Box Score NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Cornell women's ice hockey team ran its win streak to three games with a 3-0 shutout of Yale on Saturday afternoon at Ingalls Rink. The Big Red dominated all phases of the game to remain unbeaten in ECAC Hockey and Ivy League play while moving to 12-1-2 overall on the year. Yale fell to 5-9-1.
Cornell held a dominant 36-16 edge in shots, including 27-8 in the final two periods after the Big Red broke out on top despite an evenly-played 20 minutes.
Alyssa Gagliardi and
Hayleigh Cudmore each scored even strength goals, while
Jessica Campbell cashed in on the extra man, Cornell's lone power play goal in seven opportunities.
Paula Voorheis picked up her second career win and first shutout, making 16 saves.
Jillian Saulnier had two assists, while Campbell assisted on one goal to go along with her own score.
Jaimie Leonoff made 33 saves to keep the Bulldogs in the contest, but Cornell killed off five power plays and allowed just four total shots, including no shots on Yale's first two extra man attempts.
Cornell got on the board midway through the first when
Alyssa Gagliardi's fourth goal of the year put the visitors up 1-0, and the Big Red put the game away with two goals in the span of 52 seconds, including Campbell's power play goal shortly after she was part of Cudmore's insurance goal. Voorheis made eight saves in the decisive first period, then made just eight total in the final 40 minutes to complete the shutout.
The Big Red steps out of conference play when it visits Mercyhurst for a two-game set beginning on Friday, Jan. 10 at 7 p.m. in Erie, Pa.