ELMIRA, N.Y. - Five different Red Dragons scored as 19th-ranked Cortland opened up the season with a 5-0 victory at Elmira. Senior Brittany Murphy (North Syracuse/Cicero-North Syracuse) led the Red Dragons with a goal and an assist and junior Gabby Stein (Endwell/Maine-Endwell) netted a goal. Sophomore Megan O'Brien (Holmes/Carmel) and freshmen Jessica Welsh (Hamilton) and Jess Gibaldi (Westbury/W.T. Clarke) each tallied their first career goal. Junior Kristi Thompson (Cicero/Cicero-North Syracuse) recorded an assist.

Freshman Kailynne Reinoehl (Lititz, PA/Warwick) started in goal for Cortland and made three saves to earn her first career shutout. Julie Hockenberger made five saves in the first half for Elmira. She allowed four goals. Mikayla Rebusmen played the second half for the Soaring Eagles and recorded three stops with one goal allowed. 

Cortland outshot Elmira 25-6 and built a 4-0 halftime lead. The Red Dragons also finished the game with a 10-3 advantage in penalty corners.

O'Brien opened up the scoring 4:28 into the game for Cortland and Welsh made it 2-0 just over two minutes later. Stein added another goal for the Red Dragons from the Murphy assist and Gibaldi closed the scoring in the first half with a goal at 24:36. Murphy scored off of the Thompson assist in the final seconds of the second half.

Cortland will host nationally fifth-ranked Skidmore Saturday at 1 p.m.

Cortland 5, Elmira 0

Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists):

Cortland: Brittany Murphy 1-1, Gabby Stein 1-0, Megan O'Brien 1-0, Jessica Welsh 1-0, Jess Gibaldi 1-0, Kristi Thompson 0-1
Elmira: No scoring

Halftime: Cortland 4, Elmira 0
Shots: Cortland 25, Elmira 6
Penalty Corners: Cortland 10, Elmira 3
Saves: Kailynne Reinoehl (Cortland) 3 (0 GA in 70:00), Julie Hockenberger (Elmira) 5 (4 GA in 35:00), Mikayla Rebusmen (Elmira) 3 (1 GA in 35:00)

Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 1-0 (ranked 19th nationally); Elmira (Soaring Eagles) 0-1