GUELPH. Ont. - Playing host to the 2019 OUA Championship tournament and entering play as the conference's top seed, the Guelph Gryphons took care of business Friday morning (Oct. 25) at Varsity Field against the McMaster Marauders.

Coming into the match as the favourite against the No. 8-seeded Marauders, Guelph used a consistent attack to get themselves into the semi-finals. While keeping their opponent off the scoresheet, the Gryphons found the back of the McMaster goal eight times in their 8-0 victory.

After being named the OUA MVP yesterday, 5th-year forward Katherine MacMillan quickly made her presence felt for the home side. Just four minutes into the match, the Gryphons leading scorer during the regular season scored her first of the 2019 playoffs to give her team a 1-0 lead. Just a minute later, the Gryphons doubled their lead to 2-0 with a Bailey Mitchell goal. From there, Guelph continued to put the pressure on the Marauders and in the 20th minute that pressure resulted in Mitchell scoring her second goal of the contest. Guelph rounded out the first half scoring in the 29th minute with a goal from Nyah Miranda.

Holding a 4-0 lead at halftime, the Gryphons started to separate themselves from the visitors over the next 15 minutes. Getting goals from Kayla Magarelli, MacMillan (2nd of the game), and two from Alexa Corrado, Guelph had quickly jumped out in front 8-0.

"We just wanted to stick to our basics," MacMillan said after the win. "We played our game and we were able to work on some other things like different systems, and positioning as well. As long as we play our game I think that we can be pretty successful (this weekend)."

With the victory, the Gryphons advanced to the OUA semi-finals. Their opponent has yet to be determined, but they do know that the match will take place at 11:00am Saturday morning.