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Cornell, No. 9 Colgate to Visit Women's Hockey Team for Weekend Series
January 26, 2022 | Women's Ice Hockey
Cornell and No. 9 Colgate will head to Baker Rink this weekend as the Princeton women's hockey team continues ECAC Hockey League season.
vs. Cornell, Friday, 6 p.m. | ESPN+ | International Video | Live Stats | Game Program
vs. Colgate, Saturday, 6 p.m. | ESPN+Â | 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.
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 last Saturday against Dartmouth has been postponed and is working to be rescheduled.
National rankings: Entering Wednesday, Princeton ranked in the top 10 in the nation in team faceoff winning percentage (third, .583) and scoring defense (seventh, 1.63 goals allowed per game). Sharon Frankel was tops in the nation with 379 faceoff wins while Rachel McQuigge was fourth in the nation in save percentage at .948.
The series with Cornell and Colgate: Princeton leads the all-time series against Cornell 48-41-5 overall and 22-17-14 in Baker. Cornell won the last meeting 2-0 on Nov. 20 in Ithaca despite Princeton outshooting the Big Red 37-24 on goal. Cornell won the last visit to Baker 5-1 on Dec. 6, 2019, and Princeton's last win over Cornell in Baker was on Jan. 5, 2018, 5-2. Princeton leads the all-time series against Colgate 31-10-5 overall and 18-5-1 in Baker. Princeton is unbeaten in its last five (3-0-2) against the Raiders and has won the last two against Colgate in Princeton, with the Raiders' last win in Baker coming on Jan. 6, 2018. The teams tied 1-1 in Hamilton on Nov. 19 with Maggie Connors getting Princeton's goal.
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 1.70 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 .936 entering the weekend. McQuigge is eighth on Princeton's career save list, at 1,168. 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.
