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Saturday, February 25
3:00 PM
Princeton University
19-9-3
2
vs
0
Quinnipiac
21-9-6
1
2
3
F
Quinnipiac
0
0
0
0
Princeton
0
2
0
2
Team Stats
QUW
PRINW
Shots
29
39
PPG
0
0
SHG
0
0
Penalties
2
1
Penalty Mins
4
2
Faceoffs Won
25
29
Game Leaders
Skaters
+/-
+2
Goals
1
Sh
7
A
0
+/-
+1
Goals
1
Sh
2
A
0
+/-
+2
Goals
0
Sh
7
A
1
+/-
+2
Goals
0
Sh
1
A
1
Players Mentioned
F
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Neatby Shuts Out Quinnipiac, Sets Up "Game 4"
February 25, 2017 | Women's Ice Hockey
And so after two days of very hard-fought hockey, the ECAC women's hockey quarterfinal series between No. 8 Princeton and No. 10 Quinnipiac comes down to a winner-take-all Game 4 Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m., at Hobey Baker Rink.
Game 4? Isn't it best-of-three? Technically yes, but it's been a long two days of hockey for these two teams.
Freshman Steph Neatby made 29 saves and Kimiko Marinacci and Cassidy Tucker both scored as Princeton defeated Quinnipiac 2-0 to even the series at 1-1.
The Tigers needed to bounce back quickly, both physically and emotionally, after the longest game in Princeton hockey history - men's or women's - Friday, in which Quinnipiac scored late in the third overtime to take a 3-2 win in Game 1, which was a little more than six minutes shy of two full hockey games. Turning it around so quickly after that wasn't going to be easy.
"Overall, we know all the work we put in throughout the year - all the skating, all the conditioning and all the extra stuff we do is for that type of moment," Kelsey Koelzer said regarding the comeback after a grueling 109 minutes of hockey yesterday. "It didn't go our way yesterday, but we knew we were in good shape and we'd be able to take it to them today. I think all that hard work is going to pay off tomorrow as well."
Princeton actually would have a scoring drought of 104:55 from the second period Friday through the second period Saturday, but Marinacci's first goal of the year, off assists from Koelzer and Kiersten Falck, finally snapped that run. The goal was reviewed by the officials, and a huge ovation went up when the ref pointed to center ice, signaling it was good.
Clearly, there was a sense of relief from the Tigers. It would take less than two more minutes to double the lead, as Tucker scored on a hard rip, assisted by Molly Strabley.
"The first goal they went to review for a long time - which was beneficial for us because they overturned the call - but it kind of took the momentum away from what we had going," Koelzer said. "But for us to keep battling, and come back and do exactly what we needed to do which was to funnel pucks to the net and get that goal was huge and it gave us a little cushion and confidence that playing this style of game it was going to come for us."
Neatby then made it stand up from there. Her shutout came one day after she set the school single-game record with 60 saves in the 3 OT loss.
The winner of the game Sunday will advance to the ECAC semifinals next weekend to play Clarkson, the top seed, who advanced by sweeping Rensselaer. The Golden Knights will host the final the two semifinals and the championship on Sunday.
Game 4? Isn't it best-of-three? Technically yes, but it's been a long two days of hockey for these two teams.
Freshman Steph Neatby made 29 saves and Kimiko Marinacci and Cassidy Tucker both scored as Princeton defeated Quinnipiac 2-0 to even the series at 1-1.
The Tigers needed to bounce back quickly, both physically and emotionally, after the longest game in Princeton hockey history - men's or women's - Friday, in which Quinnipiac scored late in the third overtime to take a 3-2 win in Game 1, which was a little more than six minutes shy of two full hockey games. Turning it around so quickly after that wasn't going to be easy.
"Overall, we know all the work we put in throughout the year - all the skating, all the conditioning and all the extra stuff we do is for that type of moment," Kelsey Koelzer said regarding the comeback after a grueling 109 minutes of hockey yesterday. "It didn't go our way yesterday, but we knew we were in good shape and we'd be able to take it to them today. I think all that hard work is going to pay off tomorrow as well."
Princeton actually would have a scoring drought of 104:55 from the second period Friday through the second period Saturday, but Marinacci's first goal of the year, off assists from Koelzer and Kiersten Falck, finally snapped that run. The goal was reviewed by the officials, and a huge ovation went up when the ref pointed to center ice, signaling it was good.
Clearly, there was a sense of relief from the Tigers. It would take less than two more minutes to double the lead, as Tucker scored on a hard rip, assisted by Molly Strabley.
"The first goal they went to review for a long time - which was beneficial for us because they overturned the call - but it kind of took the momentum away from what we had going," Koelzer said. "But for us to keep battling, and come back and do exactly what we needed to do which was to funnel pucks to the net and get that goal was huge and it gave us a little cushion and confidence that playing this style of game it was going to come for us."
Neatby then made it stand up from there. Her shutout came one day after she set the school single-game record with 60 saves in the 3 OT loss.
The winner of the game Sunday will advance to the ECAC semifinals next weekend to play Clarkson, the top seed, who advanced by sweeping Rensselaer. The Golden Knights will host the final the two semifinals and the championship on Sunday.
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