Alix ReiterForward Alix Reiter will hit the ice with Lancer women’s hockey teammates for the squad’s home opener Friday.

Winter sports gearing up as field games wind down

The home opener for women’s hockey and the season finale for football are highlights of the Lancer varsity schedule this weekend.

The Capri Pizzeria Recreation Complex is the site of a face-off between the Lancers and the Ridgebacks of UOIT to open home play in women’s hockey on Friday, October 19. Game time is 7:30 p.m. Windsor will follow up with a contest against the Queen’s Gaels at 4 p.m. Saturday.

It’s the last weekend of the regular season in soccer, with the York Lions in town for games on Alumni Field Friday — the women kick off at 6 p.m. and the men at 8:15 p.m. On Sunday, it’s the Guelph Gryphons; the women play at 1 p.m. and the men at 3 p.m.

Lancer football will play its last game of 2108 at home Saturday to the McMaster Marauders. The game starts at 1 p.m.

Men’s hockey will travel to Trois Rivières to face off against the Patriots in games Friday and Saturday.

Basketball season will open Saturday with a pair of games against the Warriors in Waterloo. The women will tip off at 6 p.m. and the men at 8 p.m.

Volleyball will play final pre-season matches — the men at Ryerson on Friday afternoon, and the women hosting the York Lions in the Dennis Fairall Fieldhouse at 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday.

OUA.tv will live stream all this weekend’s action in Lancer football, hockey, and basketball.