Concordia Stingers, Montreal Carabins to meet in U Sports women's hockey final

Emilie Lussier scored at 5:42 of overtime to lift the Concordia Stingers to a 2-1 win over the Guelph Gryphons in Saturday's first of two U Sports women's hockey championship semifinal showdowns at the Woolwich Memorial Centre in Elmira, Ont.

Maeve Sutherland-Case gave the Gryphons a 1-0 lead late in the first period, then Courtney Rice netted the equalizer late in the second period.

The Gryphons outshot the Stingers 33-30, but Stingers' netminder Jordyn Verbeek was nearly unbeatable. Martina Fedel played a solid game in goal for the Gryphons as well.

U Sports Women’s Hockey Championship: Semifinal #1

The Stingers will play in Sunday's championship final against the Montreal Carabins, who defeated the University of New Brunswick Reds 5-1 in Saturday's other semifinal.

Audrey-Anne Veillette scored twice for the Carabins, while Jade Picard, Juliette Rolland and Laurie-Anne Ethier netted singles. Hailey Jackson scored for the Reds, who were outshot 30-21.

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U Sports Women’s Hockey Championship: Semifinal #2

The host Saint Mary's Huskies scored three unanswered goals in the first period and then coasted to a 4-1 win over the Windsor Lancers in men's semifinal action at the U Sports University Cup on Saturday at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax.

Player of the game Ben Boyd scored twice for the eighth-seeded Huskies, including an empty-netter at 18:35 of the third period that ended all hope of a Lancers' comeback.

Matthew MacDonald and Reid Valade also scored for the Huskies, who outshot the Lancers 26-25.

Ray Hamlin scored a power-play marker for the Lancers in the third period.

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