MORRISVILLE, NY – The nationally ninth-ranked Cortland women's hockey team scored three goals in a span of 3:30 late in the second period, and came away with a 4-1 victory on the road over Morrisville in State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) action on Saturday afternoon. Cortland improves to 14-2-2 (9-2-0 SUNYAC), while Morrisville drops to 6-10-0 (3-6-0 SUNYAC).
Fanny Aneborn (Linkoping, Sweden/Lulea HF Sweden) scored two goals and added an assist, while
Katie Mahoney (Toronto, ON/Toronto Leaside U22) scored a goal, contributed one assist, and won 12-of-16 faceoffs.
Ella Iwinski (Batavia, IL/New England College) scored the first goal of her Cortland career.
Gillian Dinsmore (Gorrie, ON/Saugeen Maitland Lightning) had two assists, and
Molly Goergen (Eden Prairie, MN/Eden Prairie H.S.) made 14 saves in goal for the Red Dragons.
Tilly Couture scored Morrisville's lone goal, and Sydney Canham made 30 saves for the Mustangs.
The first period started slowly for both teams, with Cortland having six shots on goal and Morrisville having two shots on goal. Both goaltenders were able to stop each of the shots that they faced as the game remained scoreless into the intermission.
The first five minutes of the second period began with more of the same, with five shots on target for the Red Dragons, while the Mustangs were without a shot on goal.
Aneborn broke the deadlock with 5:47 left in the period, firing a shot off assists from
Drew Kopek (Rome/Syracuse Valley Eagles U19) and
Kayla Persinger (Youngstown/Newark Ironbound 19UAAA). Two minutes later, Iwinski fired a shot through traffic from the right point into the top left corner of the net. Dinsmore and
Josselyn Drayson (Dallas, TX/Dallas Stars Elite) were each awarded assists on the goal. Less than a minute later, the Red Dragons made it 3-0, with Mahoney's eighth goal of the season off of an assist from Raisanen and Aneborn.
The Red Dragons committed a holding penalty with two minutes left in the period, which allowed the Mustangs to score a power-play goal 25 seconds later.
In the third period, Aneborn netted her second goal of the game and eighth goal of the season to complete the scoring. Mahoney and Dinsmore were credited with the assists on the goal.
Score by periods
Cortland 0-3-1 4
Morrisville 0-1-0 1
Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists):
Cortland:
Fanny Aneborn 2-1,
Katie Mahoney 1-1,
Gillian Dinsmore 0-2,
Ella Iwinski 1-0,
Taryn Raisanen 0-1,
Kayla Persinger 0-1,
Josselyn Drayson 0-1,
Drew Kopek 0-1
Morrisville: Tilly Couture 1-0, Madison Tomkins 0-1, Kate Mabey 0-1
Saves:
Molly Goergen (Cortland) 14 saves (1 GA in 59:52); Sydney Canham (Morrisville) 30 saves (4 GA in 60:00)
Shots on goal: Cortland 34 (6-14-14), Morrisville 15 (2-4-9)
Penalties: Cortland 3-6:00, Morrisville 5-10:00
Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 14-2-2, 9-2 SUNYAC (ranked ninth nationally in Div. III), Morrisville (Mustangs) 6-10, 3-6 SUNYAC