Marlets shocked in OttawaGee-Gee Amber Foster snapped a 1-1 tie at 12:27 of the third period and Julie Lalonde made 41 saves as unranked Ottawa pulled off a stunning upset with a 2-1 shocker over top-ranked McGill in women's hockey on Saturday. The victory snapped the Gee-Gees seven-game losing streak to the Martlets and it was McGill's first loss of the season, ending a 25-0-1 undefeated record against Canadian university opponents, dating back to a loss against Laurier at the Nationals last spring. The Martlets held a 41-30 edge in shots but went 0-for-8 on the power play. It was the first career loss for Canadian Olympic goaltender Charline Labonté who fell to 13-1-0 in league play and 24-1-1 against CIS opponents. Kim Kerr had given the Gee-Gees a 1-0 lead in the opening period when she intercepted Labonté's pass attempt and scored shorthanded into a vacated net. Rookie Alyssa Cecere tied the score for McGill midway through the final period.
McGill synchronizes with goldJennifer Gill-Wilson and Vanessa Foucher each won a pair of gold medals as McGill captured its third consecutive Gerry Dubrule Trophy as champions of the Canadian University Synchro Swim League at Saturday's final in Waterloo, ON. Gill-Wilson finished first of eight competitors in the solo routine, then teamed up with Ami Feige to take top spot in the duet routine. Foucher won the novice solo routine and later paired with Marion Turner to win the novice duet routine.
Injury squashes Martlets' dreams of goldSecond-seeded Western Ontario took advantage of a late injury to McGill's number-two seed Carly Hong and upset the favoured Martlets 4-2 to win the Ontario University Athletics women's squash championship at McMaster University on Saturday. The Mustangs reached the final after narrowly defeating Toronto on a second tie-breaker in the semi-final. McGill qualified after doubling up Queen's 4-2. In a dramatic fifth and deciding set against McGill, Hong went down with an unspecified injury, which forced the star to withdraw, giving Heather Lamb the game and Western the Lillian D'Urzo plaque as OUA women's champs for the second straight year and 10th time in school history.
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