No. 6 Princeton Beats No. 7 Clarkson, Heads to First ECAC Final

Saturday, March 7

Ithaca, N.Y.

4:00 PM

Princeton University

25-6-1

Clarkson

25-6-6

Clarkson

Princeton

Shannon Griffin (top) had a goal and Annie MacDonald (12) had two assists in the win.

Photo by: Eldon Lindsay/Cornell Athletics

No. 6 Princeton Beats No. 7 Clarkson, Heads to First ECAC Final

March 07, 2020 | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Five goals from five players helped lift No. 6 Princeton over No. 7 Clarkson 5-1 Saturday at Cornell, putting the Tigers into their first-ever ECAC Hockey tournament final Sunday at 2 p.m. against Cornell.

Princeton extended its program-record win total, now with 25, and made the ECAC final in its eighth trip to the semis.

The Tigers got on the board in the first period with a blast from freshman defenseman Solveig Neunzert, who scored her second career goal to give Princeton the lead just more than six minutes into the game.

8' left, 1st period | #6 Princeton 1, #7 Clarkson 0
Solveig Neunzert threads it through, and the Tigers are on top!
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— Princeton Hockey (@PWIH) March 7, 2020

A huge second period netted Princeton three goals, from Shannon Griffin, Sarah Fillier and Kate Monihan, another rookie blueliner whose goal was her first as a Tiger, and with those three goals in a span of 5:53 and ending with more than eight minutes to go in the period, Princeton was up 4-0.

13' left, 2nd period | #6 Princeton 2, #7 Clarkson 0
Shannon Griffin from Annie MacDonald, and Princeton's up two!
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— Princeton Hockey (@PWIH) March 7, 2020

8' left, 2nd period | #6 Princeton 3, #7 Clarkson 0
Sarah Fillier! 3-0 Tigers!
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— Princeton Hockey (@PWIH) March 7, 2020

8' left, 2nd period | #6 Princeton 4, #7 Clarkson 0
Kate Monihan tacks on another one!
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— Princeton Hockey (@PWIH) March 7, 2020

Tiger netminder Stephanie Neatby carried a shutout for 56-plus minutes and made 29 saves on the night before Clarkson's Elizabeth Giguere spoiled it with less than four minutes to go, but Maggie Connors answered right back with an empty-netter to make it 5-1.

Here's Maggie Connors' ENG to ice it! Five Tigers scored the five goals today, including rookie Kate Monihan's first career goal! pic.twitter.com/xa2nlasB5z
— Princeton Hockey (@PWIH) March 7, 2020