Box Score A quick glance at the CIS top 10 would convince you that their Saturday match should be a cakewalk, but the Marauders gave the no. 3-ranked Western Mustangs all they could handle at Ron Joyce Stadium.

McMaster held a 2-1 lead for much of the rainy and windswept match, conceding in injury time to settle for a draw. Most of the afternoon's scoring was done in a first-half flurry that saw three goals scored in a seven-minute span between the 22nd and 29th minutes.

Marisa Bremner and Maureen Mai had goals for the host Marauders, while Lauren Winquist scored for the Mustangs before a McMaster own-goal tied things up in second-half injury time.

The teams wasted little time in getting forward, and Winquist's goal proved to be a sign of things to come as she opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. McMaster was undaunted by the early setback, and almost immediately drew even when Bremner scored her first of the season in the 26th, before Mai punished the Mustangs with a goal of her own just three minutes later.

The offensive explosion subsided as the half went on, and the Marauders settled into their lead nicely to comfortably take it into the break.

As the two teams resumed play, the skies opened up above Ron Joyce Stadium, and players and fans alike found themselves in a downpour. It did little to deter the teams, however, and the Mustangs nearly crafted a tying goal in the 54th minute when a loose ball fell to Jivan Yacou in the McMaster box, but her half volley curled just over the bar.

The hosts saw a glorious chance of their own slip away in the 67th which could have been a fatal blow, as striker Anne Yeboah ran on to a low cross but could not fully control her shot which scuffed wide.

Instead, it was the Mustangs who managed to level with the final ball of the match, as a free kick at the edge of the box nicked off of a Marauder head and past goalkeeper Cristina Abbatangelo at the far post.

With a hard-earned point in the bag against a nationally-ranked opponent, McMaster now shifts their attention to Waterloo, where they will visit the Warriors on Sunday.