Scoring four unanswered goals, the University of Alberta Pandas defeated the visiting University of Saskatchewan Huskies 4-1 Friday night at the Clare Drake Arena in Edmonton. 

After the Huskies' Lauren Zary opened the scoring at 3:42 in the first period on a power play, Alberta tallied twice in the first, and once each in the second and third periods for the iwn.

Box Score

With the win, Alberta improves to 17-6-0 and remains at the top of the Canada West women's hockey standings. Saskatchewan drops to 11-9-3 and sits on a seven game losing streak. The Huskies hold on to the fifth spot in the standings.

Hannah Olenyk tied the game at one for Alberta at 4:16 in the first. Alison Campbell gave the Pandas a one goal lead at 16:42 in the smae frame, before Deanna Moring extended the lead at 9:45 in the second. Gillian Altheim tallied the insurance empty net goal at 19:35.

Lindsey Post made 10 saves in the win for the Pandas, while Cassidy Hendricks stopped 21 in the loss for Saskatchewan.

The two teams will meet again Saturday night at 7 p.m. (Saskatchewan time) and can be viewed on canadawest.tv