CORTLAND, N.Y.-Senior forward Jordan Ott (Hilton, N.Y./Rochester Edge) recorded her third career hat trick to lift the SUNY Potsdam women’s hockey team (4-0, 2-0 ECAC West) to a 5-1 win at SUNY Cortland (0-2, 0-2) on Saturday afternoon. She also had two assists for a career-high five-point day. The five points moved her into a tie with Annmarie Lewis ’12 for first place on the program’s NCAA era scoring list. Freshman defenseman Delphine Léonard (Montreal, Quebec/Dawson College Prep) had four assists in the contest. Sophomores Rylie Murray (Berkley, Mich./Honeybaked) and Jenna Patterson (Boissevain, Manitoba/Westman Wildcats) also scored for Potsdam.
The Red Dragons battled evenly with Potsdam through the first 20 minutes, outshooting the Bears 12-11. Cortland grabbed a 1-0 lead at 16:12 as Miranda Kolb finished a pass from Emily King. Sydney Carlucci also assisted on the play. Ott answered with a power-play marker with seven seconds remaining in the period to send the game into the first intermission tied at one apiece. Léonard (Montreal, Quebec/Dawson College Prep) assisted on the play.
Potsdam took control in the second period. Ott gave the Bears the lead for good with her second goal just 1:30 into the middle stanza with assists from freshman defenseman Lucy Condon (Kitchner, Ontario/Waterloo Ravens) and Léonard. At 15:11, Ott added another power-play goal with helpers from junior forward Anna-Rose Bertin (Marathon, Ontario/CIH Academy) and Léonard. The Bears led 3-1 after 40 minutes of play.
Murray extended the lead to three at 12:44 of the third period with assists from senior captain Amanda Peterson (West Chazy, N.Y./Chazy Flyers) and Ott. Patterson added a fourth power-play-goal to close the scoring at 5-1 with just four seconds remaining.
Bears freshman goalie Nicole Whitesell (Winnipeg, Manitoba/Balmoral Hall) finished with 21 saves to improve to 2-0 in her collegiate career. Victoria Gibson stopped 25 shots for Cortland.
Potsdam was 4-for-6 on the power play, while the Red Dragons went 0-for-6.
The Bears are back in action next weekend when they host Buffalo State for two games.
