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CANTON, N.Y. – Despite a dominating first period of play from the women's hockey team, the #5 St. Lawrence Saints used goals from five different skaters to earn a 5-2 win and halt Cornell's unbeaten streak at six games on Saturday afternoon in an ECAC Hockey matchup at Appelton Arena in Canton.

Senior goaltender Paula Voorheis registered 21 saves in the loss, becoming just the second player in program history to eclipse the 2,000-career saves mark after Alanna Hayes, while freshman Kristin O'Neill potted her nation-leading fourth short-handed goal of the season and set a program record for short-handed goals in a season.

Cornell put pressure on the Saints from the opening faceoff, pouring four shots in the first four minutes – and outshooting the Saints 9-0 in the first 15 minutes of play -and earning a penalty. Nothing resulted from that first power-play opportunity for the Big Red, but it allowed Cornell to build sustained pressure in the offensive zone and prevent the Saints from breaking the puck out.

St. Lawrence did not get its first shot on goal until it went on the power-play with under three minutes to play in the opening frame and Voorheis was tested in the waning seconds when Hanna Miller and Brooke Webster had back-to-back looks near the crease but the senior flashed the pads to send the game into the first break scoreless.

On a power-play just five minutes into the second, Voorheis went down for the save on a shot from the point and then refused to be fooled by a backhanded deke attempt for a sliding save at the right post. Just minutes later, Justine Reyes dance through the zone and tried to beat Voorheis down low but the Big Red goaltender made a split-save with her left toe.

St. Lawrence finally broke the deadlock with 5:16 to play in the period when Justine Reyes scored on a power-play. The Saints added their second of the period with 21.7 seconds to play when Brooke Webster capitalized on a deflected puck in the neutral zone and finished a feed from Kennedy Marchment.

O'Neill pulled Cornell back within a goal just 19 seconds into the third period when she stole a puck at the Cornell blueline and skated into the zone to beat Harrison's glove for her nation-leading fourth shorthanded tally of the year and 10th goal overall.

The Saints answered back just two minutes later when Marchment got one of her own and with the score 3-1 with under 10 minutes to play and with the Big Red heading to a power-play opportunity, Voorheis was pulled to the bench in favor of an extra-attacker only to have Hannah Miller capitalize on the empty net for a 4-1 lead.

Senior co-captain Kaitlin Doering pulled the Big Red back within a goal on another 6-on-4 power-play at the 14:09 mark when she finished the puck at the right post - her fifth goal of the season - but Nadine Edney answered back for the Saints with an unassisted goal just over a minute later to quell the Cornell comeback.

Cornell (13-6-2, 9-3-2 ECAC Hockey) held the final edge in shots on goal, 30-26, over St. Lawrence (19-3-2, 11-2-1 ECAC Hockey).

Voorheis' (6-5-1) counterpart Grace Harrison (16-3-2) finished with 28 saves for the Saints.

The Big Red will return to the ice next weekend when it travels to Dartmouth on Friday and Harvard on Saturday.