Joakim Ryan tallied a goal and an assist to lead Cornell to a 4-0 victory over Princeton on Friday at Hobey Baker Rink.
John Esposito, Christian Hillbrich and John McCarron also scored for Cornell, which took a 1-0 lead in the ECAC Hockey best-of-three series.
Goaltender Andy Iles made 26 saves to earn the shutout victory for the Big Red, and Mike Condon made 24 saves in the loss for Tigers.