CORTLAND, NY –
Sadie Hoffmann (Miller Place) registered a career-best seven points on three goals and an assist to lead the nationally 13th-ranked Cortland field hockey team to a 7-0 home victory over Morrisville in State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) on Stadium White on Tuesday afternoon. Cortland improves to 11-2 (2-1 SUNYAC), while Morrisville drops to 5-6 (0-3 SUNYAC).
Hoffmann had her first collegiate hat trick, and the first hat trick by a Cortland player since Keirra Ettere against Oswego in 2024.
Gabriella Gemelli (Clinton) recorded four assists and matched the Cortland single-game assist record, which she had tied in last year's game against Morrisville. She is also the first Cortland player to have four assists in multiple games.
Claire Flanagan (Greene),
Madison Oliver (Holland Patent),
Grace Esposito (Carle Place), and
Lillian Morse (Burnt Hills/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) each tallied a goal for Cortland.
Sofia Cannistraci (Guilderland) made one save in goal for her seventh shutout of the year.
Emmaly Noeller made 15 saves and allowed five goals in a losing effort for Morrisville over three quarters of action. Jillian Buczkowski made three saves and allowed two goals in the fourth quarter. Gracie Bagg and Kylee Noyes each had a defensive save for the Mustangs.
Hoffmann opened the scoring just over three minutes into the first quarter, dribbling around a pair of Morrisville defenders and blasting a shot from just inside the circle for the 1-0 lead.
Cortland extended its advantage to two only two minutes later.
Kaylee Hughen (Lake Hopatcong, NJ/Boonton) took a shot from the edge of the circle that was saved, but Flanagan was able to knock the rebound into the back of the cage for her third goal of the year.
The Red Dragons added two more goals in the first quarter to extend the lead to 4-0. Esposito redirected a pass from Gemelli into the right corner of the goal for her second goal of the year with five minutes remaining, and Hoffmann dribbled down the right side a fired a cross to the middle of the field for a tap-in goal by Oliver with under three minutes left in the frame.
Cortland fired 11 shots, including six shots on goal in the second quarter. However, Noyes recorded a defensive save to clear the ball off the goal line and Noeller made five saves in the period to keep the Cortland lead at 4-0 into halftime.
Morse gave Cortland a 5-0 lead with under seven minutes left in the third quarter, taking a pass on a penalty corner from Gemelli and blasting a shot that deflected off a Morrisville defender for her third goal of the year.
Hoffmann netted her second and third goals of the game in the fourth quarter to complete the scoring. With seven minutes remaining, Gemelli inserted a penalty corner to the edge of the circle, where Hoffmann dribbled in a step and ripped a shot low and into the corner of the cage. With under three minutes left, Gemelli once again inserted a penalty corner to Hoffmann, who rifled a shot into the bottom corner to complete her hat trick.
For the game, Cortland finished with a 19-2 advantage in penalty corners and scored five of its goals from corners.
