CORTLAND, N.Y. – The nationally 23rd-ranked Cortland women's lacrosse team jumped out to a 12-2 lead at the half and earned a 17-4 victory versus New Paltz Wednesday afternoon in SUNYAC action at the Stadium Complex. The Red Dragons won their seventh consecutive game, improving to 8-4 overall and 5-0 in the conference. The Hawks fell to 3-7 and 1-3.

Sophomore Toni Cashman (East Moriches/Westhampton Beach) paced the Cortland offense with four goals. Senior Lauren Hopsicker (Burnt Hills/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) tallied a game-high five points on three goals and two assists, and graduate student Hannah Lorenzen (Stony Brook/Ward Melville) netted three goals.

Senior Hannah Keech (Penn Yan/Penn Yan Academy) recorded two goals and one assist, while graduate student Emily Goebel (Penfield) scored twice for the Red Dragons. Senior Katie Goodrich (Jordan/Jordan-Elbridge) contributed one goal and two assists, junior Matisyn Schaut (Syracuse/West Genesee) netted a goal, junior Sydney Stamboly (Rome/Rome Free Academy) scored her first goal of the season, and senior Amy Hoeffner (Bay Shore) and junior Rachel Janis (Laurel/Mattituck) each picked up an assist.

Graduate student Paige Potter (Cortland) turned aside five shots and collected two ground balls for Cortland. Graduate student Kayla Sweeney (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker) scooped up four ground balls, and senior Amanda Squillini (Stony Point/North Rockland) secured three ground balls.

Sophomore Kaitlyn Shaw (Rye Brook/Blind Brook) led New Paltz with two goals. Senior Katie Zito (Glenmont/Bethlehem) registered a goal and an assist, and freshman Alyssa Indelicato (Selden/Newfield) added a goal.

Sophomore Hailey Aber (Denville, NJ/Morris Knolls) made four saves for the Hawks. Junior Cayci Hill (Cortlandt Manor/Walter Panas) caused two turnovers, junior Shannon Brosnan (Valhalla) won eight draw controls and Shaw contributed three ground balls and three draws.

Cortland opened a 6-1 lead after the first quarter as five different players scored. The lead grew to 12-2 at intermission as Lorenzen and Hopsicker each netted two goals in the second quarter. Cashman scored the lone goal of the third quarter as the entire second half was played with a running clock. The Red Dragons pushed their advantage to 16-2 just past the midway point of the fourth quarter with goals from Lorenzen, Goebel and Stamboly. Shaw netted back-to-back goals just over two minutes apart inside the five-minute mark before Schaut completed the scoring with 20 seconds on the clock for the 17-4 final.

Cortland 17, New Paltz 4

Team                 1-2-3-4       Final
New Paltz          1-1-0-2            4
Cortland             6-6-1-4          17

Scoring (Goals-Assists):
New Paltz: Kaitlyn Shaw 2-0, Katie Zito 1-1, Alyssa Indelicato 1-0
Cortland: Toni Cashman 4-0, Lauren Hopsicker 3-2, Hannah Lorenzen 3-0, Hannah Keech 2-1, Emily Goebel 2-0, Katie Goodrich 1-2, Sydney Stamboly 1-0, Matisyn Schaut 1-0, Amy Hoeffner 0-1, Rachel Janis 0-1

Goalkeepers:
New Paltz: Hailey Aber, 4 saves (17 GA in 60:00)
Cortland: Paige Potter, 5 saves (4 GA in 60:00)

Shots: Cortland 23, New Paltz 17
Ground Balls: Cortland 21, New Paltz 14
Clears: Cortland 18-of-21, New Paltz 9-of-13
Draw Controls: New Paltz 16, Cortland 8
Caused Turnovers: Cortland 7, New Paltz 6
Turnovers: New Paltz 21, Cortland 12

Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 8-4, 5-0 SUNYAC (ranked 23d nationally in Div. III); New Paltz (Hawks) 3-7, 1-3 SUNYAC