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Kingston, Ont.,(February 1, 2009) - Three goals in the final period lifts the Queen's women's hockey team over the No. 5 nationally ranked Guelph Gryphons 3-1 Sunday afternoon.

After two scoreless periods, captain Cassandra Sparks of Stouffville, Ont., notched her seventh goal of the season at the 7:02 mark of the third period, flipping the puck over Gryphons netminder Chelsey Roy of Bathurst, N.B., to open the scoring.

Guelph found the net four minutes later off the stick of Sarah McClinchey of Brampton, Ont., ending Gaels rookie netminder Karissa Savage of Calgary shutout streak at 108 minutes.

Queen's called a time-out with under three minutes to play with the face-off in the offensive zone with a powerplay just beginning. 

Defencemen Michelle Hunt of Mississauga, Ont., fired the puck towards the net hitting forward Kelsey Thomson of Martintown, Ont., which redirected the puck into the net giving Thomson her team leading 14th goal of the season.

Fifth year, Amanda Morra of Pickering, Ont., added an empty net goal two minutes later to give the Gaels their second powerplay goal of the game.

With the victory Queen's move to 11-9-0-1 and into a tie for fifth in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) with the Brock Badgers. The Gaels hold the season series edge over the Badgers 2-1.

Queen's is home next weekend as they host the University of Toronto for two games on Saturday and Sunday. Both games are scheduled for 2:30pm.

Note: On Sunday, The Gaels invited local minor hockey players to the game for autographs and a tour of the dressing room after the game, as well as Queen's hosted a 'Timbit' hockey game during the first intermission which the entire team cheered on from the bench. Photos of the event can be reached on www.gogaelsgo.com.