Box Score If there was ever a must-win game for the Waterloo women's hockey team it was today's contest against Brock at home and they did not disappoint in their annual Alumni game skating away with the 4-0 win.
Rookie sensation
Stephanie Sluys (Clinton) was solid once again in the net for Waterloo stopping all 18 shots faced for her CIS leading sixth shutout of the season. Sluys sits fourth in the CIS with a GAA of 1.22 and fifth in save percentage at .948.
The win puts Waterloo two games above .500 with a 9-7-4 record as they sit tied for the eighth and final playoff spot with York with 22 points. With the loss Brock dropped to 1-14-1 on the season.
Marissa Redmond (Ajax) opened the scoring for the Warriors on their first powerplay opportunity of the game midway through the first period. Redmond put home the rebound into the gaping net after a nice low shot by
Rachel Marriott (Waterloo).
Carolyn Burke (Mississauga) picked up the second helper on the opening goal.
Redmond's goal would stand as the only tally until early in the third when
Angela MacDonald (Kitchener) banged home a rebound off of a point shot from
Bailey Bradt (Ilderton). Bradt's defensive partner,
Dana Fairbarn (Maple) was given the other assist on the goal.
Waterloo would add to their lead seven minutes later on a strange one.
Carolyn Burke (Mississauga) iced the puck on a Warrior penalty kill but the Brock netminder Olivia Hodder misplayed the rolling puck and it would end up behind her, giving Waterloo the edge 3-0.
Marriott added her second point of the game on an empty netter to seal the all-important 4-0 win for Waterloo.
The Warriors will look to make it a 4-point weekend when they welcome the Guelph Gryphons to the CIF arena tomorrow. Puck drop is set for 2:30pm and the game can be seen live on OUA.tv.