Box Score
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Junior
Catherine White scored a pair of goals to push the Cornell women's hockey team to a 3-0 victory over Clarkson on Saturday afternoon at Lynah Rink. The win, played in front of a Cornell women's hockey record crowd of 2,326, sent the top-ranked Big Red to 13-1 on the year and 8-0 in ECAC Hockey action.
Brianne Jenner added a goal for the Big Red, while
Chelsea Karpenko,
Laura Fortino,
Rebecca Johnston,
Lauriane Rougeau and
Olivia Cook each tallied an assist.
Amanda Mazzotta picked up her fourth shutout of the year with 22 saves in goal. Cornell finished the night 1-for-4 on the power play while holding Clarkson scoreless in five man-advantage opportunities.
Clarkson goaltender Erica Howe stopped 27 shots in the losing effort for the Golden Knights (6-10-3, 3-3-1 ECAC Hockey).
Clarkson came out early, posting an 11-5 edge in shots during the first period, though Cornell had the better of chances in the opening 20 minutes, including Johnston ripping a shot from the slot that rang off the cross bar. Cornell even had a late chance, but the buzzer sounded to end the period before Fortino's shot from the bottom of the circle to Howe's left went into the net.
In the second, White got the Big Red on the scoreboard with the eventual game-winner, as she and Karpenko broke out of the Cornell zone on a 2-on-1 on breakaway, with White beating Dahm for the goal. She then added to the margin later in the period, when, with Cornell on a power play, Fortino's shot was blocked by the Clarkson defense, with the rebound coming off to a wide-open White, who shoveled the puck into the net.
When it appeared as though Cornell would take the 2-0 lead into the second period, Johnston and Cook started a breakaway that turned into Jenner scoring with three seconds left on the clock in the period, concluding the scoring for the contest.
The game served as a benefit for the Big Red and the United Way of Tompkins County, with $1 for each person in attendance being donated to the organization.
Cornell is now off for nearly five full weeks, returning to action on Jan. 7 with a contest at Yale in New Haven, Conn.
