X-Women defeat Stingers

Antigonish, NS - Sophomore forward Jenna MacDonald (Osgoode, ON) scored an unassisted goal in overtime to give her StFX X-Women a 2-1 victory over the Concordia Stingers in Ross Screenprint X-Women Invitational tournament action Friday night at the Keating Centre.

At the 5:51 mark of the first period, the Stingers took a 1-0 lead on an unassisted goal from Alexandria D'Onofrio (Rivieres des Prairies, QC).

Less than two minutes later, at 7:33, senior forward Kara Power (New Glasgow, NS) evened the game for the X-Women with a power play goal. Freshman defender Jessica Geddes (Oakville, ON) and sophomore Nicole Halladay (Smith's Falls, ON) drew the assists.

The Stingers held a 6-4 advantage in shots on goal in the opening 20 minutes.

Power had a chance to give the X-Women the lead as she was awarded a penalty shot early in the second period, but was denied by Stingers goaltender Katherine Purchase (Halifax, NS).

The teams skated to scoreless second and third periods, which set the stage for MacDonald's game-winner.

She was named the player of the game for the X-Women, while Emily Even (Amsterdam) garnered the honour for the Stingers.

StFX outshot Concordia 21-18, including 3-1 in the extra session.

Pascale Daigle (Irishtown, NB) made 17 saves for the win, while Purchase turned aside 19 shots in the loss.

Huskies edge Warriors

Earlier in the day, the Saint Mary's Huskies edged the Waterloo Warriors 2-1.

The Huskies opened the scoring when Caitlyn Manning (Cambridge, ON) tallied at 1:55, on assists from Carly Gray (Williamswood, NS) and Caitlyn Schell (Waterford, NS).

At 15:03, Courtney Simpson (Komoka, ON) knotted the game for the Warriors, with helpers from Maryn Caragata (Etobicoke, ON) and Amy Barnard (Cambridge, ON).

After a scoreless second period, Mary Worndl (Lunenburg, NS) found the back of the net at 17:54, which provided the one-goal win for Saint Mary's.  Hannah Askin  (Waterloo, ON) collected the lone assist versus her hometown university team.

Worndl was player of the game for the Huskies, while goaltender Stephanie Sluys (Clinton, ON) got the nod for the Warriors.

Saint Mary's held a 23-16 shots-on-goal edge over Waterloo.

Rebecca Clark (Keswick, ON) stopped 15 shots for the win, while Sluys made 21 saves in the loss.            

The final day of the exhibition tournament will feature the Warriors and Stingers, at 10:30 a.m., followed by an AUS rivalry featuring the X-Women and Huskies, at 1 p.m.

Both games will take place at the Keating Centre.

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