The University of Toronto Varsity Blues women's lacrosse team hosts the Trent Excalibur this Saturday, September 15 at Varsity Stadium. Game time is set for 1:45 p.m.

The Blues also take on the York Lions at 8:30 a.m.

First-year head coach Jim Calder boasts a roster of fresh new faces as only nine of 24 players from last year's team return.

The squad got off to a solid start last weekend. They dropped their first game to the Laurier Golden Hawks 14-8, but bounced back later in the day with a 6-2 victory over the Guelph Gryphons. Brynne Yarranton, who joins the Blues after two seasons at the University of Vermont, scored seven goals combined in the two games. The first-year medical student's performance earned her U of T athlete of the week honours.

Midfielder Laurel McGillis and attacker Mary-Anne Meerasabeer are returning veterans that are also expected to chip in offensively. The two combined for six goals in the season openers this past weekend.

Defensively, the team returns a solid corps in Caitlin Downs, Marie Mutware, Gina Yang, Jada Singh and goalie-turned-defender Daniela Solomon. The group helped hold the Gryphons to only a pair of goals on Sunday, whereas in Guelph's two games the day before, they scored a combined 30 goals.

The Trent Excalibur are a good all-around team and can keep up with the best in the OUA. They have a 1-1 record, beating Western and falling to Laurier last Saturday. In both contests though, the score was decided by a single goal. Second-year attacker Leah Michel is the attacker to watch out for. She currently leads the Excalibur with five goals, highlighted by a hat trick in a 10-9 loss to the Golden Hawks.