POTSDAM, N.Y. – The Cortland women's ice hockey team scored the last four goals of the game to erase a first-period deficit and skated to a 4-1 victory at Potsdam Saturday afternoon in NEWHL action at Maxcy Ice Arena. The Red Dragons improved to 10-2 overall and 6-2 in the conference, while the Bears dropped to 3-10-1 and 1-6-1.
Graduate student
Grace Schnorr (Camillus/Little Caesars) led the Cortland offense with two goals and an assist. Graduate student
Katie DeVoe (Mississauga, ON/Vaughan Flames) and junior
Dany Donegan (Cicero/Syracuse Nationals) each added a goal. Junior
Molly McCabe (Webster/Webster Thomas H.S. Boys) registered two assists, and seniors
Emily Kromer (Angola/Nazareth College) and
Amanda Gaffney (Williamsville/Amherst Knights) and sophomore
Kait Bourgeois (Cobden, ON/Ottawa Thunder) chipped in with one assist apiece. Freshman goalie
Molly Goergen (Eden Prairie, MN/Eden Prairie H.S.) turned aside 26 shots to raise her season record to 6-1.
Alex Quinn scored Potsdam's goal with Sara Barrett and Makenzie Martin assisting. Goalie Ellie Zurfluh made 30 saves.
Quinn gave the Bears a 1-0 lead just past the midway point of the first period with her second goal of the season. DeVoe tied the game 34 seconds into the second period on the power play with her seventh goal of the season. Schnorr's first goal of the game at 14:21 of the second period proved to be the game winner. Donegan added an insurance goal 1:24 into the third period, and Schnorr capped off the scoring with her team-high 15th goal of the season at the 3:43 mark for the 4-1 final.
Cortland 4, Potsdam 1
Score by periods:
Cortland 0-2-2 4
Potsdam 1-0-0 1
Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists):
Cortland:
Grace Schnorr 2-1,
Katie DeVoe 1-0,
Dany Donegan 1-0,
Molly McCabe 0-2,
Kait Bourgeois 0-1,
Emily Kromer 0-1,
Amanda Gaffney 0-1
Potsdam: Alex Quinn 1-0, Sara Barrett 0-1, Makenzie Martin 0-1
Saves:
Molly Goergen (Cortland) 26 saves (1 GA in 60:00); Ellie Zurfluh (Potsdam) 30 saves (4 GA in 60:00
Shots on goal: Cortland 34 (7-10-17), Potsdam 27 (11-6-10)
Penalties: Potsdam 2-4:00, Cortland 2-4:00
Power Play: Cortland 1-2, Potsdam 0-2
Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 10-2, 6-2 NEWHL, Potsdam (Bears) 3-10-1, 1-6-1 NEWHL
