Guelph, ON - Sunday afternoon the No. 1-ranked Gryphons women's hockey team picked up their 10th win in their last 11 games with a convincing 3-0 victory over the visiting Laurier Golden Hawks.  With the victory, the Gryphons improve to 12-2-1, while the Golden Hawks fell to 7-5-1.
 
Unable to score until the dying second of overtime in their 1-0 victory over York the previous day, the Gryphons offence got going a little sooner this time around. Three minutes into the second period, Kelly Gribbons capitalized with a backhand at the end of a two-on-one rush into the offensive zone, assisted by Claire Merrick and Brittany St. James.
 
The Gryphons managed to open the scoring due to the stellar performance put on by Gryphons net minder, Valerie Lamenta, in the first period. The Golden Hawks owned the majority of scoring chances in the first 20 minutes but Lamenta came up big, stopping four point-blank one-timers from the slot, as well as keeping the puck out during a number of mad scrambles around the crease.
 
Nearing the end of the second period, Gryphons fans cheered prematurely, thinking that a shot from the point went bar-down. Amidst hollering from the stands, the referee signaled "no goal", and play continued. Not long after, with less than three minutes left to play in the second period, Laurier's shot from the blue line was blocked by a pair of Gryphon shin pads and Sophie Contant sprinted after the loose puck. Off to the races, on a clear-cut breakaway, Contant sniped the puck past the keeper's right pad and the Gryphons took a two-goal lead into the third period.
 
One minute into the third period, the freshman from Oakville, Ontario, Claire Merrick, roofed a cross-crease feed from St. James, scoring her first goal as a Gryphon and her second point on the day. Lamenta would go on to make two crucial saves on tipped shots in the last minute of play and registered her sixth shutout of the season.
 
The Gryphons will see their next action on January 16 when they visit the University of Toronto (8-3-3). The game will be broadcasted live on OUA.tv.