Box Score The Windsor Lancers travelled to face off against the home team Western Mustangs today at a delayed 7:30pm game at Thompson Arena. The Mustangs faced a rough start, but overall the team came together and beat the Lancers 7-5.

Windsor came out of the gates storming to get the lead, as Western struggled to get the puck out of its own zone. As the shot total piled up, Windsor eventually saw success from Alyssa Baldin. Windsor took a 1-0 lead into the second period, outshooting the Mustangs 17-3.

“We came out of the gates slow today,” commented head coach Chris Higgins after the game. “We were a different team in the second.”

After the first intermission was over, the Mustangs came out to the ice with an intensity not seen in the first. Rookie Marlowe Pecora opened up the scoring for Western early in the second. Pecora uplifted the team's morale and also started a string of scoring for Western.

The Windsor Lancers fell shorthanded on a five on three power play for over 4 minutes, due to head checking penalties. Defenseman Katelyn Gosling scored her first goal of the season from the point with only 4 seconds remaining in the power play. The Mustangs would take the lead for the first time in the game, but the Lancers’ Polci took advantage of a break away and tie up the game at 2-2.

Western took the Lancers' tying goal as a challenge and answered in a hurry, with Mustang Carly Rolph finding the back of the net with assist from Madison Turk. Kendra Deller also beat the Lancer defense later in the frame with assists from the Gosling sisters -- assistant captain Katelyn and rookie Cassidy.

With a usual night's worth of goals underway, Windsor scored their third of the game on Mustang goalie Kelly Campbell. From there, Western's Kryshanda Green and Tara Cation responded with back-to-back goals. An exciting second period unfolded and the Mustangs prevailed with a 5-3 lead, but both teams knew that the game was far from over.

Western and Windsor met a stalemate of play in the opening of the third, as both teams fought for the puck. Western’s Natasha Panahi capitalized and put the game out of reach for the Lancers. The Lancers showed a last minute desperation goal with 58 seconds left in the game.

Western drove the puck into the Lancer’s end and scored with eight seconds remaining in the game -- a great closing touch with rookie Brianna Iazzolino’s first goal of the regular season and her varsity career. However the Lancer’s showed they were down and not out with a goal in the last second of the third game.

“Everyone in the line up is contributing; we are very happy with them,” commented Coach Higgins. “But we need to work on our defensive zone coverage for Sunday.”

The Mustangs play the Queens Gaels on Sunday at 3:30 pm on the road in Kingston.