(Halifax, NS) - The U SPORTS No. 7 ranked STFX X-Women defeated the Dalhousie Tigers in a shootout 3-2 at the Forum Friday night.

The X-Women took an early 1-0 lead when Chloe Oleksiuk (Winnipeg, MB) deflected a shot from Kya Moss (Port Moody, BC) past Tigers goaltender Grace Beer (Oakville, ON) two minutes into the first period.

The Tigers, however, kept the energy up for the rest of the first period with a close shot on goal from Emma Bishop (Bedford, NS) which just missed the top shelf.

Josie Chisholm (Antigonish, NS) led the X-Women into another feisty period when she popped one in on the powerplay at the beginning of the second.

Dalhousie fought back seven minutes later when Emma Penner (Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON) fired a shot that beat STFX goaltender Amaya Giraudier (Assiniboia, SK) and put the Tigers on the scoreboard as they trailed 2-1.  

Gaining momentum, Kennedy Whelan (Alliston, ON) tied it up for Dalhousie in the third period when she sniped a shot in off a perfectly placed pass from Olivia Eustace (Riverview, NB).

After an aggressive remainder of the third period, the game went to an uneventful overtime that did not solve the deadlock.

The shootout saw key blocks from both goaltenders, but if was STFX who earned the final shootout goal when Lauren Darbrowski (Tiny, ON) scored to give the X-Women the 3-2 victory.

Darbrowski was named the Subway Player of the Game for her shootout winner.

The X-Women will head to Moncton to play the Aisles Bleus on Sunday in a 3 pm game. The Tigers will return to the Forum on Saturday evening to take on UPEI at 7 pm.

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Recap by Amelia St John, DAL Sports Information

Lauren Dabrowski is the Subway Player of the Game with the game winning goal in the X-Women's 3-2 shootout victory over Dalhousie! #goxgo #SubwayFuel pic.twitter.com/xgOdWNug5A

— StFX Athletics (@StFXAthletics) January 14, 2023