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Princeton University Athletics
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Tigers to Visit Providence This Weekend as Hockey East Run Continues
November 30, 2021 | Women's Ice Hockey
at Providence | Friday, 4 p.m. | Video | Live Stats
at Providence | Saturday, 2 p.m. | Video | Live Stats
Sister Act 2: For the second straight week, sisters will be lining up on opposite sides. Last week, it was Princeton's Shannon Griffin and Northeastern's Molly Griffin. This week, it's Princeton's Mia Coene and Providence's Maddy Coene.
On Providence: The Friars are 6-5-4 heading into the weekend. Sophomore Lindsay Bochna leads the team with six goals, seven assists and 13 points while grad student Sandra Abstreiter (2-4-3, 1.86 GAA, .937 sv) and sophomore Mireille Kingsley (4-1-1, 1.48 GAA, .947 sv) have split time in net.
Common Opponents: Providence is 3-2-3 this season against teams that Princeton has already faced as well, including Brown (1-0-0), Northeastern (1-1-1), RPI (0-1-0), Union (1-0-0), and Quinnipiac (0-0-2). Princeton is 4-3 against those teams: Northeastern (0-2-0), Quinnipiac (1-1-0), Union (1-0-0), RPI (1-0-0), Brown (1-0-0).
Tough Schedule: Of Princeton's last six games, five have come against top-eight teams in the country, in Quinnipiac, Colgate and Northeastern. Princeton handed Quinnipiac its first loss of the season and became the first team this season to outshoot Northeastern.
The Series with Providence: Princeton and Providence last met in 2016 for a two-game series in Providence that Princeton swept on Oct. 22-23 of that year. Providence's last win in the series came on Oct. 23, 2010, also in Providence. The teams haven't played in Princeton since 2006. Providence leads the all-time series 44-10-4 overall and 21-5-3 at home.
Milestone Ahead: Junior Maggie Connors is one point away from 100 for her career. While that would make her the only current Tiger to reach the century mark, her former teammate Carly Bullock '20 was the most recent Tiger to hit the number, finishing sixth on Princeton's career list with 159 points.
An Historic Season: In 2019-20, Princeton set program records for wins (26), points (305) and assists (183), and had the second-most goals in a season, at 122, behind only the 135 scored in thee 1983-84 season
Firsts: Eight games into the season, four Tigers have scored their first goals as Tigers in freshmen Sarah Paul, Mia Coene, Dominique Cormier and Ellie Marcovsky. The first-timers represent four of Princeton's eight goal scorers so far on the season.
Program Record?: Senior Rachel McQuigge has a 1.57 GAA so far this season and has a 1.71 GAA for her career entering the weekend. Princeton's program record for career GAA for goalies who were regular starters is 1.70, held by Roxanne Gaudiel '06. McQuigge already holds the single-season record for best GAA among starters, at 1.51 from the 2019-20 season. McQuigge could also achieve the program's best save percentage in a career by a a regular starter, held by former teammate Stephanie Neatby '20 at .933, standing at .935 entering the weekend. McQuigge is also closing in on 1,000 career saves, something that eight previous Tiger netminders, most recently Neatby, have done, making 975 career stops entering the weekend.
Olympic Dreams: Princeton is without Sarah Fillier this season as she aims to help Canada pursue Olympic gold. Fillier, who would return as a junior, is with former Tiger teammate Claire Thompson '20 in pursuit of a spot on the Canadian roster, which is expected to be announced in December.
