CORTLAND, N.Y. - Behind a pair of goals from sophomore Leah Czerwinski, the Oswego State women's ice hockey team used a three-goal third period to defeat Cortland on the road on Saturday evening.  The win moves the Lakers to 5-0-1 on the season and 3-0-1 in conference action.

THE BASICS

• Final Score:  Oswego 3, Cortland 1
• Location:  Alumni Arena - Cortland, N.Y.
• Records:  Oswego (5-0-1, 3-0-1 NEWHL) | Cortland (2-4-2, 0-4-2)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Freshman goalie Hannah Lindey and the Oswego defense kept the Red Dragons off the board for two periods, making 24 saves during that time and thwarting two Cortland power plays.
• In the third, the hosts put a goal on the board when they looped across the middle of the ice and put a shot into the upper right corner at 7:01 of the period.
• Just forty-nine seconds later, Sara Cruise won a battle along the left boards and snapped a pass into the middle for Czerwinski.  She fired a low shot just inside the right goalpost to tie the score.
• The Lakers took control at 16:23 when Jean-marie Padden and Czerwinski broke out of their own zone on a two-on-one.  Padden gathered the puck along the right board and fired a beautiful pass across the goal mouth to a waiting Czerwinski who finished to give Oswego the late lead.
• Padden would add an empty-net goal with forty-four seconds remaining on an assist from Philomena Teggart, her first goal of the season and Teggart's second assist on the night.
• In all, Lindey made 28 saves on the night in earning the win and moving her record out to 2-0 on the season.

WHAT'S NEXT

The Lakers are off for Thanksgiving before returning to the Marano Campus Center Arena on November 30 for a 3 p.m. matchup with No. 2/2 Plattsburgh.