KINGSTON, Ont. – Carmen Lasis earned the second shutout of her OUA career on Sunday, stopping 25 shots to help lead the Western Mustangs to a 3-0 win over the U SPORTS No. 8 Queen's Gaels at the Memorial Centre Arena.
 
The win gives Western a 10-2-5-2 record and puts the team into a tie with the Guelph Gryphons for second place in the OUA standings. Queen's remains in first place despite the loss, as they hold a three point lead over the Gryphons and Mustangs with a 10-3-2-3 record.
 
Lasis' shutout is her second of the year following an 18-save performance against the Waterloo Warriors back on January 4, and gives the first-year netminder eight wins this season.
 
Three different Mustangs scored in the victory, with Emma Pearson, Brianna Rice, and Evra Levesque all recording their names on the scoresheet.
 
Pearson opened the scoring on Sunday, tallying her second goal of the season with a power play marker a little more than eight minutes into the first period.
 
Western didn't wait long before extending that lead to 2-0 off of a goal from Rice just over four minutes later.
 
Neither team was able to solve the other in the second period, with Western holding a 10-6 edge in shots.
 
The Gaels pressed to tie the game up in the final 20 minutes, outshooting the Mustangs 9-3, however Western kept the Gaels off the board and Levesque cemented the 3-0 win with an empty net goal with just under 90 second remaining in the contest.
 
The Mustangs will be back in action this Friday as the team kicks off a four-game homestand at Thompson Arena. Game time for Friday's school day game against the Laurier Golden Hawks is set for 11:30 a.m., and fans can catch the game live on OUA.tv