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Cooke Scores as Women's Hockey Ties RPI
October 29, 2011 | Women's Ice Hockey
TROY, N.Y. (10/29/11) - Junior Kelly Cooke scored early as the Princeton women's hockey team played to a 1-1 draw with Rensselaer on Saturday, Oct. 29 at Houston Field House.
Princeton nearly had the game but with 2:08 left Alisa Harrison scored with help from Jill Vandergrift and Eleeza Cox.
Cooke gave Princeton the lead it would hold for nearly the entire game at 3:42 of the first period. Senior Paula Romanchuk slid the puck from the right post to junior Corey Stearns on the doorstep. Stearns fired a shot at netminder Brianna Piper who made the save but gave up the rebound to Cooke who was on the left side to put it away.
Senior Rachel Weber kept her team in the lead, making 27 saves before RPI managed to get one by her.
Eleeza Cox had a shot blocked shot was blocked and the puck reached Vandergrift in the paint. She fired a shot at Weber who kept the puck out of the net but couldn't control it as Harrison got her stick on it and took a couple swings at it before getting it under Weber and over the goal line.
RPI held a 31-25 edge in shots. Both teams were 0-for on the power play.
Brianna Piper stopped 24 including one on an Olivia Mucha breakaway with 1:25 left in regulation. Mucha sent a backhanded shot at Piper who used a kick save to send the game into overtime.
Weber finished with 30 saves as she helps Princeton to a 2-1-1 overall record and an undefeated 1-0-1 mark in league play. The Engineers move to 2-5-3 and 0-1-1 in the ECAC.
The Tigers return home next weekend, hosting Brown on Nov. 4 and Yale on Nov. 5.