LONDON, Ont. - The Western Mustangs lost a back-and-forth affair with the York Lions 6-4 Saturday afternoon at Thompson Arena. 

Katie Dillon scored two goals for the Mustangs, while Lindsay Repath and Lindsay Gidomski had Western's other two goals. Tawn Rellinger had two assists, while Jessica Ulrich made 29 saves in the loss.

The Mustangs got on the board first as a Sydney Kidd shot from the point found its way to Repath's stick, who roofed into the net to make it 1-0 with 16:43 remaining in the first period.

York's Autumn Mills scored a power play goal to tie the game at 1-1but less than a minute later Dillon scored to give the Mustangs a one-goal lead again with 10:30 left. Western put the pick in the net again a minute after that but the goal was disallowed, with the ref ruling that Kailey Hooker kicked it in the net.

Autumn Mills would even the game once again after a nifty deke and shot found Ulrich's five hole with 5:30 remaining in the first period. The score would remain knotted at 2 apiece after one period.

Western had a great chance nine minutes into the second period as Repath found herself on a 1-on-1 breakaway and fired a shot that York's goaltender was able to corral. 

After Katie Dillon got called for tripping, York was able to take advantage and banged home a rebound from a point shot to make it 3-2 York with 10 minutes remaining in the second period.

The Mustangs evened the score yet again as they scored just 14 seconds into a powerplay as Gidomski found the back of the net with 6:24 left in the period. The score would remaing tied at 3 heading into the final frame.

York took the lead 4-3 on a powerplay goal 5:30 into the third period. The Mustangs would answer back as Dillon tied the game slapping in a rebound on the powerplay to make it 4-4. 

The tie would not last as Mills earned her hat-trick making it 5-4 with 10:27 left in the game. York iced the game with another goal with 3:35 left making it 6-4.