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Princeton University Athletics
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Women's Hockey Team to Host No. 9 Harvard Friday at Baker
January 20, 2022 | Women's Ice Hockey
Princeton at No. 9 Harvard will get together on Friday at Baker Rink as ECAC Hockey League play continues. The game will be Princeton's only one of the weekend as Saturday's scheduled game against Dartmouth has been postponed due to health and safety protocols within the Dartmouth program.
vs. Harvard, Friday, 6 p.m. | ESPN+ | International Video | Live Stats | Game Program
Princeton has announced it will be limiting spectators at indoor athletic events to Princeton students, faculty, and staff who are fully compliant with the University's COVID-19 protocols. This attendance restriction will extend through January 31. Princeton students, faculty, and staff who are fully compliant with the University's COVID-19 protocols may show their Princeton ID at the door to gain admission to athletics events from now through January 31. All seats will be general admission.
Familiar faces: Some Princeton and Harvard players share alma maters and are close in class year, including sophomores Kate Monihan (P) and Chloe Ashton (H) from the Lawrenceville School, sophomore Annie Kuehl (P) and freshman Hannah Chorske (H) of Edina HS, and junior Cassie Reale (P) and Emma Buckles (H) of Havergal College.
Changes: Princeton has had to move several games so far because of player availability around the pandemic and injuries on one team or the other. Princeton's game originally scheduled for Saturday against Dartmouth has been postponed and is working to be rescheduled.
National rankings: Entering Thursday, Princeton ranked in the top 10 in the nation in team faceoff winning percentage (third, .588) and scoring defense (eighth, 1.67 goals allowed per game). Sharon Frankel was tops in the nation with 364 faceoff wins while Rachel McQuigge was fourth in the nation in save percentage at .947, and Maggie Connors was ninth with three game-winning goals.
The series with Harvard: Harvard leads the all-time series 50-34-6 overall, and Princeton leads 18-9-4 at Baker Rink. The teams' last meeting was a tie, 3-3 at Harvard on Jan. 11, 2020, and Princeton's last win in the series was three games ago, on Jan. 4, 2019 at Harvard. The Crimson are 2-0-1 in their last three visits to Princeton, with the Tigers' last home win over Harvard coming 2-1 on Jan. 7, 2017.
Century club: Junior Maggie Connors, now with 104 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: Five Tigers have scored their first goals with the program in freshmen Sarah Paul, Mia Coene, Grace Kuipers, Dominique Cormier and Ellie Marcovsky. The first-timers represent five of Princeton's 12 goal scorers so far on the season.
Program record?: Senior Rachel McQuigge has a 1.71 career GAA entering the weekend, and 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 .935 entering the weekend. McQuigge is eighth on Princeton's career save list, at 1,143. 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.
