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Women's Hockey Skates to 2-2 Tie With Rensselaer in ECAC Opener
October 31, 2009 | Women's Ice Hockey
PRINCETON (10/30/09) -- The Princeton women's hockey team skated to a 2-2 tie with Rensselaer on Friday night in the team's ECAC Hockey season opener. The Tigers led 1-0 and 2-1 in the opening period but RPI evened the score both times.
Princeton and Rensselaer traded goals twice in an offensive first period. Freshman Kelly Cooke scored her third goal of the season off the rush less than five minutes into the contest when she netted her third of the season from classmates Alex Kinney and Corey Stearns.
The Engineers answered in the 15th minute of the period when Jill Vandegrift scored from the doorstep with a shot that ducked inside the far upper corner of the net. Kendra Dunlop assisted on the goal.
The teams then traded power play goals in the 17th minute of the game as the teams scored 31 seconds apart. Princeton struck first when senior Maddie Endicott scored with a blast from the point four seconds into a power play. Sophomore Julie Johnson won the faceoff back to junior Laura Martindale on the left point, who fed Endicott for the score.
RPI countered quickly as Dunlop evened the score at 2-2. Just after a Princeton penalty, Dunlop had two swipes at the rebound of a Janessa Haller shot and put the second one in, knocking the rebound out of the air for the goal. Sydney O'Keefe also had an assist.
That goal capped the scoring as the goaltenders took charge in the second and third periods and overtime. Princeton freshman goaltender Cassie Seguin made 19 saves while RPI's Sonja van der Bliek made 23 saves. Princeton outshot RPI 25-21.
The Tigers are now 1-1-1 this season and 0-0-1 in the ECAC. Princeton hosts Union Saturday at 4 p.m.