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Six Players Score as #8 Red Dragons Blank Ithaca

ITHACA, N.Y. Six different Cortland players each scored a goal as the nationally eighth-ranked Red Dragons blanked Ithaca College, 6-0. Cortland upped its record to 8-1 with its eighth straight win, while the Bombers fell to 1-5. Sophomore Lauren Eichenberger (Suffern) finished with a goal and an assist and junior Kayla Chambers (Craryville/Taconic Hills) scored her team-high 12th goal of the season. Freshman Erika Salls (Little Falls), sophomore Chelsea Beames (Afton) and freshman Ashley Hughes (Selden/Comsewogue) netted their second goals of the season and sophomore Jackie Plunkett (Smithtown/Smithtown West) scored her first goal of the year. Junior Stacy Billings (Marathon) made two saves for her third shutout of the season. Ithaca goalie Chelsea Welsh stopped four shots and allowed two goals in the first half and Courtney Dowell made nine saves in the second half. Cortland outshot the Bombers by a 22-4 count. Salls opened the scoring 8:45 into the game and Beames tallied in the 23rd minute to give the Red Dragons a 2-0 lead. Plunkett scored off an Eichenberger assist 4:17 into the second half, followed by goals from Chambers and Hughes over the next seven minutes. Eichenbergers goal, set up by freshman Lauren DiRusso (Endwell/Maine-Endwell), completed the scoring with 7:36 remaining. SUNY Cortland Field Hockey Cortland 6, Ithaca 0 Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists): Cortland: Lauren Eichenberger 1-1, Erika Salls 1-0, Chelsea Beames 1-0, Jackie Plunkett 1-0, Kayla Chambers 1-0, Ashley Hughes 1-0, Lauren DiRusso 0-1 Ithaca: no scoring Halftime: Cortland 2, Ithaca 0 Shots: Cortland 22, Ithaca 4 Penalty Corners: Cortland 10, Ithaca 3 Saves: Stacy Billings (Cortland) 2 (0 GA in 70:00); Chelsea Welsh (Ithaca) 4 (2 GA in 35:00), Courtney Dowell (Ithaca) 9 (4 GA in 35:00) Record after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 8-1 (ranked 8th in Div. III); Ithaca (Bombers) 1-5
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