Box Score The women's hockey team concluded their five game road trip with a 3-1 loss to the Laurier Golden Hawks on Thursday night at the Memorial Rec Complex.  Laurier did all of their damage in the opening frame scoring three goals in a span of 12 minutes to sink the Warriors.    

With the win the Hawks took over first spot overall in the OUA standings with 22 points (11-2-0) while Waterloo continues to cling to the eighth and final playoff spot with 11 points (4-6-3).
 
Candice Styles of Orangeville, Ont., Tammy Freiburger of Wingham, Ont., and Devon Skeats of Whitby, Ont., provided Laurier with all the offence they would need on the night while goalie Amanda Smith of Burlington, Ont., stopped 21 shots for the win.
 
Laurier would generate all of their offence in the opening 20 minutes of the contest. Styles opened the scoring just one minute and 59 seconds into the contest when she jumped off the point and ripped a shot high over the shoulder of Warriors starting goalie Allie Mitchell (Niagara Falls/) of Niagara Falls, Ont. The goal was the fifth of the season for the OUA's leading scorer amongst defencemen.
 
Later in the period, the Hawks would add two more quick goals courtesy of Freiburger, who scored on a nice wrap-around play, and Skeats, who finished off a great pass for Megan Howe of Stratford, Ont.
 
Rebecca Bouwhuis (Orillia/) of Orillia, Ont., would replace Mitchell to start the second period and the move seemed to spark the Warriors. Waterloo outshot the Hawks 8-7 in the frame but could not find a way past Smith.
 
Laurier would continue to shutdown Waterloo for much of the third period until Rachel Marriott (Waterloo/) of Waterloo, Ont., finally beat Smith with less than two minutes to play in the game. 
 
While the goal would come too late to help the Warriors pick up a win, it did end an impressive Laurier shutout streak against Waterloo. Before Marriott's goal, the Hawks had held Waterloo scoreless over the past 366 minutes and 32 seconds of regular season play between the two clubs.

Waterloo will be happy to return to home ice next weekend after going 1-2-2 on their five game road trip.  The Warriors will be back at the icefields on Saturday, November 30 to face UOIT before their final game of 2013 against York on Sunday.