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Princeton University Athletics
Princeton University
RPI
Princeton Set to Visit RPI on Tuesday
January 31, 2022 | Women's Ice Hockey
at RPI, Tuesday, 4 p.m. | ESPN+ | International Video | Live Stats
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. The last two rescheduled games are set to be played on Feb. 1, when Princeton goes to RPI, and Feb. 13, when Princeton's home game against Dartmouth will instead be played on the road.
National rankings: Entering Monday, Princeton ranked in the top 10 in the nation in team faceoff winning percentage (second, .593) and scoring defense (eighth, 1.71 goals allowed per game). Sharon Frankel was tops in the nation with 429 faceoff wins while Rachel McQuigge is third in the nation in save percentage, at .947.
The series with RPI: Princeton won 4-1 at RPI on Nov. 5, getting two goals from Sarah Paul and one each from Maggie Connors and Ellie Marcovsky as Rachel McQuigge made 25 saves in the win. Princeton leads the all-time series 17-9-5 overall and 8-6-2 at Baker. Princeton has won the last three games overall and the last one at Baker, with RPI's last win both in the series and in Princeton coming in 2019.
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, 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. McQuigge is eighth on Princeton's career save list, at 1,233. Elizabeth Hill '96 is seventh, at 1,273. Should McQuigge pass Hill, sixth place belongs to Rachel Weber '12 at 1,787.
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. When the Chinese roster was announced on Jan. 27, Kim Newell '16 made it three Tiger Olympians as Princeton's all-time wins (52) and saves (3,096) leader was one of three netminders selected for the host team.
