Bullock's Four-Goal Weekend Highlights No. 6 Princeton's Sweep of Syracuse

Saturday, October 26

Princeton, N.J.

12:00 PM

Princeton University

2-0-0

Syracuse

0-9-0

Syracuse

Princeton

Carly Bullock had her second two-goal game of the season's first weekend.

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

Bullock's Four-Goal Weekend Highlights No. 6 Princeton's Sweep of Syracuse

October 26, 2019 | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

The Tigers' top line of Maggie Connors, Sarah Fillier and Carly Bullock lit it up over the season's first weekend, and the nation's sixth-ranked Princeton women's hockey team has a sweep of Syracuse to show for it, beating the Orange 3-0 Saturday at Baker Rink.

After the trio had a four-point third period Friday night in which Princeton scored all three of its goals in a 3-1 win, Bullock scored twice in the first period, including just 73 seconds into the game, and Filler and Connors had the assists on both goals.

On the Tigers' first goal less than two minutes in, Connors flipped a pass from the blue line to Bullock, who was behind three Syracuse defenders before deking Orange netminder Allison Small and tucking it inside the left post.

18' left, 1st period | Princeton 1, Syracuse 0
Carly Bullock gets her third goal of the weekend! Just 1:13 into the game, Bullock gets Princeton on the board. Maggie Connors and Sarah Fillier on the helpers.
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— Princeton Hockey (@PWIH) October 26, 2019

Princeton's second goal came just past the midway point of the first period. Connors found Fillier charging up the center of the ice, and when four Orange defenders converged on her, Fillier threaded a pass to the left to set up Bullock for a one-on-one with Small and a 2-0 lead.

9' left, 1st period | Princeton 2, Syracuse 0
Carly Bullock: Two periods, two days, four goals. Sarah Fillier and Maggie Connors on the helpers.
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— Princeton Hockey (@PWIH) October 26, 2019

Princeton added to the lead just more than six minutes into the third period when Sharon Frankel won a draw to Small's right, sent a pass back to Claire Thompson atop the circle, and Thompson blasted it in for the 3-0 advantage.

13' left, 3rd period | Princeton 3, Syracuse 0
Claire Thompson makes it 3-0! Sharon Frankel won the draw and gets the assist.
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— Princeton Hockey (@PWIH) October 26, 2019

Stephanie Neatby finished with 28 saves to complete the shutout, the 11th of her career and first since Dec. 8, 2018 at Union.

The Tigers will play for the third time in five days when they host Quinnipiac to open the ECAC Hockey League season Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Baker Rink.

Postgame Notes

• Princeton now leads the all-time series with Syracuse 5-2-1, is unbeaten in the last six (5-0-1), and is a perfect 4-0 at home against the Orange.

• The top Tiger line of senior Carly Bullock, sophomore Sarah Fillier and sophomore Maggie Connors has 10 of the team's 16 points on the season and had six of the eight points in Saturday's game.

• Junior Sharon Frankel's assist was her first point since a March 2, 2019 goal against St. Lawrence.

• Senior Claire Thompson's goal was her first of the year and 25th as a Tiger, giving her 65 career points.

• Senior Carly Bullock now has 69 career goals, moving her into a tie for 11th on Princeton's all-time list. She needs six more goals to tie for 10th.