Box Score The McMaster women's soccer team knew it was in tough against the undefeated Laurier Golden Hawks, as the No. 4 team in the CIS top-ten came to Hamilton on Sunday afternoon.

Laurier got on the scoreboard early by pressing the Marauders and forcing a corner kick in the 5th minute,  The cross from the corner  then deflected into the McMaster goal off a maroon defender for an own-goal and a 1-0 lead for the Hawks.

Laurier continued to take advantage of their chances and All-Canadian striker Emily Brown scored twice in the 25th and the 43rd minutes to provide a comfortable 3-0 margin at intermission.

Needing to open things up in the second half, the Marauders cut into the deficit in the 53rd minute when Steph Roberts buried a perfect cross to make it 3-1. 

Still pushing forward, McMaster suffered a blow in the 57th minute when Kelsey Orlando was issued a second yellow card, reducing the Marauders to 10 players.   Despite being down a player, the Marauders continued to press the attack and Anne Yeboah  rifled a shot from distance that caromed off the goalpost and stayed out.
In the 67th minute, Laurier's Nicole Lyon stepped around a Mac defender and deftly scored to restore the three-goal advantage. 

But the youthful Marauders made the last 10 minutes very interesting as Roberts got her head on a free kick for her second goal of the match in the 84th minute.   Having scored two goals already, Roberts was marked very closely by the Hawk defense and when she was taken down in the box in the 87th minute, the referee pointed to the spot for a penalty kick.  Anne Yeboah stepped up and her strike brought the Marauders within a goal at 4-3.

With McMaster desperate for an equalizer with time running out, Laurier took advantage on the counterattack and Abby Zamec found some space and scored the Hawks' fifth goal in the 89th minute to complete the scoring.

With the victory Laurier improves to eight wins and one draw on the season, while McMaster  falls to a record of two wins, four losses and three draws.  The Marauders will next hit the road for games at Western and Windsor on October 3 and 4.