CORTLAND, N.Y. – The nationally 15th-ranked Cortland women's ice hockey team scored five third-period goals in just over an eight-minute span to pull away to a 9-0 victory versus Buffalo St. Friday night in SUNYAC action at Alumni Arena. The Red Dragons improved to 9-3-1 overall and 6-2-1 in the conference, while the Bengals dropped to 1-11-1 and 0-7.
Senior
Jillian Hlasnick (Olean/Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles) and junior
Meggan Cramer (Cicero/Northwood School) led Cortland with two goals each. Freshman
Katie Mahoney (Toronto, ON/Toronto Leaside) tallied a goal and two assists, and junior
Natalie O'Brien (Lockport/Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles) and freshman
Drew Kopek (Rome/Syracuse Valley Eagles) recorded a goal and an assist.
Sophomore
Hayley Hunter (Pulaski/NAHA) and freshman
McKenzie Brown (Peru/Lowell Academy) each netted a goal for the Red Dragons. Graduate student
Dany Donegan (Cicero/Syracuse Nationals) collected three assists, sophomore
Fanny Aneborn (Linkoping, Sweden/Lulea HF Sweden) contributed two assists, while six others each added one assist.
Cortland freshman goalie
Maggie Dickinson (Bowmanville, ON/Toronto Leaside) raised her record to 3-0, making 18 saves for her second shutout of the season. Junior goalie Jessica Auge (Laingsburg, MI/Honeybaked Detroit) turned aside 56 shots for the Bengals.
The two teams meet again at Cortland on Saturday at 3 p.m.
Cortland 9, Buffalo St. 0
Score by periods:
Buffalo St. 0-0-0 0
Cortland 2-2-5 9
Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists):
Buffalo St.: no scoring
Cortland:
Jillian Hlasnick 2-0,
Meggan Cramer 2-0,
Katie Mahoney 1-2,
Natalie O'Brien 1-1,
Drew Kopek 1-1,
McKenzie Brown 1-0,
Hayley Hunter 1-0,
Dany Donegan 0-3,
Fanny Aneborn 0-2,
Calista Brough 0-1, AInsley Delacourt 0-1,
Kait Bourgeois 0-1,
Molly McCabe 0-1,
Mia Hlasnick 0-1,
Kayla Persinger 0-1
Saves: Jessica Auge (Buffalo St.) 56 saves (9 GA in 60:00);
Maggie Dickinson (Cortland) 18 saves (0 GA in 60:00)
Shots on goal: Cortland 65 (19-24-22), Buffalo St. 18 (8-7-3)
Penalties: Buffalo St. 3-6:00, Cortland 0-0:00
Power Play: Cortland 2-3, Buffalo St. 0-0
Records after game: Buffalo St. (Bengals) 1-11-1, 0-7 SUNYAC; Cortland (Red Dragons) 9-3-1, 6-2-1 SUNYAC (ranked 15th in Div. III)
