Box Score The Waterloo women's hockey team gave the fourth place Western Mustangs all they could handle but fell short by a score of 3-2 on Saturday afternoon at the CIF.  Waterloo fired 37 shots on Western keeper Olivia Ross (Huntsville) but she was able to stave off the attack and preserve the victory for her side.

With the win the Mustangs improved to 10-3-1 while the Warriors remain in ninth with a 3-8-2 record.
 
The game got off to a thrilling start as the Mustangs opened the scoring one minute into the game as Kryshandra Green (Caledon) fired one on net that eluded Warrior netminder, Rebecca Bouwhuis (Orillia/). 

The Warriors wasted little time responding as Katie Dods (Kemptville/) evened the game with her third of the season on the power play.  Dods found the loose puck after a Sarah Endicott (Toronto/) shot hit Sarah Wolfe (Waterloo/) in the shin pads and she made no mistake putting it into the wide open net past a sprawling Ross.

One minute later the Warriors took their first lead of the game as Lindsey O'Neill (Richmond Hill/) notched her first career goal, putting it top shelf over the glove of Ross.  Carolyn Burke (Mississauga/) picked up the lone assist on the O'Neill marker.

Before the first would expire, Western would bring the game back to even as London native Stacey Scott slipped one past Bouwhuis.

The second period saw both teams with several quality chances before the Mustangs regained the lead late on a goal by Katelyn Gosling (London) to give her squad a 3-2 lead heading into the third.

The Warriors turned up their intensity and offensive pressure in the third but the 'Stangs defence and Ross would stand their ground to hold on for the 3-2 victory.

Ross earned the victory on 35 saves while Bouwhuis was given the loss allowing three goals on 28 shots.

The Warriors are back in action in less than 24 hours as they take on the Windsor Lancers (9-4-1) at the CIF Arena (2pm) tomorrow.