The Nipissing Lakers women’s team had a big audience at Boart Longyear Memorial Gardens Friday night but struggled to fire them up dropping a 3-1 decision to the visiting University of Toronto Blues.

North Bay is hosting a major girls hockey tournament this weekend so a crowd of well over 3,000 were on hand for the contest.

The Lakers had recently beaten the Blues in Toronto but on this night Nipissing had trouble generating offence.

Abby Lunney scored the lone Lakers goal and told the Nugget afterwards the effort was there..

“I ultimately think over the years it has always been a rivalry between our team and the Varsity Blues. It’s always a battle and I think it comes down to who can capitalize on the chances they are given. We had a lot of great opportunities and stayed resilient t

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