Box Score

ITHACA, N.Y. – Fans at Lynah Rink had plenty to celebrate Friday night as the No. 3 Cornell women's ice hockey team put up nine goals on visiting Yale in a 9-0 shutout. All but three skaters scored a point for the Big Red.

Amanda Mazzotta earned her first shutout of the season thanks to her 16 saves, and the Cornell offense did the rest in putting up 65 shots on Yale's two goaltenders.

The Big Red (2-0, 2-0 ECAC Hockey) came out of the gate slow against Yale (0-3, 0-1) but didn't stay off the scoresheet for long. After 12 minutes of superior hockey, Cornell finally struck 12:23 into the first period when senior captain Rebecca Johnston banked in a goal from behind the net. Freshman Jillian Saulnier got her first career assist on the goal and senior captain Amanda Young earned the second assist.

From there, the floodgates opened.

The Big Red scored 29 seconds later when freshman Monika Leck got her first career goal on assists from Kendice Ogilvie and Emily Fulton. Leck's teammates picked the puck out of the net and gave it to her to honor her first goal.

Less than two minutes later, Brianne Jenner scored her second goal of the season, and four minutes after that Johnston added her second of the night.

The second period saw more of the same, and Saulnier started it for the Big Red by scoring her fifth career goal in just two games. Then, a mere 13 seconds apart, Lauriane Rougeau and Jenner scored for Cornell to make it 7-0. Senior captain Catherine White tallied her first goal of the season three minutes later.

The Cornell offense quieted a bit in the final period, but White cleaned up a shot by Hayleigh Cudmore that went through Yale's goalie's legs and trickled toward but not over the goal line.

When it was all said and done, Johnston had two goals and two assists, Saulnier had a goal and two assists, Jenner had two goals and two assists, and Rougeau had a goal and an assist.

One game after putting up 64 shots on Colgate, Cornell surpassed that lofty number with 65 shots on Yale keepers Genny Ladiges and Jaimie Leonoff.

The Big Red had not scored nine goals since the second game of last season, a 9-1 victory against Robert Morris.

All but two players for Cornell are now on the positive side of the plus/minus rating, and the two who aren't are at zero. The team has combined for 15 goals, 28 assists and 43 points in just two games, and the top line of Saulnier, Jenner and Johnston has 23 points to its name already.

Cornell continues its home weekend on Saturday with a 3 p.m. game against Brown.