Box Score LONDON, Ont. – Three power play goals helped propel the Brock Badgers to a 4-3 win over the Western Mustangs women's hockey team on Saturday night at Thompson Arena.
 
"Tonight was frustrating," said associate coach Ted Brown. "We got enough shots on net, but we just didn't finish as often as we should have. A five-minute major hurts; we lost a good hockey player, and we just didn't regroup after that."
 
The Mustangs, on a three-game losing streak heading into tonight's game, are now 7-6-1 in regular season play while the Badgers move to 3-10-1 on the season.
 
Special teams were the story of the game as three of Brock's four goals came on the power play including both goals by forward Leigh Vanderveen. Overall the Badgers went 3-4 with the man advantage while Western scored on two of five power play opportunities with both goals coming from Stacey Scott.
 
The first period was dominated by Western who had 17 shots on Brock goalie Jenna Sosnoski, however it was the Badgers who scored first, scoring only six seconds into a Mustangs penalty midway through the frame to take the lead.
 
Western got on the board and tied up the game at 1-1 early in the second, one minute into a power play of their own. As Badger Bronwyn O'Neill sat in the box, Scott potted her third goal of the season with help from Cassidy Gosling and Tara Cation. After a Badgers goal from Brittany Gillmor, Scott capitalised on a second power play opportunity at 14:28 to tie the game 2-2. Late in the period, Gosling earned a five-minute major for charging and a game misconduct to give the Badgers a three-minute power play to heading into the final period.
 
Brock wasted no time scoring in the third, and in the first two minutes the Badgers added two more power play goals. The first goal came from Katie Howlett and the second from Leigh Vanderveen. Then, while still shorthanded, Western cut Brock's lead on a goal from Jessica Sorenson. Down a goal in the final minute the Mustangs pulled goaltender Kelly Campbell for the extra attacker but were unable to score, giving Brock a 4-3 victory.
 
Sosnoski turned aside 40 of the Mustangs 43 shots in the win while Campbell denied 27 of 31 shots from the Badgers.
 
Rather then heading back into OUA regular season action, Western's annual matchup against Team China is next on the books, something that the Mustangs are looking forward to.
 
"It's always interesting and enjoyable," said Brown. "They do a shoot-out at the end as part of the game, and [Team China] are very good at it."
 
The Western Mustangs women's hockey team will take to the ice on Thursday, Nov. 28 to host Team China at Thompson Arena. Then, on Sunday, Dec. 1, the Mustangs will then head down the 401 to Kingston where they will take on the Queen's Gaels at 3:00 p.m.