Karel Prefontaine broke a tie late in the second period, and two Cornell players scored their first career goals as the No. 12 Big Red beat RPI 4-1 Saturday at Lynah Rink.
Cornell improved to 4-2 overall and 1-1 in ECAC Hockey, bouncing back from Friday's overtime loss to Union. The Big Red outshot RPI 34-14, according to Cornell's recap.
Prefontaine puts Cornell ahead for good
Lindzi Avar opened the scoring at 11:40 of the first period with her second goal of the season. Delaney Fleming and Carly Dann assisted.
RPI's Kami O'Brien tied it at 17:24, with Alexis Brunet assisting. The 1-1 score held until Prefontaine scored at 19:10 of the second period off assists from Jill McLaughlin and Piper Grober.
McLaughlin scored her first career goal at 7:54 of the third, assisted by Renee Bishop. Dann added her first career goal at 12:13, with Prefontaine assisting, to make it 4-1.
Dann, Prefontaine and McLaughlin each finished with a goal and an assist. Dann led all skaters with six shots on goal.
Lortie makes 13 saves
Jeanne Lortie stopped 13 of 14 shots and was named the game's first star. McLaughlin was the second star.
RPI goalie Sadie Bellissimo made 30 saves. The Engineers blocked 28 shots, while Cornell blocked seven.
The Big Red went 0-for-3 on the power play and killed RPI's only opportunity. RPI fell to 1-12 overall and 0-4 in conference play.
During Alumni Day, Cornell honored its 1975-76 team and head coach Bill Duthie. That team won the program's first Ivy League championship 50 years ago.
Cornell visits Quinnipiac at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, in Hamden, Connecticut, before playing Princeton at 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, in Princeton, New Jersey.
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