CLINTON, N.Y. – Sophomore forward Danielle Hand (Whitney Point) scored two first-half goals to help Cortland overcome an early deficit and the nationally sixth-ranked Red Dragons stayed unbeaten with a 4-1 victory at Hamilton College.

Senior midfielder Lauren Eichenberger (Suffern) and freshman forward Sara Woodward (Pine Plains) added second-half goals for Cortland (5-0). Junior Ashley Hughes (Selden/Comsewogue) made two saves. Cortland outshot Hamilton 21-8, including a 15-0 margin in the second half after the hosts held an 8-6 edge at halftime.

Courtney DeMaria made five saves for Hamilton, which suffered its first loss after opening the season 2-0.

The Continentals lit the scoreboard when Carly Andrascik tallied 9:01 into the game. Hughes made an initial save on a shot by Amy Allen, but Andrascik cleaned up the rebound and scored her first goal of the season.

Cortland tied the game with 16:55 left in the half when Hand scored off a penalty corner play, assisted by junior midfielder Brenda Semit (Holland Patent). Hand struck again less than four minutes later when she knocked in a rebound of her own shot to give the Red Dragons the lead. Hand leads Cortland with five goals this season.

Eichenberger added an insurance goal 4:23 into the second half when she dribbled the ball into the circle and blasted home a long shot. Woodward completed the scoring with 8:03 remaining. Senior midfielder Christine McCabe (Greene) sent a pass from outside the arc that Woodward redirected near the front of the cage for her third goal of the fall.

Cortland 4, Hamilton 1

Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists):
Hamilton: Carly Andrascik 1-0
Cortland: Danielle Hand 2-0, Lauren Eichenberger 1-0, Sara Woodward 1-0, Brenda Semit 0-1, Christine McCabe 0-1

Halftime: Cortland 2, Hamilton 1
Shots: Cortland 21, Hamilton 8
Penalty Corners: Cortland 11, Hamilton 6
Saves: Ashley Hughes (Cortland) 2 (1 GA in 70:00); Courtney DeMaria (Hamilton) 5 (4 GA in 70:00)
Record after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 5-0 (ranked 6th in Div. III); Hamilton (Continentals) 2-1