ITHACA, N.Y. – #19/17 Cornell University overcame an early goal from #20 Union College men's hockey sophomore Will Felicio and rallied to defeat the Garnet Chargers 2-1 on Friday evening at Lynah Rink. 
 

Union (8-3-1, 2-3-0 ECAC Hockey) entered the game against Cornell (5-2-0, 4-1-0 ECAC Hockey) riding a three-game winning streak and had scored a power-play goal in all three of those wins. While the Garnet Chargers were not able to extend their winning streak, they did extend their goal streak on the man advantage thanks to a wrist shot just past the blue line from Felicio. Junior Tyler Dunbar and sophomore Ben Muthersbaugh set up Felicio for his first goal in a Union sweater. The Holden, Mass. native scored twice during his first-year campaign at University of Michigan.
 

Dunbar earned his seventh assist of the season, which is tied for the most among ECAC hockey defensemen. Muthersbaugh's assist gives him double-digit points so far in his sophomore campaign. 
 

Cornell knotted up the game with a power-play goal at the 12:47 mark of the first, snapping Union's streak of 17 straight chances without allowing a goal while a man down. The Big Red later doubled its lead in the second stanza after outshooting Union 7-4. Union's four shots were its fewest in a single period all season long. 
 

The Garnet Chargers earned the first power play of the third period at the 3:00 mark, but it was cut short after a hooking call was charged to sophomore Lucas Buzziol.

Union was not a man up on the ice again until pulling sophomore goaltender Cameron Korpi with 1:44 remaining in regulation. Korpi, the reigning ECAC Hockey Goalie of the Week, made 21 saves on the night. However, he ended up being dealt his third loss of the season after Union was unable to convert either of its two shots in the final 104 seconds of regulation.
 

Union lost its first game of the season while sporting a national ranking. Union was tabbed 20th in the USCHO poll on Monday, appearing in that poll for the first time since 2019. Union also suffered its second loss of the season when scoring the first goal of the game. 
 

Union takes on Colgate University on Saturday, Nov. 22 at 7 p.m. in Hamilton, N.Y.