Box Score

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Freshman Jessica Campbell scored four goals and junior Rebecca Johnston had a three-point game as the Cornell women's hockey team cruised to a dominating 9-1 victory over visiting Robert Morris on Saturday afternoon at Lynah Rink. The win lifted the top-ranked Big Red to 2-0 on the year while dropping the Colonials to 1-7.

Six different players scored at least one goal for the Big Red on the day, led by the four from Campbell. Johnston had a goal and two assists, while freshman Brianne Jenner and junior Chelsea Karpenko both had a goal and an assist. Sophomore Laura Fortino and juniors Amanda Young and Kendice Ogilvie each chipped in with a pair of assists, while juniors Hayley Hughes and Karlee Overguard added a goal. Freshmen Olivia Cook and Hayleigh Cudmore joined sophomore Lauriane Rougeau and juniors Jenna Paulson and Catherine White in chipping in an assist on the day. In all, 14 of the 15 Big Red skaters recorded at least one point in the contest.

Cornell, which went 4-for-8 on the power play after going scoreless in two chances in the season opener on Friday, held a decisive 43-8 edge in shots over the Colonials. Robert Morris got its lone goal on the power play, with Dayna Newsom scoring and Sara O'Malley and Thea Imbrogno picking up assists. The Colonials went 1-for-2 on the man advantage on the afternoon.

Cornell goaltender Amanda Mazzotta was called upon for just seven saves in the contest, while Robert Morris netminder Daneca Butterfield stopped 34 shots in taking the loss.

Cornell jumped out to an early lead with Jenner scoring her first career goal just 1:36 into the contest. Jenner picked up a loose puck in the neutral zone and skated through the Colonial defense before flipping a wrist shot over Butterfield for the 1-0 lead.

Johnston made the score 2-0 at the 8:21 mark of the first period when she took a pass from Cudmore and ripped a shot into the net for her first goal of the year. Four minutes later, it was Campbell scoring on the power play, following up on a rebound off a shot from Johnston with Young also adding an assist on the play.

Cornell took the 3-0 lead into the first intermission and added a pair of goals in the second. Cook carried the puck into the RMU end and sent a pass to the middle where it was sent on to Hughes by Ogilvie, and Hughes buring a shot inside the near post to make the score 4-0 at the 5:40 mark of the period. Less than a minute later, it was Campbell scoring her second of the game, with Jenner and Fortino recording assists on the play.

Karpenko scored her first goal of the season at the 6:08 mark of the third period, following up a shot by White on the power play to make the score 6-0. Six minutes later, Campbell finished off the hat trick, tipping home a shot from the point by Young from between the circles. She added the fourth with a rebound off a shot by Paulson at the 16:23 mark of the period, before the Colonials got on the scoreboard at the 17:47 mark of the game. With the Colonials on the power play, Imbrogno sent the puck around the Cornell goal where O'Malley played it to the front of the net, where Newsom was camped out, jamming the puck under Mazzotta and spoiling the shutout bid for the Big Red netminder.

Karlee Overguard scored her first goal of the year in the game's closing seconds, tipping home a shot from Rougeau with the Big Red on the power play, capping the scoring at 9-1.

The Big Red returns to action on Friday when it opens ECAC Hockey play at Quinnipiac. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the TD Bank Sports Center in Hamden, Conn.