CORTLAND, N.Y. – The No. 2 Plattsburgh State women's ice hockey team battled SUNY Cortland to a 3-3 overtime tie in a Northeast Women's Hockey League (NEWHL) game Friday afternoon at Alumni Arena.
 
Plattsburgh State is ranked at No. 2 in the DCU/USCHO.com Women's Division III Top-10 Poll.
 
Graduate student defenseman Erin McArdle (Macomb, Mich./Belle Tire) and graduate student forward Annie Katonka (Pittsburgh, Pa./Pittsburgh Penguins Elite) each had a goal and an assist for the Cardinals, while senior forward Emily Kromer registered a goal and an assist for the Red Dragons. With her two points, Katonka reached the 150-point plateau for her career.
 
Both teams were 1-for-5 on the power play, while Plattsburgh State outshot Cortland by a 47-30 margin.
 
Plattsburgh State moves to 16-2-1 overall (11-0-1 NEWHL), while Cortland pushes its record to 13-3-1 overall (8-3-1 NEWHL). The two teams close out their season series tomorrow afternoon at 1 p.m. at the Upstate Medical University Arena in Syracuse, N.Y.
 
Senior defenseman Holly Schmelzer (East Amherst, N.Y./Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles) put the Cardinals on the board at 2:37 of the first period. Junior defenseman Kendall Wasik (Novi, Mich./HoneyBaked) chipped a puck from the right point into the slot before a Red Dragon swiped the puck toward the blue line. Schmelzer gained control of the puck in the high slot and scored on a shot that went through the five-hole for her first goal of the season. First-year forward Riley Calhoun (New Hartford, N.Y./Bishop Kearney Selects) also earned an assist on the goal.
 
At 18:17 of the first, Cortland leveled the score at 1-all. Kromer forced a neutral-zone turnover, spurring a 3-on-2 rush into Plattsburgh State's end. Kromer centered a pass to first-year forward Meggan Cramer, and Cramer scored high glove side from the hash marks. Senior defenseman Kirsten MacDowell earned an assist on the play as well.
 
McArdle put Plattsburgh State out in front with a power-play goal at 1:32 of the second period. Katonka fed McArdle on the point with a pass from the left circle, and McArdle took a shot that navigated through traffic and beat the goalie high glove side. First-year defenseman Mattie Norton (Glen Carbon, Ill./St. Louis Lady Blues) also earned an assist.
 
At 6:19 of the second, Cortland tied the game up with a power-play marker of its own. Graduate student forward Grace Schnorr passed D-to-D to junior defenseman Molly McCabe, and McCabe took a shot from the point that senior goaltender Ashley Davis (Winterville, N.C./Northwood School) saved.  Graduate student forward Katie DeVoe then banged in the rebound in the low slot.
 
Kromer gave the Red Dragons the lead at 7:47 of the second period. She banked the puck off the boards in the defensive zone to help break herself forward, and she took a shot that Davis turned aside with a pad save. Junior forward Dany Donegan collected the rebound and took a shot that went wide right of the goal, but the puck stopped along the right post after hitting a Cardinal defender's skate. Kromer then poked the puck inside the right post.
 
Katonka netted the game-tying goal with 47 seconds left in the second period. McArdle took a slap shot from the left point that was saved, and Katonka hammered home the rebound. Senior forward Sara Krauseneck (Saginaw, Mich./Northern Cyclones) also earned an assist on the goal.
 
Plattsburgh State peppered Cortland's first-year goaltender Molly Goergen with shots in the third period, as Goergen made 18 stops in the final regulation frame to help force overtime. In the overtime period, both teams had several offensive chances, but both goalies stood on their heads by making five stops each.
 
Davis finished the game with 27 saves for Plattsburgh State, while Goergen made 44 stops for Cortland.

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