The positive of Friday night's Nipissing Lakers women's hockey game was their third period where they fired 14 shots towards goal, scored and controlled the play.

The negative was that they were down 3-0 heading into the final frame, making it tough for the Lakers, who were playing catch-up in the final stanza.

Looking to bounce back from a tough 2-1 overtime loss in their home opener, the Lakers entertained the Waterloo Warriors, but were unable to pick up their first win of the year, falling by a final of 5-1 when all was said and done.

Despite surrendering just 12 shots through two period and only 16 total, Nipissing trailed 2-0 after one and 3-0 after 40 minutes, forcing them to open the game up in the third.

Waterloo extended their lead to 4-0 just before the midway point of the third period.

Brooklyn Irwin would get the Lakers on the board with her first of the season as she banged home a loose puck after her and linemates Carly Marchment and Taylor Murphy crashed the net.

While it came late, Nipissing would look to close the gap even more as they pulled goaltender Sabrina Picard for the extra-attacked.

In fact, the Lakers played almost the last half of the third period with six attackers in an attempt to get back in the game.

While it worked in terms of controlling the puck, setting the pace and getting chances, the end results wasn't there as they only managed the one goal.

Picard finished with 11 saves on 15 shots.

The Lakers will look to bounce back quickly as they host the always tough Laurier Golden Hawks Saturday afternoon.

Laurier enters the game with a record of 0-1-0 after a 3-2 loss in Sudbury Friday night to Laurentian.

The Lakers are 0-1-1 and will hit the road for four straight games after Saturday's contest.

Puck drop is schedule for 4 p.m. at Memorial Gardens as the Lakers look for win number one on the year.