The University of Regina women's hockey team dropped a 3-2 decision to the first-place UBC Thunderbirds in Vancouver on Saturday evening.

Haneet Parhar, Nicole Saxvik and Kathleen Cahoon scored for the top-ranked Thunderbirds. Jaycee Magwood and Merissa Zerr (pictured) notched goals for the Cougars.

Parhar opened the scoring late in the first period, deflecting a Cahoon shot past Jane Kish for her second goal in as many nights. Magwood evened the score before the end of the opening frame, after her pass attempt was deflected by a Thunderbird defender. The puck bounced right back on the stick of Magwood and she beat Amelia Boughn with a wrist shot to the glove side.

After a scoreless middle stanza, Saxvik scored her second of the weekend by tipping a shot past Kish on the powerplay. Cahoon added an insurance goal later in the period, scoring on another of UBC's nine powerplay opportunities. 

Regina pulled Kish on a powerplay of their own, and Zerr took advantage of the 6-on-4 advantage by scoring her fourth of the season. Magwood and Kylee Kupper assisted on the goal, but with only 16 seconds remaining the Cougars didn't have time to find the equalizer.

Kish ended up making 31 saves, as Regina falls to 5-6-2. Boughn stopped 17 shots for UBC.

The Cougars are back home next weekend, hosting the eighth-place Calgary Dinos for a pair of games.