LONDON, Ont. – For the second time in as many games this season the Western Mustangs women's soccer team played to a 1-1 draw with the York Lions on Friday night in the Mustangs first game on Western's new Huron Flats Field.   
 
The Mustangs came into the game with a No. 8 ranking in the CIS and with the tie the team moves to 4-0-4 to remain undefeated on the season while the Lions move to 2-2-5. After tying the Lions earlier this month, it was clear that both teams were seeking to prove themselves in tonight's matchup.
 
"The mindset coming in was that we knew York was a good team and we wanted to stop them from going through the midfield. We knew they had some skill there and we did a good job," said Mustangs head coach Martin Painter.
 
The game saw a scoreless first half between the Lions and the Mustangs, although the action was not limited as the Mustangs were able to keep the pressure on the Lions defence as they controlled the ball in York's end of the field for a large part of the play. Lions goaltender Sarah Fiorini stopped two Mustangs shots on net, and was kept on her toes as the Purple and White had a number of good runs and scoring opportunities throughout the half. On the other side of the ball, the Lions fired off one shot on Mustangs goaltender Tori Edgar, and held a tight defence to prevent the Mustangs offence from breaking through to Fiorini.
 
As lights lit up the field for the second half of the match, the Lions offence came out aggressively and created a number of scoring opportunities for themselves. The Mustangs were able to re-apply their offensive pressure on the Lions defence as Western made a number of runs down the field and created a number of scoring opportunities on Fiorini.
 
The height of the game's action occurred in the dying minutes of the game when Fiorini stopped a Mustangs shot and dropped the ball in the 18-yard box, allowing the Mustangs' Lauren Winquist to score the first goal of the game in to give the Mustangs a 1-0 lead in the 84th minute. The Lions fought hard to try to cut the Western lead and were able to tie things up when Nour Ghonetm netted the game tying goal in the 89th minute of action.
 
"It's unfortunate that we gave up a goal at the end there but we will learn from it and it'll make us stronger," said Painter. "It's still a good result and it keeps us undefeated. I was disappointed with the way it ended but happy with the performance."
 
The Mustangs will be back in action on Sunday, September 29, as they travel to Oshawa to face-off against the UOIT Ridgebacks at 1:00 p.m.