DURHAM, N.H. -- Freshman
Megan Devletian scored her first two collegiate goals and five different players found the back of the cage as Cornell snapped a five-game losing streak with a 6-1 win at New Hampshire on Sunday afternoon. The Big Red improved to 6-9 with the win, while the Wildcats slipped to 4-10.
Cornell led 5-0 at halftime and scored on six of their 11 shots on goal. Cornell finished with a 14-8 edge in shots and 8-6 in penalty corners.
Devletian gave Cornell the lead at 2:26 of the first quarter, and freshman
Rebecca Block made it 2-0 at 6:57 with assists from senior
Emma Poplyk and junior
Blake Wilks.
The Big Red added three more in the second quarter. Senior
Ashley Plzak scored at 16:35 on a penalty corner, assisted by sophomore
Stella Thibeault on the insert and senior
Rease Coleman on the stop made it 4-0 at 19:13. Junior
Polly Parsons finished the first-half scoring at 28:41 with assists from Coleman and Wilks on another penalty corner.
Devletian added her second score of the game at 33:37 of the third quarter to make it 6-0. New Hampshire's Emily Coughlin got the Wildcats on the board at 39:59, but Cornell held on from there to close out the win.
Freshman
Claire Pausz played all 60 minutes in goal for the Big Red and made four saves, including two in the fourth quarter, to pick up her first collegiate win. New Hampshire's Kerigan Ross took the loss, making four saves before Feline Coonen replaced her to start the fourth quarter and made one save.
Cornell will close out the 2026 regular season when it visits Penn on Saturday, Oct. 31 at 12 p.m. in Philadelphia. The Big Red will qualify for the Ivy League Tournament with a win over the Quakers or a Columbia loss to Princeton.
