Box Score
HAMDEN, Conn. -- The Cornell women's hockey team struck for five unanswered goals to take a 5-1 victory at Quinnipiac on Friday night in the ECAC Hockey opener for both teams.
Jessica Campbell scored a pair of goals while
Chelsea Karpenko and
Rebecca Johnston both added a goal and an assist for the Big Red.
Cornell (3-0, 1-0 ECAC Hockey) also got a goal from
Laura Fortino, while
Brianne Jenner had three assists and
Amanda Young and
Karlee Overguard both had a pair of assists.
Amanda Mazzotta made 24 saves on the night, as Cornell went 2-for-2 on the power play.
For Quinnipiac (5-2-1, 0-1 ECAC Hockey), Kate Wheeler scored the game's first goal, with Kelly Babstock and Erin Uden Johansson picking up assists. Victoria Vigilanti made 39 saves in the losing effort for the Bobcats, who went scoreless in six power-play chances.
The Bobcats got in the scoring column at the 16:08 mark of the game, but Cornell needed just 1:36 to tie the score with Johnston's second marker of the year, a power-play goal. Then, 1:08 later, Fortino scored what would be the game-winner, scoring her first of the year with Overguard and Jenner tallying assists with Cornell's second power-play chance of the night.
In the second period, Campbell scored her first of two, with Johnston and Jenner both picking up assists. Karpenko then added to the lead at the 16:08 mark of the game, with Young recording her first assist of the night. Campbell then finished off the scoring with a short-handed goal at the 14:26 mark of the third period, with Young and Overguard springing the freshman for the man-down tally.
Cornell returns to action on Saturday afternoon, taking on Princeton in a 4 p.m. contest at Hobey Baker Rink in Princeton, N.J.