A five-game road trip came to a disappointing conclusion for the Clarkson University Women’s Hockey team as the Golden Knights lost 4-1 to Cornell at Lynah Rink in Ithaca, NY on Saturday afternoon.

Clarkson, which managed just one-point in ECAC Hockey play in Central NY over the weekend, falls to 13-9-5 overall and to 7-5-3 in the conference. The Green and Gold tied Colgate 1-1 in Hamilton, NY on Friday. The Knights begin a five-game home stand at Cheel Arena this Wednesday when they host North Country rival St. Lawrence in a 7:00 p.m. contest.

The Knights fell into a big hole to start the game at Cornell as the Big Red scored three times in a span of 3:24 to take a commanding lead before the contest was eight-minutes old. Rebecca Johnston started the scoring at 4:12, followed by her second goal of the period, a power-play marker, at 6:52. Laura Danforth followed up with Cornell’s third goal at 7:36.

Senior Marie-Jo Gaudet (Sherbrooke, QUE) put Clarkson on the scoreboard with a power-play marker at 16:16. Junior defenseman Tegan Schroeder (Lumsden, SASK) assisted on Gaudet’s 16th goal of the season.

After a scoreless second period, Cornell wrapped up the win with Catherine White scoring for the Big Red at 15:29 to make it 4-1.

Cornell out shot the Knights 31-28. Sophomore Lauren Dahm (Baldwinsville, NY) started in goal and made three saves on the first six Big Red shots before leaving after the home team’s third goal. Classmate Eve Grandmont-Berube (Drummondville, QUE) made 24 saves over the final 52 minutes of play

Clarkson was 1-of-3 on the power play, while Cornell went 1-of-6 with the man advantage.