CORTLAND, N.Y. – Freshman Vanessa Klimpke (Winnipeg, MB/Northern Stars) recorded a hat trick to lead the Morrisville St. women's ice hockey team to s 4-1 win over Cortland Friday afternoon in non-conference action at Alumni Arena. The Red Dragons fell to 1-9 with the loss, while the Mustangs improved to 11-2.
Freshman
Miranda Kolb (Watertown/Syracuse Nationals) netted Cortland's goal with sophomore
Samantha Pippin (Allen Park, MI/Team Detroit) picking up an assist. Sophomore goalie
Victoria Gibson (Essex Junction, VT/Vermont Shamrocks) made 41 saves.
Sophomore Megan Kirk (Breezy Point/New Jersey Rockets) added a goal for Morrisville St. Freshman Kylie Cameron (Burlington, ON/North Halton Twisters) collected two assists, and senior Kaka McComber (Kahnewake, QC/Norwich), sophomores Kaitlyn Schlake (Nampa, ID/Northern Cyclones) and Maria deWilde (Caistorville, ON/Hamilton Hawks) and freshman Maddison Devlin (Campbell River, BC/Pacific Steelers) each chipped in with an assist. Sophomore goalie Renee Schmaltz (Beaumont, AB/Thorsby Thunder) stopped 18 shots.
After a scoreless first period, Klimpke gave the Mustangs the lead at 7:43 of the second on a rebound in front. Kirk made it a 2-0 game after two periods when she scored with a high shot from the right side at 15:32.
Kolb cut Cortland's deficit to 2-1 just 57 seconds into the third period, scoring on a breakaway after collecting a pass from Pippin. Klimpke scored her second of the game at 3:04 when she converted a breakaway, and she finished off the hat trick at 6:05 with a one-time shot in front.
The sane two teams play at Morrisville, Saturday at 2 p.m.
Score by periods:
Morrisville St. 0-2-2 4
Cortland 0-0-1 1
Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists):
Morrisville St.: Vanessa Klimpke 3-0, Megan Kirk 1-0, Kylie Cameron 0-2, Maddison Devlin 0-1, Kaitlyn Schlake 0-1, Maria deWilde 0-1, Kaka McComber 0-1
Cortland:
Miranda Kolb 1-0,
Samantha Pippin 0-1
Saves: Renee Schmaltz (Morrisville St.) 18 saves (1 GA in 59:59, Empty Net :01);
Victoria Gibson (Cortland) 41 saves (4 GA in 60:00)
Shots on goal: Morrisville St. 45 (12-12-21), Cortland 19 (8-6-5)
Penalties: Morrisville St. 4-8:00, Cortland 3-6:00
Power Play: Cortland 0-4, Morrisville St. 0-3
Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 1-9; Morrisville St. (Mustangs) 11-2
