SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The No. 2 Plattsburgh State women's ice hockey team scored three unanswered goals, including two from graduate student forward Annie Katonka (Pittsburgh, Pa./Pittsburgh Penguins Elite), to defeat SUNY Cortland, 3-1, in Northeast Women's Hockey League (NEWHL) action Saturday afternoon at the Upstate Medical University Arena.
 
Plattsburgh State is ranked at No. 2 in the DCU/USCHO.com Women's Division III Top-10 Poll.
 
Both teams were scoreless on the power play, with Cortland going 0-for-4 and Plattsburgh State going 0-for-1. The Cardinals finished the game with a 30-24 edge in shots on goal.
 
Plattsburgh State raised its unbeaten streak to 12 with the win and rises to 17-2-1 overall (12-0-1 NEWHL) on the season. The Cardinals next host SUNY Potsdam on Friday, Feb. 11, at 7 p.m. Cortland falls to 13-4-1 overall (8-4-1 NEWHL) and next visits SUNY Morrisville on Tuesday, Feb. 8, at 4 p.m.
 
Cortland took a 1-0 lead at 8:46 of the first period, as sophomore forward Jillian Hlasnick one-timed a shot into the back of the net from the slot off a pass from first-year forward Mia Hlasnick.
 
Just 11 seconds into the second period, the Cardinals tied the game. Plattsburgh State won the opening face-off, and first-year forward Lily Stumm (Cranberry Township, Pa./Pittsburgh Penguins Elite) carried the puck down the right wing to ignite a 3-on-1 rush. Stumm passed to senior forward Sara Krauseneck (Saginaw, Mich./Northern Cyclones) in the left circle, and Krauseneck centered a pass to Katonka in the slot that Katonka poked past the Cortland netminder.
 
Katonka gave Plattsburgh State the lead at 17:21 of the second, forcing a turnover in the defensive zone before scoring glove side from the low slot.
 
Sophomore forward Mae Olshansky (Wilmette, Ill./North American Hockey Academy) added an insurance goal at 12:17 of the third period. Senior forward Nicole Unsworth (Milwaukee, Wis./East Coast Wizards) carried the puck into the offensive zone, and Olshansky picked up a loose puck along the goal line before eventually scoring on a tight angle from the bottom of the left face-off circle. Graduate student forward Kaitlin Drew-Mead (Niagara Falls, N.Y./Buffalo Bisons) also earned an assist on the play.
 
Junior goaltender Chloe Beaubien (Colorado Springs, Colo./Ontario Hockey Academy) picked up the win in goal for the Cardinals, making 23 stops. First-year goaltender Molly Goergen turned aside 27 shots in the loss for the Red Dragons.
 
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