Box Score ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — After turning in a losing effort the night before against the Guelph Gryphons, the Mustangs looked to bounce back against the tenth-place Brock Badgers. Thanks to a flurry of offense in the second and a three-goal performance from Stacey Scott, the Mustangs came out victorious, topping the Badgers 6-3.
 
The opening frame started off slow, with neither team able to find the back of the net. With less than three minutes left in the period, Cassidy Gosling potted the first goal of the game, giving the Mustangs the one goal advantage.
 
However, not to be out done, just over a minute later Brock evened the score after Leigh Vanderveen found a way to beat Western’s Kelly Campbell.
 
Determined to get back to their winning ways, the Mustangs came out firing in the second period. At 2:10 of the period, Jessica Ross scored to give Western the lead once again.
 
And the scoring would continue, as Casey Rosen scored her second of the season off a pass from Marlowe Pecora at 4:42 of the frame to give the Mustangs a two goal cushion.
 
Mustangs forward Scott extended that lead when she notched her first of the game at 12:27 of the second period. And just over two minutes later she would score again to give the Mustangs a commanding 5-1 lead.
 
Before time expired, the Badgers would add a goal from Katie Howlett to cut the Mustangs lead to 5-2 at the end of the second.
 
The Mustangs struggled with discipline throughout the game, as the team racked up 16 penalty minutes to Brock’s eight. Fortunately for Western, Brock failed to capitalize on any of their power play opportunities. 
 
Brock would strike first in the third period as their leading scorer Jessica Fickel found the back of the net, bringing her team within two. However, that’s as close as it would get as Scott scored with less than two minutes to play, securing both her team the win, and herself the hat trick.
 
Campbell stopped 31 shots in the victory, giving her 11 on the season, the second most in the OUA.
 
The Mustangs will be on the road again next weekend when they travel to Toronto to take on the Ryerson Rams on Saturday, January 19. The puck will drop at 2:00 p.m. The team then returns to Thompson Arena on Sunday afternoon for a contest with Laurier at 4:00 p.m.