CORTLAND, N.Y. – Four different players scored a goal as the Hamilton women’s ice hockey team skated past Cortland, 4-1, Tuesday night in non-conference action at Alumni Arena. The Red Dragons fell to 2-13-2 with the loss, while the Continentals improved to 6-8-2.
Sophomore Kaitlyn Ryan (Binghamton/Adrian College) scored her first career goal for Cortland with freshman Sydney Carlucci (Baldwinsville/Rochester Edge) assisting on the score. Sophomore goalie Deanna Meunier (Parsippany, NJ/New Jersey Rockets) made 29 saves.
Seniors Stephanie Lang (Ann Arbor, MI/Honeybaked) and Gigi Fraser (Birmingham, MI/Honeybaked) led Hamilton with one goal and one assist each. Sophomore Hannah Bartlett (Marshfield, MA/Massachusetts Spitfires) and freshman Katie Parkman (Stratford, PE/Brewster Academy) netted one goal apiece. Senior Jill Tokarczyk (North Tonawanda/Buffalo Bisons), sophomore Megan Fitzgerald (Great Falls, VA/Washington Pride) and freshman Teal Gosselin (Franklin, MA/St. Mark’s School) each chipped in with an assist. Senior goalie Tori Bogen (Grosse Pointe Woods, MI/Victory Honda) turned aside 15 shots.
Ryan gave Cortland a 1-0 lead at 10 minutes, 15 seconds of the first period with a wrist shot from the slot. Less than six minutes later, Parkman tied the game on a rebound in front.
The Continentals scored three goals in the second period to take a 4-1 lead. Lang scored on a backhand over Meunier’s shoulder at 6:32, Bartlett recorded a power-play goal at17:46 and Fraser converted a breakaway at 19:23. In the third period, the teams combined for just nine shots as neither squad could light the lamp for the final of 4-1.
