Box Score Fourth-year forward Sonja Weidenfelder netted the game-winner 6:24 into the third period as the University of Toronto Varsity Blues women's hockey team defeated the Windsor Lancers 3-2 in Game 1 of their OUA quarter-final series on Thursday night (Feb. 19) at South Windsor Arena.

Veteran forward Amanda Ricker sparked the Blues, skating down the ice and beating a couple of Lancers defencemen to find Weidenfelder in front of the net for the eventual game-winner. The two teams were deadlocked at 2-2 since early in the second period.

"We battled right to the end," said Varsity Blues head coach Vicky Sunohara. "We played a simple game, stayed disciplined and got pucks to the net to battle for rebounds. We're looking forward to Game 2 at home."

Fifth-year U of T netminder Nicole Kesteris posted numerous great stops in her first game back after earning a silver medal with Team Canada at the 2015 Winter Universiade in Grenada, Spain. Kesteris ended the night with 27 saves.

The Blues opened the scoring on the powerplay midway through the first period as rookie Kassandra Roache skated out from behind the net a snuck the puck past Windsor netminder Marissa Kozovski.

The Lancers evened the score two minutes later when Erinn Noseworthy scored on the man advantage and Windsor took a 2-1 lead after 20 minutes with a goal off the stick of Jillian Rops.

Fourth-year defenceman April Looije evened the game up just 4:10 into the second frame. The Mississauga, Ont., native banged in a rebound off an Autumn Garnham point shot on the powerplay.

Game 2 is back at Varsity Arena on Saturday at 2 p.m. Advance tickets are on sale here. The Game will also be streamed live on OUA.tv.

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