CORTLAND, N.Y. – The Cortland women's ice hockey team clinched a spot in the NEWHL playoffs with a 6-0 victory versus Buffalo St. Friday night at Alumni Arena. The Red Dragons improved to 15-4-1 overall and 10-4-1 in the conference, while the Bengals fell to 1-18-1 and 0-13.

Graduate student Grace Schnorr (Camillus/Little Caesars) led Cortland with two goals. Senior Quinn Metcalfe (Churchville/Rochester Monarchs) tallied a goal and an assist, freshmen Meggan Cramer (Cicero/Northwood School), and Nat O'Brien (Lockport/Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles) and Mia Hlasnick (Olean/Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles) each netted a goal. Freshman Gillian Zwolak (Stoney Creek, ON/Ancaster Avalanche) recorded four assists, seven others picked up one assist apiece.

Sophomore goalie Anna Hamid (Mineola/New Jersey Colonials) made six saves through the first two periods for the Red Dragons. Senior goalie Emily Steen (Windom, MN/Windom H.S.) stopped all six shots she faced in the third period. Freshman goalie Jessica Auge (Laingsburg, MI/Honeybaked Detroit) registered 42 saves for Buffalo St.

Metcalfe opened the scoring 2:27 into the game with a one-time shot in the slot. Schnorr made it a 2-0 score at 3:46, deflecting a shot past Auge. Schnorr then netted her team-high 18th goal of the season at 17:07 of the period with a snap shot from the high slot.

Cortland added two more goals in the second period. Cramer scored with a one timer just outside of the crease at 9:05, and Hlasnick netted a power-play goal at 18:36. O'Brien completed the scoring at 2:29 of the third period for the 6-0 final.

Cortland 6, Buffalo St. 0

Score by periods:

Buffalo St.      0-0-0     0
Cortland         3-2-1     6

Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists):
Buffalo St.: no scoring
Cortland: Grace Schnorr 2-0, Quinn Metcalfe 1-1, Meggan Cramer 1-0, Nat O'Brien 1-0, Mia Hlasnick 1-0, Gillian Zwolak 0-4, Dany Donegan 0-1, Kirsten MacDowell 0-1, Emily Kromer 0-1, Kait Bourgeois 0-1, Elena Eichmann 0-1, Amanda Gaffney 0-1, Destiny Bautista 0-1

Saves: Jessica Auge (Buffalo St.) 42 saves (6 GA in 60:00);Anna Hamid (Cortland) 6 saves (0 GA in 39:49), Emily Steen (Cortland) 6 saves (0 GA in 20:00), Empty Net :11

Shots on goal: Cortland 48 (18-17-13), Buffalo St. 12 (5-1-6)
Penalties: Cortland 4-8:00, Buffalo St. 2-4:00
Power Play: Buffalo St. 0-3, Cortland 1-1

Records after game: Buffalo St. (Bengals) 1-18-1, 0-13 NEWHL, Cortland (Red Dragons) 15-4-1, 10-4-1 NEWHL