Box Score The Waterloo Warriors fought their hearts out to even their OUA quarter-final series with top-seeded Guelph but fell just short in a 1-0 loss on Saturday afternoon at the CIF arena eliminating them from the post-season.

Averi Nooren scored the only marker at 4:16 of the second period on a nice backhand shot and netminder Stephanie Nehring shut the door making 17 saves for the shutout victory.  Starting goalie Rebecca Bouwhuis (Orillia/) stood on her head for the black and gold turning aside 23 of the 24 shots she faced but did not receive any offensive help from those in front of her.

The win is Guelph's 14^th straight including 12 straight to close out the regular season as the number one seed.

The game didn't come without quality chances from Waterloo as Carolyn Burke (Mississauga/) had several opportunities including two 2-on-1's with linemate Marissa Redmond (Ajax/) but the two sophomore forwards could not connect for a goal. 

Defenceman Bailey Bradt (Ilderton/) also had several chances to find net including a point blank blast from the point that was eaten up by Nehring in the late going of the third.

"It was another up and down season but I am extremely proud of the effort our girls put forth against one of the top teams in the country," mentioned head coach Shaun Reagan.  "To give up only four goals [including an empty netter] against that team shows our bright future and I remain optimistic for our young team moving forward."

Guelph will await their opponent for the OUA semifinals which gets underway next week.