Five for Five - No. 5 Princeton Blanks No. 4 Cornell 5-0

Sophomore Rachel McQuigge stopped all 26 shots she faced as the No. 5 Princeton dominated No. 4 Cornell in a 5-0 victory at Lynah Rink on Friday afternoon. Freshman Sarah Fillier and Maggie Connors both had four-point games with two goals and two assists apiece.

With the win Princeton improves to 11-0-2 in the ECAC and extends its unbeaten streak to 17.

"I'm really proud of the way our team played today against a tough Cornell team," Princeton head coach Cara Morey said. "All 21 of our players contributed to that win, it was a total team effort! Cornell is a very tough team to play against; they have a lot of speed and skill; so to play a game like this tonight was an awesome accomplishment."

Connors got things started with a heads up play in the neutral, picking off a poor outlet pass, racing in and sliding across the paint to beat Marlene Boissonnault.

Heads up play by Connors as she forces the turnover and buries her 11th of the season with an unassisted goal pic.twitter.com/iQf9bOe3jS
— Princeton Hockey (@PWIH) January 11, 2019

Junior defender Claire Thompson pushed the team ahead 2-0 at 16:47 of the first with a power-play goal, a snipe from the top of the slot with Connors and Fillier assisting.

Check out this power-play goal by Claire Thompson as the Tigers take a 2-0 leadhttps://t.co/odF0wIpy1r pic.twitter.com/QPnDObM7wF
— Princeton Hockey (@PWIH) January 11, 2019

At the end of the first the Tigers held a 16-5 advantage in shots.

Cornell (8-2-5, 6-2-1) tried to get back in the game in the second and created an 8-0 shot advantage to start the period but the Big Red wouldn't be able to get anything past McQuigge.

Right after successfully killing off back-to-back penalties the Tigers expanded the lead with Fillier tipping in a drive from Sylvie Wallin from the left point at 9:26.

Sarah Filler #unstoppable https://t.co/odF0wIpy1r pic.twitter.com/OXrPNlPMpj
— Princeton Hockey (@PWIH) January 11, 2019

A relentless forecheck by the Tigers led to the fourth goal as Filier picked off the puck behind the net and slotted it for Connors. The duo teammed up for a great odd-man rush tally at 14:29.

This goal sums up the 5-0 win over Cornell pretty well.#relentless pic.twitter.com/Ti4d2RpA44
— Princeton Hockey (@PWIH) January 11, 2019

Sarah Fillier makes it 5-0 Princeton over Cornell#ThisIsHowWeDoIt pic.twitter.com/j7z5pk4jtN
— Princeton Hockey (@PWIH) January 11, 2019

Princeton was 2 for 6 on the power play while Cornell was 0 for 3.

The Tigers face No. 9 Colgate tomorrow afternoon at 3 p.m.

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