Score: #5 Elmira College 5 – SUNY Cortland 1
Records: Elmira (8-2-2, 7-0-0 ECAC West), Cortland (1-11-0, 0-7-0 ECAC West)
Location: Alumni Arena – Cortland, N.Y.
 
CORTLAND, N.Y. -- A hefty 40-to-17 advantage in shots on goal helped the fifth-ranked Elmira College women's ice hockey team get back to its winning ways, as the Soaring Eagles scored a 5-1 road win against SUNY Cortland in ECAC West Conference action. With the win, Elmira remains atop the ECAC West standings with a perfect 7-0-0 league record. Second-year skater Maddie Evangelous '19 led the charge with three points on two assists and one goal, which would go down as tonight's game winner.
 
Elmira more than doubled Cortland's shot total in the first period, 10-4, which helped EC skate into the first intermission with a one-goal lead. Maddy Jerolman '19 scored the lone goal of the first period for the Soaring Eagles with just 56 seconds remaining on the clock. Jerolman's classmate, Evangelous, was credited with an assist on the game-opening score.
 
It took 6:11 of the second stanza for Elmira to double its lead, as Evangelous found the back of the cage for her fifth goal of the season. Evangelous' goal, which held up as the game-winning tally, was assisted by blueliners Meg Lahey '19 and Kiana Melvin '20.
 
Melvin was dinged for a checking penalty just about two minutes later, putting Cortland's power-play unit on the ice for a second time on the night. However, the extra skater did not benefit the Red Dragons as they had hoped, as second-year forward Katie Granato '19 struck for a shorthanded goal just 21 seconds into the Cortland power play at the 8:27 mark. Assisting on the Granato score was Kristin Chivers '19 and Evangelous.
 
The Red Dragons answered with their first and only goal of the evening exactly eight minutes later, when Carly Weigold scored her third of the year. Samantha Pippin and Ally Edwards picked up assists on the Weigold tally, which held up through the end of the second period.
 
Elmira tacked on two additional goals in the third period to seal its eighth victory of the season by a 5-1 final score. Opening the third-period scoring was senior Jessica Prance '17, who notched her third tally of the season on an assist from Chivers, her second of the night.
 
Jerolman concluded the game's scoring with her sixth goal of the season with 2:58 left in regulation. The Jerolman tally came on EC's fifth and final power-play opportunity of the night, which snapped a 0-for-25 power-play drought. Third-year forward Sarah Hughson '18 was credited with an assist on the score.
 
Turning Point
A 2:16 span in the early stages of the second period saw the Soaring Eagles strike for back-to-back goals, which helped EC cushion its lead at 3-0. The three goals proved to be more than enough for the Purple and Gold, which went on to win by four goals. Fueling Elmira's offense was Maddie Evangelous, who had hand in each of Elmira's first three goals of the night, including the eventual game-winning goal at the 6:11 mark of the second stanza.
 
Inside the Box Score

• Elmira outshot Cortland, 40-to-14.
• EC scored once on five power-play opportunities.
• The Red Dragons finished 0-for-4 on the power play.
• Cortland held a 33-to-22 advantage in faceoff wins.
• Evangelous paced the Soaring Eagles with a game-high three points on one goal and two assists.
• Jerolman led all scorers with two goals.
• Chivers also had a multi-point outing, finishing the night with two helpers.
• Granato and Prance each tallied once for Elmira.
• Melvin, Lahey and Hughson each registered one assist.
• Crawford needed only 13 saves to earn the victory between the pipes.
• Victoria Gibson surrendered four goals in 43:17 and made a team-high 21 saves.
• Weigold netted the only goal for the Red Dragons, with assists from Pippin and Edwards.

 
News and Notes

• No. 5 Elmira improved to 8-2-2 on the season.
• The Soaring Eagles are still perfect inside ECAC West play at 7-0-0.
• Elmira extended its unbeaten streak in the all-time series against Cortland to 33-0-0.
• The Soaring Eagles snapped a five-game skid without a power-play goal and are now 5-0-0 this season when scoring at least once on the extra-skater advantage.
• EC's five goals are the most it has scored since netting eight in the fourth game of the season, an 8-0 defeat of Chatham University on November 12th.
• Evangelous has scored five points (2g, 3a) in her last two games and now leads the team with 14 on the season.
• Jerolman tied her previous season highs with two points and two goals.
• Granato snapped a five-game scoreless streak with a shorthanded goal.
• Chivers tied her season high with two assists.
• Crawford is now 4-1-0 and sports a 0.40 goals-against average in five starts.
• Her goals-against average remains the lowest in all of NCAA Division III women's ice hockey, as does her .976 save percentage.

 
Up Next
Elmira completes its regular-season conference series with the Red Dragons tomorrow, when the Soaring Eagles welcome SUNY Cortland to the Murray Athletic Center for a 3:00 p.m. showdown.