Princeton University Athletics
Princeton Women's Hockey Completes Weekend Sweep with 5-2 Win over Cornell
January 14, 2006 | Women's Ice Hockey
Jan. 14, 2006
Box Score
ITHACA, N.Y. - The No. 8 Princeton women's hockey team (11-5-4, 7-2-2 ECACHL) completed a weekend sweep on Saturday at Cornell's Lynah Arena, defeating the Big Red (5-11-0, 1-9-0) 5-2. Princeton skated past Colgate a day earlier and remains in a three-way tie atop the ECACHL standings with Harvard and St. Lawrence.
Freshman Kristen Young made her first career start in goal and was up to the task, stopping 15 of the 17 shots she faced. Princeton doubled Cornell on the shots tote board, 34-17.
Senior Heather Jackson had Princeton's first goal at 4:45 of the opening period. Sophomore Marykate Oakley took a breakaway up the right side of the ice and found Jackson coming straight up the middle to knock it in.
The Tigers added two more in quick succession in the first period, both in five-on-five situations. Oakley curled around in the slot and whipped a pass from Jackson into the net at
14:42 to give Princeton a 2-0 lead. It was Oakley's turn to assist again 17 seconds later when she was tripped up, passing the puck across the goal mouth as she fell to a waiting senior Sarah Butsch, who tucked it in the left post. That ended the day for Cornell starting goalkeeper Flora Vineberg, who faced 12 shots and made nine saves. Young saved all five shots she faced in the first frame.
Cornell took advantage of Princeton's first penalty of the game in the second period when Brianne Schmidt passed from behind the net to Caeleigh Beerworth waiting in front of the crease to cut Princeton's advantage to 3-1 at 4:36. But the three-goal lead was restored at 9:31 when Annie Greenwood scored her team-leading 14th goal of the season in front of a crowded net. Sophomore Brittany Salmon and junior Kate Hession earned assists on the even-strength goal. Princeton outshot Cornell 10-7 in the period. Princeton had little time to regroup from its fifth goal, and its first on the man-advantage, before Cornell scored its second. Senior Chrissie Norwich put the puck on net from just inside the blue line and Greenwood was in position for the deflection at 12:12 of the third period. Sophomore Brittany Salmon also earned an assist on the play. Five seconds later, the same scoring pair from Cornell's first goal repeated itself, as Beerworth took a Schmidt pass at the right point, pinging it off the crossbar and in for an even-strength score.
Cornell's second goalie, Beth Baronick, who gave up six goals in Princeton's 7-0 win at Baker Rink, saved 20 of the 22 shots she faced in 45 minutes of work.
Princeton had just two penalties on the game with Cornell converting one. Princeton had seven power-play opportunities and converted one but came up with more than enough even-strength goals to take home the win.
The Tigers will focus on books instead of pucks for the next couple weeks during the final exam period before visiting Quinnipiac on Jan. 31 to resume the season.