Princeton Takes Down St. Lawrence 6-2; Advances to ECAC Semifinal

Saturday, March 2

Princeton, N.J.

3:00 PM

Princeton University

20-6-5

St. Lawrence

14-15-7

Team	1	2	3	F
St. Lawrence	1	1	0	2
Princeton	1	2	3	6

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

Princeton Takes Down St. Lawrence 6-2; Advances to ECAC Semifinal

March 02, 2019 | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

No. 7 ranked Princeton defeated St. Lawrence 6-2 in Game 2 of the ECAC Hockey quarterfinal series to sweep the Saints and advance to the semifinals next weekend.

This is the just the second time the Tigers have swept a quarterfinal series, since the format went into effect in 2001-02.

Princeton's opponent, as well as the location of the ECAC Championship, have yet to be determined. No. 1 seed Cornell will play a Game 3 with No. 8 seed RPI tomorrow, as will No. 2 Colgate and No. 7 Harvard. No. 3 Clarkson defeated No. 6 Quinnipiac in overtime this afternoon to win its series.

The Tigers fell behind 1-0 as the Saints scored on their first shift, but senior Karlie Lund evened things up at the buzzer to take the teams into the first intermission tied at 1-1.

GOAL! Karlie Lund from Annie MacDonald at the buzzer and we head into the intermission knotted 1-1https://t.co/x6aJzypkiy pic.twitter.com/tRbC9yAysu
— Princeton Hockey (@PWIH) March 2, 2019

Junior Carly Bullock, who had a three-point game last night, gave Princeton its first lead of the game just 1:17 into the second period with freshmen Maggie Connors and Sarah Fillier assisting.

GOAL! Carly Bullock gives Princeton its first lead of the afternoon 2-1https://t.co/x6aJzy7ITY pic.twitter.com/LrqfsBI4bl
— Princeton Hockey (@PWIH) March 2, 2019

Connors gave Princeton a two-goal cushion at 6:55 on a redirected drive by senior Kimiko Marinacci from the point.

GOAL! Maggie Connors with her 26th goal of the season from Fillier and Marinacci and it's 3-1 Tigers pic.twitter.com/JPjUz9NOUb
— Princeton Hockey (@PWIH) March 2, 2019

The Saints weren't going away easily as they ended the Tigers' three-goal run with a power-play goal by Amanda Butterfield at 14:47 to make it a 3-2 game after 40 minutes.

Lund notched her second of the game as she seemingly just flipped the puck into the zone on a line change and it slipped past Sonjia Shelly in goal.

GOAL! Karlie Lund with her second of the day and Tigers take a 4-2 leadhttps://t.co/x6aJzy7ITY pic.twitter.com/ObMX79amzm
— Princeton Hockey (@PWIH) March 2, 2019

Freshman Sarah Fillier scored her fourth goal of the weekend and 20th of the season when she picked the puck off at the Saints blue line and went in one-on-one for the tally at 12:57.

Sarah Fillier - her fourth goal of the weekend - and she is Making Patty Proudhttps://t.co/x6aJzy7ITY pic.twitter.com/z3zaldFNAd
— Princeton Hockey (@PWIH) March 2, 2019

Sophomore Sharon Frankel finished off the scoring with help from sophomore Annie MacDonald and senior Stephanie Sucharda, a power-play goal at 16:22.

GOAL! Sharon Frankel from MacDonald and Sucharda expands the Princeton lead to 6-2https://t.co/x6aJzy7ITY pic.twitter.com/9SNcFOwbfr
— Princeton Hockey (@PWIH) March 2, 2019

Junior Stephanie Neatby made 24 saves as she improves to 6-1-1 on the season.

Shelly had 32 saves as St. Lawrence finishes its season 14-15-7.

Both teams went 1 for 4 on the power play.

This is the sixth 20-win season for the Tigers as they head into next weekend 20-6-5.