs. Brock
Brock 1, Waterloo 0

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The Warriors lost a tight 1-0 battle to the no. 6 Brock Badgers on a rare Friday evening game at the CIF arena. Brock scored the only goal of the game early in the first period and held on for their 10^th straight victory and moved to 13-2-0 on the season. The Warriors dropped to 3-12-1 and sit in last place in the OUA women's hockey standings.

The Badgers lone goal of the contest came 7:07 into the first period when junior Courtney Stevens (Ottawa, Ont.) and senior Courtney Sutherland (Mount Forest, Ont.) setup freshman Jessica Fickel( Erie, Ont.) for her fifth goal of the season.

In goal, Brock senior Beth Clause (Hamilton, Ont.) registered 17 saves for her second shutout of the season. Waterloo starter Martina Michaud (Etobicoke, Ont.) added 25 saves in the loss.

It won't get any easier for the Warriors in their final game of 2010 as they host the no. 8 Guelph Gryphons tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 pm. The game can be seen live on the Streaming Sports Network (SSN Canada).

Saturday, December 4 vs. Guelph
Guelph 4, Waterloo 1

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The Warriors fell for the second straight game to a nationally ranked team as the Guelph Gryphons (no. 8 in the nation) downed the Waterloo Warriors 4-1 on Saturday afternoon in Waterloo. The Gryphons scored four unanswered goals to snap a four game losing streak and improve their record to 10-4-2. The Warriors fell to 3-13-1 on the season.

Waterloo forward JessiJessica Tracey (Woodslee) opened the scoring just four minutes into the game as she showed some beautiful hand eye coordination tipping home a Karen Vanderhoek (Burlington, Ont.) point shot. Captain Caitlin Brydges (Ariss, Ont.) picked up the assist on the goal.

The Gryphons responded six minutes later as Jacklyn Upchan (Hanmer, Ont.) won a battle along the boards and went down on a 2-on-1 with teammate Tamara Bell (Guelph, Ont.) who made no mistake on the pass from Upchan. Bell's goal was her sixth of the season.

Guelph would take the lead two minutes on a beautiful play from Jacky Sollis (Vancouver, B.C.) as she would skate around the net and slide a pass out to Tayne Hewer (Barrie, Ont.) who fired the one time past Warrior goalie Martina Michaud (Etobicoke/).

Tori Woods would extend the Guelph lead late in the second period on a 5-on-3 power player as the Gryphons moved the puck around and Woods would tip home a bouncing puck past Michaud. Hewer would put away the game late in the third period as she added her second goal of the game into the empty net to give Guelph the 4-1 win.

Michaud made 41 saves on 44 shots while Gryphons goalie Danielle Skourfranis (Thornhill, Ont.) stopped 12 of 13 shots for the win.

Waterloo head into the Christmas break sitting last in the OUA women's hockey division and will be hosting their annual Christmas Tournament December 28-30. Click here to see the tournament schedule.

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