CORTLAND, NY – The nationally ninth-ranked Cortland women's hockey team extended its winning streak to six games with a 5-1 home victory over Canton on Saturday afternoon at Alumni Arena. Cortland improves to 12-2-1 (7-2-0 SUNYAC), while Canton falls to 4-11-0 (3-7-0 SUNYAC).
 
Fanny Aneborn (Linkoping, Sweden/Lulea HF Sweden) scored two goals, including the game-winning goal, for the Red Dragons. Drew Kopek (Rome/Syracuse Valley Eagles U19), Natalie O'Brien (Lockport/Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles U19), and Josselyn Drayson (Dallas, TX/Dallas Stars Elite) each found the back of the net. Molly Goergen (Eden Prairie, MN/Eden Prairie H.S.) made 17 saves in goal to earn the victory.

Meggan Cramer (Cicero/Northwood School) provided two assists for Cortland, and Taryn Raisanen (White Lake, MI/Trine University), Gillian Dinsmore (Gorrie, ON/Saugeen Maitland Lightning), Ainsley Delacourt (Stoney Creek, ON/Brampton Canadettes U22AA), McKenzie Brown (Peru/Lovell Academy), Katie Mahoney (Toronto, ON/Toronto Leaside U22), Mia Hlasnick (Olean/Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles U19), and Gillian Zwolak (Stoney Creek, ON/Ancaster Avalanche) had one assist apiece.
 
Taryn Oloriz had one goal for Canton, with Anna Pavlasova providing an assist. Molly Lenihan stopped 32 shots in goal, allowing four goals.
 
Canton scored on its first shot attempt of the game, as Oloriz skated down the right side and was able to sneak a shot past Goergen inside the left post.
 
Five minutes later, the Red Dragons responded with two goals in the span of 20 seconds to take the lead for good. Cramer passed the puck to Hlasnick below the Canton goal line, who quickly slid a pass out front to O'Brien, who was able to get the puck into the back of the net on a rebound after her initial shot was stopped by Lenihan. Seconds later, Aneborn knocked in a rebound off of Mahoney's initial shot.
 
The score remained 2-1 until late in the second period. The Red Dragons committed a cross checking penalty with 5:32 left in the period. However, Cortland was able to score two short-handed goals to extend the lead to 4-1 at the intermission. Drayson picked up the puck near center ice after a pass from Delacourt, skated around multiple Canton defenders, and fired a shot into the top corner of the net with five minutes remaining. Just over a minute later, Aneborn fired a wrist shot from the left circle into the right side of the goal after a breakout pass from Brown.    
 
Late in the period, Goergen made a strong save with her pads to keep the Cortland lead at three into the second intermission.

Canton had a few opportunities to score in the third period, including a breakaway near the midway point of the third period, but Goergen stopped all of them. The Roos pulled the goaltender for an extra attacker with just over four minutes remaining, and the Red Dragons were able to net an empty-netter to secure the win, as Cramer feed Kopek, and the sophomore netted her team-high eighth goal of the year with under a minute remaining.  
 
Score by periods
Cortland                  2-2-1          5
Canton                      1-0-0         1

Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists):
Cortland: Fanny Aneborn 2-0, Meggan Cramer 0-2, Drew Kopek 1-0, Natalie O'Brien 1-0, Josselyn Drayson 1-0, Ainsley Delacourt 0-1, Katie Mahoney 0-1, Gillian Dinsmore 0-1, McKenzie Brown 0-1, Mia Hlasnick 0-1, Gillian Zwolak 0-1, Taryn Raisanen 0-1
Canton: Taryn Oloriz 1-0, Anna Pavlasova 0-1

Saves: Molly Goergen (Cortland) 17 saves (1 GA in 60:00); Molly Lenihan (Canton) 32 saves (4 GA in 56:49); Empty Net (Canton) 1 GA in 3:11

Shots on goal: Cortland 37 (12-12-13), Canton 18 (7-4-7)
Penalties: Cortland 2-4:00, Canton 2-4:00
Power Play: Canton 0-2, Cortland 0-2

Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 12-2-1, 7-2 SUNYAC (ranked ninth nationally in Div. III), Canton (Roos) 4-11-0, 3-7-0 SUNYAC