Sunday Visit to Union Ahead for Women's Hockey Team

Sunday, January 16

Schenectady, N.Y.

2:00 PM

Princeton University

Union

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

Sunday Visit to Union Ahead for Women's Hockey Team

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We meet again: Princeton defeated Union 4-2 at home on Nov. 6. Four players (Kuehl, Neunzert, Connors, Frankel) had goals for Princeton in the win. Cassie Reale had the win in goal.

Changes: Princeton has had to move a few games so far because of player availability around the pandemic and injuries on one team or the other. Princeton's home game against St. Lawrence has moved to Jan. 18 (2 p.m.) from Jan. 8, and Princeton's game at Union is now on Sunday, two days later than originally scheduled. The game at RPI, originally scheduled for Saturday, has been postponed. The teams are looking for a reschedule date.

National rankings: Entering Thursday, Princeton ranked in the top 10 in the nation in team faceoff winning percentage (third, .582) and scoring defense (eighth, 1.62) goals allowed per game). Sharon Frankel was tops in the nation with 331 faceoff wins while Rachel McQuigge was third in the nation in save percentage at .954 and eighth in GAA at 1.47, and Maggie Connors was eighth with three game-winning goals.

The series with Union: Princeton leads the all-time series with Union 33-1-1 overall and 16-1-1 on the road with a five-game win streak in Schenectady.

Century club: Junior Maggie Connors, now with 103 career points, earned her 100th on Dec. 4 at Providence. Former teammate Carly Bullock '20 was the last Tiger to reach 100, finishing her career 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 the 1983-84 season.

Firsts: 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 12 goal scorers so far on the season.

Program record: Senior Rachel McQuigge has a 1.47 season and 1.66 career GAA entering the weekend. McQuigge already holds the single-season record for best GAA among starters, at 1.51 from the 2019-20 season. Princeton's program record for career GAA for goalies who were regular starters is 1.70, held by Roxanne Gaudiel '06. 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 .937 entering the weekend. McQuigge is eighth on Princeton's career save list, at 1,124. Elizabeth Hill '96 is seventh, at 1,273.

Olympians!: Princeton is without Sarah Fillier this season as she aims to help Canada pursue Olympic gold. Fillier, who would return as a junior, is headed to Beijing with former Tiger teammate Claire Thompson '20 after the roster was announced Jan. 11. The four-time gold-winning Canadians are looking for their first gold since 2014 after the U.S. won gold in 2018.