With both teams coming off losses Friday night, the Nipissing Lakers men’s hockey team and the Carleton Ravens wanted to finish the weekend on a positive note.
In a low scoring affair, the Ravens came away with a tight 2-1 victory over the Lakers.
Brent Moran finished with 34 saves, but it wasn’t enough, as late goals hurt Nipissing once again.
After a scoreless first period, Colin Campbell broke the deadlock, finding the back of the net for his fifth of the season.
The goal came unassisted just past the midway point of the period.
While the scoresheet wasn’t filled with goals, the penalty box saw a lot of action, as the teams combined for eight penalties and a number of scrums through 40 minutes, but neither team could convert with the man advantage.
The Ravens did get on the board, tying the game just a few minutes into the third frame.
The game-winning goal was scored just past the midway point of the third period and despite a late power play and pressure in the final minutes, Nipissing couldn’t find the goal to tie it.
The loss drops Nipissing to 2-8-0 on the season.
Nipissing is back in action next weekend when they head to Kingston to face RMC and Queens.
Women's Basketball
A slow start a tough fourth quarter hurt the Nipissing Lakers women’s basketball team Saturday night in a tough loss to the Brock Badgers.
In the first and last quarters, the Lakers were outscored 42-19 as they dropped the contest 73-56 on home court in the final game of the weekend.
Opposite of the first and last quarters, Nipissing was very good in the middle of game, topping Brock 37-31, but they had dug themselves into a hole and were unable to fight back late in the game to claim the win.
Brock came out strong and held a 14-6 lead after a low scoring first frame.
Nipissing bounced back nicely in the second, scoring 19 points and only trailed by two, 27-25, at halftime of a very competitive game.
The second quarter saw the Lakers score 16 unanswered points as they trailed 16-9 and turned it around into a 25-16 lead.
Brock pushed back to regain their advantage before the break.
In the third, the teams were even and put up 18 points apiece, setting up a thrilling fourth quarter, with Nipissing down 45-43.
Unfortunately, Brock outlast the Lakers and caught fire to score 28 points and walk away with the 73-56 victory.
Leading the Lakers offence in tonight's game was Angeline Campbell who had 15 points and 11 rebounds, Michaela Branker added 12 and Natalie Martinez had 9 in the loss Saturday.
Nipissing hits the road next weekend to face Guelph and Algoma.
A night after a big win, the Nipissing Lakers men’s basketball team faced a very strong Brock Badgers team, looking to make it two in a row.
Brock, who entered the game 4-1, got off to a hot start, building up a big lead early in the game and topped the Lakers 79-51.
Nipissing was slow out of the gates and trailed 21-8 after 10 minutes of play, putting themselves behind the eight-ball early on.
The Lakers improved in the second quarter, but found themselves behind at halftime, 48-21.
Nipissing managed to put up 30 points in the second half – 16 in the third and 14 in the fourth, but it wasn’t enough.
The Lakers outscored Brock 14-6 in the final 10 minutes, but the hole was too big to dig out of for Nipissing, as they fall to 1-3.
Quintin Ashitei led the Lakers attack with 13 points, while Justin Hill had another strong outing, posting 10 points.
Nipissing hits the road to face Guelph and Algoma next weekend.
