No. 9 Princeton Secures Third Final Four Trip In Four Years With 2-0 Victory Over No. 2 UConn

Sunday, November 17

Storrs, Conn.

1:00 P.M.

Princeton University

(15-4)

#2 UConn

(19-4)

Princeton

UCONN

Photo by: Paul Neff

No. 9 Princeton Secures Third Final Four Trip In Four Years With 2-0 Victory Over No. 2 UConn

November 17, 2019 | Field Hockey

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STORRS, Conn. – The No. 9 Princeton Tigers earned its third trip in the last four years to the NCAA National Semifinals with a 2-0 victory over the No. 2 UConn Huskies at the Sherman Sports Complex on Sunday afternoon.

It's the ninth Final Four for Princeton in program history. The Tigers will take on No. 4 Virginia on Nov. 22 at 3:45 p.m. The other semifinal will feature No. 1 North Carolina and No. 7 Boston College (1 p.m.).

Grace Baylis kept the Huskies off the scoreboard about halfway through the first quarter with two point-blank saves.

Princeton 0, UConn 0 | 7:21 1st

Two huge saves by Graces keeps the Huskies off the board!

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— Princeton FH (@TigerFH) November 17, 2019

Right before the end of the quarter, Hannah Davey dribbled into the cage, but couldn't find a teammate on her pass attempt.

MaryKate Neff put the Tigers in front as she knocked in a deflection following a corner in the second frame.

PRINCETON GOAL!

MK off the deflection hits its in!

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— Princeton FH (@TigerFH) November 17, 2019

Several minutes later, the Huskies tried for an equalizer, creating a 2v1, but the shot was wide of the cage. Princeton held a 5-4 shot lead through the first 30 minutes of action.

The Tigers opened up the second half with two shots, but couldn't produce a second goal. 10 minutes into quarter, UConn peppered Baylis with two straight attempts on a corner, but she blocked them both before Neff stopped another ball from getting in.

Princeton 1, UConn 0 | 2:09 3rd

Two more stops from Grace and then a defensive stop by MK keeps the Huskies off the scoreboard.

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— Princeton FH (@TigerFH) November 17, 2019

Davey provided the insurance tally less than 90 seconds into the fourth quarter as she corralled a rebound and pushed it in.

PRINCETON GOAL!

Hannah on the rebound extends the Tigers' lead!

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— Princeton FH (@TigerFH) November 17, 2019

UConn pulled its goalie with under eight minutes remaining, but did not get a shot off.

Princeton improves to 15-4 overall and currently is on 12-game winning streak, which is the second longest streak in program history.