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Women's Hockey to Face Minnesota in NCAA Tournament
March 07, 2016 | Women's Ice Hockey
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The 2016 Ivy League Champion Princeton women's hockey team has been selected to compete at the 2016 NCAA Women's Hockey Championship, it was announced by the selection committee this evening.
The Tigers will visit the No. 3 seed and defending national champion Minnesota on Saturday, March 12. Game time is at 4 p.m., Central Time at Ridder Arena. Tickets go on sale on Monday, March 7 at 9 a.m. CT on on mygophersports.com or by phone at 612-624-8080 or 1-800-U-Gopher. All tickets will be reserved seats; reserved chairback seats are priced at $10 and reserved bench seats are $5.
“We are so excited and grateful for the opportunity to represent the Ivy League and the ECAC in the NCAA Tournament," Princeton head coach Jeff Kampersal said. "We are equally excited to play Minnesota, the defending champs and first class program. Coach Frost has done a spectacular job with his team, not only this year, but since he stepped foot on campus. Ridder will packed, it will be so much fun. I am so proud of our team. We have experienced so much emotionally this year, but the team has remained relentless. Again, we are grateful for the opportunity to compete."
This is the second NCAA appearance for Princeton. The Tigers made their first appearance in 2006, and lost to Minnesota who had won the previous two national titles.
"We couldn't be more excited to have the opportunity to play in the NCAA tournament!" captain Cristin Shanahan said. "This team has worked so hard all year and faced so much adversity, and we are so grateful to be given this chance. Minnesota will certainly be a battle but they're nothing we can't handle. Go Tigers!"
These two teams are familiar with each other, having played each other last year and the previous year. The teams played a tight series just last year at Hobey Baker Rink, one that could have gone either way. Princeton visited Minnesota for a two-game set in 2013. Overall Minnesota holds an 8-1-1 advantage in the all-time series with Princeton.
Minnesota is 32-4-1 overall and lost to Wisconsin the WCHA championship game this afternoon to Wisconsin by a 1-0 decision. The squad is ranked No. 2 in the USCHO national poll and is third in the pairwise rankings.Minnesota and Princeton have two common opponents, in Yale and Penn State. Both teams went 4-0 against those teams.
Princeton is 22-8-2 on the season and recorded the most wins in program history this year. The Tigers lost to St. Lawrence in the ECAC Hockey quarterfinals in overtime of Game 3 last weekend. Princeton is ranked No. 9 in the latest USCHO poll and is seventh in the pairwise rankings.
The quarterfinal winners advance to the 2016 NCAA Women's Frozen Four at the Whittemore Center Arena in Durham, N.H., March 18-20.
Be sure to stay tuned to GoPrincetonTigers.com throughout the week for more information on Saturday's game.
NCAA Quarterfinal Match-Ups
No. 1 seed Boston College (38-0-0) hosts Northeastern (28-8-1).
No. 4 seed Quinnipiac (30-2-5) hosts Clarkson (29-4-5).
No. 2 seed Wisconsin (34-3-1) hosts Mercyhurst (19-10-5).
No. 3 seed Minnesota (32-4-1) hosts Princeton (22-8-2).