CORTLAND, N.Y. – Three Cortland freshmen scored all four goals to lead the Red Dragon field hockey team to a 4-0 victory versus St. John Fisher Saturday afternoon in non-conference action at the Stadium Complex White Field. Cortland improved to 3-0, while the Cardinals fell to 2-2.
Gabrielle Stein (Endwell/Maine-Endwell) paced the Red Dragon offense with two goals.
Shelby Underwood (Marathon) contributed one goal and two assists, and
Alexa Sanzone (Rome/Rome Free Academy) tallied a goal. Seniors
Erin Smith (Greene) and
Karly Vdoviak (Johnstown) each chipped in with an assist.
Junior goalie
Amanda Perricone (Bedminster, PA/Pennridge) made one save to record the shutout for Cortland, while sophomore Danielle Famolaro (Rome/Rome Free Academy) registered six saves for St. John Fisher.
Stein gave Cortland a 1-0 lead, 15 minutes, 27 seconds into the game, one-timing a shot inside the left post off a pass from Underwood. The Cardinals' best chance to score came with just under 8:30 remaining in the opening half, but freshman Sarah Bisesi's (Brewerton/Cicero-North Syracuse) open shot on the left side just went wide of the left post. Stein struck again less than three minutes later, tapping in a shot at the left post with Smith assisting after a Cortland penalty corner.
Sanzone increased the lead to 3-0 just 1:37 into the second half, deflecting in Underwood's pass into an open goal on a penalty corner. Underwood completed the scoring with her first career goal at 64:38. Vdoviak sent a cross from the right side that Underwood one-timed past Famolaro.
Cortland out shot the Cardinals, 18-2, and held a 15-3 advantage in penalty corners.
Cortland 4, St. John Fisher 0
Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists):
St. John Fisher: no scoring
Cortland: Gabrielle Stein 2-0,
Shelby Underwood 1-2,
Alexa Sanzone 1-0, Erin Greene 0-1,
Karly Vdoviak 0-1
Halftime: Cortland 2, St. John Fisher 0
Shots: Cortland 18, St. John Fisher 2
Penalty Corners: Cortland 15, St. John Fisher 3
Saves: Danielle Famolaro (St. John Fisher) 6 (4 GA in 70:00);
Amanda Perricone (Cortland) 1 (0 GA in 70:00)
Record after game: St. John Fisher (Cardinals) 2-2; Cortland (Red Dragons) 3-0
