Box Score Rookie netminder Madeline Albert made 29 saves to earn her fourth shutout of the season as the University of Toronto Varsity Blues women's hockey team defeated the Ryerson Rams 3-0 on Saturday night at Mattamy Athletic Centre.
 
With the win, the Blues improve to 9-0-7-2 and moves into sixth place in the highly competitive OUA standings. The Rams drop to 5-5-5-2 and sit seventh.
 
Toronto opened the scoring on the powerplay midway through the first period as Mathilde De Serres picked up a loose puck in front of the net and wired it over the glove of Rams netminder Rachel Seeley.

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The Blues converted on their next powerplay opportunity as well as Jessica Robichaud tipped in a Julia Szulewska point shot under two minutes later.
 
U of T took a 2-0 lead into the first intermission.
 
A scoreless second period saw Albert make 11 saves, as Toronto took the two-goal lead into the final frame.
 
The Blues killed some key penalties down the stretch and Lauren Straatman added an empty-net goal with two seconds remaining to round out the win.
 
The Blues return to action next Friday, January 26 as they travel to St. Catharines, Ont., to take on the Brock Badgers. The puck drops at 7:15 p.m., and the game will be streamed live on OUA.tv.

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