The Lakeland College Rustlers put together a dominant home weekend against the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Trojans, capping a two-win sweep to push their perfect Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference women’s hockey record to 8-0.
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The Rustlers opened the weekend on Friday with a tight 3-1 victory over the Trojans at the Co-op Community Arena in the Cenovus Energy Hub.
Ava McGinley opened the scoring for SAIT in the first period, but Lakeland responded with three unanswered goals from Keyra Buziak, Payton Farkash and Kylie Perry.
The Rustlers outshot the Trojans 32-18, with goaltender Schay Camphaug stopping 17 of 18 shots for the win. Sutter Reeves turned aside 29 shots for SAIT, while both penalty kills held firm as SAIT went 0-for-5 and Lakeland went 0-for-3.
Lakeland followed up on Saturday with a commanding 5-0 shutout performance. Kylie Perry led the offensive charge with a pair of goals, while Kyla Benjamin, Marly Dumanski, and Keyra Buziak each chipped in a goal and an assist.
The Rustlers established early control with a 2-0 lead in the first period from Benjamin and Dumanski, before Perry extended the margin in the second and Buziak and Perry rounded out the scoring in the third.
Goaltender Lauren Cherkas turned aside all 20 shots she faced to earn the shutout, outdueling SAIT netminder Ashley Vezeau, who stopped 38 of 43 shots as Lakeland outshot the Trojans 43-20.
Special teams remained disciplined in the physical affair, with SAIT going 0-for-6 and Lakeland finishing 0-for-4.
The Rustlers are back at home on Nov. 27 to host the Medicine Hat Rattlers.
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