PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – The nationally top-ranked Plattsburgh women's ice hockey team jumped out to a 3-0 first-period lead and went on to a 5-1 win versus Cortland Saturday afternoon in the NEWHL opener for both teams.
Sophomore
Kait Bourgeois (Cobden, ON/Ottawa Thunder Midget) tallied her first career goal for Cortland (2-1). Junior
Dany Donegan (Cicero/Syracuse Nationals) assisted on the score. Freshman
Molly Goergen (Eden Prairie, MN/Eden Prairie H.S.) started in goal, making 34 saves through two periods. Sophomore
Anna Hamid (Mineola/New Jersey Colonials) stopped all 10 shots she faced in the third period.
Annie Katonka led Plattsburgh (1-0) with a hat trick. Nicole Unsworth and Sara Krauseneck each added a goal. Sierra Benjamin, Erin McArdle and Ivy Boric collected two assists apiece. Goalie Ashley Davis registered 23 saves.
Katonka gave the Cardinals a 2-0 lead with back-to-back power-play goals at 13:50 and 15:40 of the first period. Unsworth made it a 3-0 game after the opening period. The Cardinals added two more goals in the second period, one from Krauseneck at 15:43 and Katonka's third of the game eight seconds before the end of the period. Bourgeois spoiled the shutout bid at 8:38 of the third period for the 5-1 final.
Plattsburgh 5, Cortland 1
Score by periods:
Cortland 0-0-1 1
Plattsburgh 3-2-0 5
Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists):
Cortland:
Kait Bourgeois 1-0,
Dany Donegan 0-1
Plattsburgh: Annie Katonka 3-0, Nicole Unsworth 1-0, Sara Krauseneck 1-0, Sierra Benjamin 0-2, Erin McArdle 0-2, Ivy Boric 0-2, Mattie Norton 0-1, Lily Stumm 0-1
Saves:
Molly Goergen (Cortland) 34 saves (5 GA in 40:00),
Anna Hamid (Cortland) 10 saves (0 GA in 20:00); Ashley Davis (Plattsburgh) 23 saves (1 GA in 60:00)
Shots on goal: Plattsburgh 49 (17-22-10), Cortland 24 (6-8-10)
Penalties: Cortland 7-14:00, Plattsburgh 5-10:00
Power Play: Plattsburgh 2-7, Cortland 0-5
Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 2-1, 0-1 NEWHL, Plattsburgh (Cardinals) 1-0, 1-0 NEWHL (ranked 1st in Div. III)
