No. 10 Princeton Wins Third Straight to Start Season, Tops RPI 4-1

Friday, November 5

Princeton, N.J.

6:00 PM

Princeton University

3-0-0, 3-0-0

RPI

4-7-0, 2-3-0

Rensselaer

PRIN

Rachel McQuigge made 25 saves to get her third win of the season while Sarah Paul (19) had her first two goals as a Tiger.

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

No. 10 Princeton Wins Third Straight to Start Season, Tops RPI 4-1

November 05, 2021 | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Sarah Paul scored her first two goals of her career, Maggie Connors raised her career total to 94 points, and Ellie Marcovsky scored her first as a Tiger in a 4-1 win over Rensselaer for the 10th-ranked Princeton women's hockey team on Friday night at Baker Rink.

The win moves Princeton to 3-0 on the new season with a visit from Union coming on Saturday at 3 p.m. as the Tigers look for their second straight weekend sweep to start the season.

Sarah Paul opened the scoring, crashing the net six minutes into the game for her first career goal. It made Paul the third Tiger rookie in the last two games to get the first goal of her career, joining Dominique Cormier and Mia Coene.

14' left, 1st pd | #10 Princeton 1, Rensselaer 0

Sarah Paul gets Princeton on the board! Third rookie to score in three games this season!

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— Princeton Hockey (@PWIH) November 5, 2021

Sharon Frankel had the pass on Paul's first goal, and it was Frankel who won a faceoff and sent the puck to Paul for a quick blast less than four minutes into the second period.

14' left, 1st pd | #10 Princeton 1, Rensselaer 0

Sarah Paul gets Princeton on the board! Third rookie to score in three games this season!

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— Princeton Hockey (@PWIH) November 5, 2021

Maggie Connors, who had her 50th career goal in the season opener at Yale a week earlier, pushed her career goal total to 52 and her career point total to 94 with a steal and a breakaway just a few minutes after Paul staked Princeton to the 2-0 lead.

13 left, 2nd pd | #10 Princeton 3, Rensselaer 0

Maggie Connors, swipe and score!

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— Princeton Hockey (@PWIH) November 5, 2021

Though RPI got one in the second period to make it a two-goal game entering the final frame, Ellie Marcovsky redirected a rocket from Cormier just more than two minutes into the third to regain the two-goal lead.

17' left, 3rd pd | #10 Princeton 4, Rensselaer 1
Ellie Marcovsky with the redirect for her first goal as a Tiger!

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— Princeton Hockey (@PWIH) November 5, 2021

The goal was Marcovsky's first as a Tiger after competing at Robert Morris University last season and getting eight goals there.

Senior Rachel McQuigge got her third win in as many games this season, stopping 25 of 26 RPI shots on goal.