A playoff position was locked up, their spot in the standings couldn't change much, but the Nipissing Lakers women's hockey team still wanted to finish on a high note.

And they did just that Saturday afternoon, defeating the Laurier Golden Hawks 3-1.

Prior to the Lakers game, the result of Ryerson and Guelph locked up fourth place for Nipissing, who will face Ryerson in Round 1 of the OUA Playoffs, which begin Wednesday.

Nipissing was first on the board, as Maria Dominico buried her 15th of the season after making a couple nie dekes, then slid the puck between the Laurier goaltender's legs to put the Lakers up 1-0.

Madison Solie picked up the lone assist on the game's opening goal.

Up 1-0, the Lakers extended their lead when Bronwyn Bolduc drove the net and Sam Strassburger made a hard pass that redirected off Bolduc's shin and into the net.

The goal came just 1:06 into the middle frame.

Laurier would answer later in the period, scoring just after the midway point to cut the Nipissing lead in half.

A shot through traffic made its way into the back of the net as Laurier got on the board.

Despite being in control, Nipissing led by just a goal after two periods of play.

Nipissing added to their lead in the third period when Jetta Derenoski intercepted a pass and made no mistake finding the back of the net.

The goal was all the scoring for the game, as Nipissing picked up another three points.

Jackie Rochefort finished with 11 saves playing in the final regular season game of her career.

The Lakers outshot Laurier 31-12

Nipissing, who finished the regular season in fourth place, will now turn their focus to the playoffs where they'll face the Ryerson Rams in Round 1.

The series is likely to begin Wednesday, but the full schedule has yet to be finalized and released.