Rookie midfielder Chelsea Zavitz competes for the ball against Mac’s Mary Craig. Rookie midfielder Chelsea Zavitz competes for the ball against Mac’s Mary Craig.

Lancer women’s soccer advancing to OUA quarter-final

The Lancer women’s soccer team will face the top-seeded York Lions in an Ontario University Athletics quarter-final Sunday after dispatching the McMaster Marauders on penalty kicks Wednesday in its playoff opener at Alumni Field.

Windsor’s Jazmin Martin scored with one minute left in extra time to knot the game at 1-1, and goaltender Krystin Lawrence stopped two of four Marauder shootout attempts while all four Lancers connected — Cassie Chretien, Giulia Barile, Chelsea Zavitz and Jaclyn Faraci.

Sunday’s game starts at 1 p.m. in Toronto. The Lancers have held an edge in previous meetings this season, recording a 1-1 tie at home September 24 and a 1-0 victory at York on October 22.

Men’s soccer season ends with loss to McMaster

The Lancer men’s soccer season came to an end on Wednesday with a 4-0 loss to the McMaster Marauders in the first round of the OUA playoffs. Read the whole story at goLancers.ca.

In other varsity action, cross country athletes will compete in the OUA championship meet Sunday in Toronto.

The women’s hockey team will host a pair of contests at South Windsor Arena this weekend, facing off against Laurier on Friday and Waterloo on Saturday. Both games start at 7:30 p.m.

Men’s hockey will suit up for two games against the Patriotes at l’Université du Quebec à Trois-Rivières, Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m.

OUA TV will offer live webcasts of all this weekend’s hockey action.