CANTON, N.Y. – Graduate student
Dany Donegan (Cicero/Syracuse Nationals) became Cortland's career assist leader as the nationally 11th-ranked Cortland women's ice hockey team skated to a 3-1 win at Canton Saturday afternoon in SUNYAC action. The Red Dragons improved to 6-0 overall and 3-0 in the conference. The Kangaroos dropped to 3-3 and 1-3.
With her assist on a power-play goal in the first period, Donegan surpassed
Grace Schnorr's 51 assists from 2018-2023 and now sits on 80 career points on 28 goals and 52 assists.
Graduate student
Elena Eichmann (Rochester/Syracuse Nationals), senior
Kait Bourgeois (Cobden, ON/Ottawa Thunder) and sophomore
Alex Johnson (Montreal, QC/Dawson College CEGEP) each netted goals for Cortland. Sophomore
Kayla Persinger (Lewiston/Newark Ironbound) collected two assists, while Donegan. senior
Nicole Tulowiecki (Syracuse/Syracuse Nationals) and junior
Mia Hlasnick (Olean/Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles) picked up one assist apiece. Junior goalie
Molly Goergen (Eden Prairie, MN/Eden Prairie H.S.) made 30 saves.
Tilly Couture scored Canton's goal with Jayme McIlveen and Kamryn Barnes earning assists. Goalie Molly Lenihan registered 29 saves.
Bourgeois gave Cortland a 1-0 lead on the power play at 10:43 of the first period, scoring on a wrist shot from the left point through traffic, giving Donegan her milestone assist. Eichmann made it a 2-0 game at 2:40 of the second period with a deflection in the slot.
Couture cut Cortland's lead to 2-1 with a power-play goal 5:04 into the third period, but Johnson added an insurance goal at 12:58 of the period when she scored on a slap shot after Hlasnick won a clean faceoff. The Kangaroos pulled Lenihan late for an extra skater, but Cortland held Canton from scoring and secured the 3-1 final.
Cortland 3, Canton 1
Score by periods:
Cortland 1-1-1 3
Canton 0-0-1 1
Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists):
Cortland:
Kait Bourgeois 1-0,
Elena Eichmann 1-0,
Alex Johnson 1-0,
Kayla Persinger 0-2,
Dany Donegan 0-1,
Nicole Tulowiecki 0-1,
Mia Hlasnick 0-1
Canton: Tilly Couture 1-0, Jayme McIlveen 0-1, Kamryn Barnes 0-1
Saves:
Molly Goergen (Cortland) 30 saves (1 GA in 60:00); Molly Lenihan (Canton) 29 saves ( 3 GA in 58:31), Empty Net 1:29
Shots on goal: Cortland 32 (6-16-10), Canton 31 (13-10-8)
Penalties: Canton 3-6:00, Cortland 2-4:00
Power Play: Cortland 1-3, Canton 1-2
Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 6-0, 3-0 SUNYAC (ranked 11th in Div. III), Canton (Kangaroos) 3-3, 1-3 SUNYAC
