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Princeton University
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Pair of Top-10 Matchups, Blackout Baker Set for Homecoming Weekend
October 25, 2022 | Women's Ice Hockey
#10/10 Princeton (0-0-0, 0-0-0 ECACH) vs. #4/4 Colgate (9-0-0, 0-0-0), Friday, 6 p.m. | ESPN+ | Int'l Video | Live Stats | Game Program | Tickets
Princeton vs. #8/9 Cornell (2-0-0, 0-0-0), Saturday, 6 p.m. |Â ESPN+ | Int'l Video | Live Stats | Game Program | Tickets
BLACKOUT BAKER
The team's annual Blackout Baker event is Friday night. Fans are encouraged to wear black, and the first 200 students will receive a free Blackout Baker t-shirt. Tickets are available here.
HOMECOMING
It's Homecoming weekend at Princeton! Fans should tag their social media posts during their visit this weekend with #BackToTheBest. More information on Homecoming is available here.
RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE
There will be no easing into the new season for the Tigers, who will open with a 9-0 Colgate team that jumped to No. 4 in this week's DCU/USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine rankings from No. 6 last week. The Raiders have outscored opponents 36-6 so far this season with those 36 goals coming from 14 players. Netminders Kayle Osborne and Hannah Murphy have split the minutes in goal, each contributing to the team's 0.67 GAA. Cornell, which also moved up two spots in the DCU/USCHO.com ranking to No. 8 (No. 9 USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine). opened last weekend with a two-game sweep of Mercyhurst, outscoring the Lakers 10-2. Five players split those 10 goals, and Deanna Fraser played the entirety of both games in net, taking a 1.00 GAA into the weekend.
NATIONAL RANKINGS
Princeton is ranked No. 10 in both the the DCU/USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine rankings this week.Â
THE SERIES WITH COLGATE AND CORNELL
Princeton holds the all-time series against Colgate 31-11-5 overall and 18-6-1 at Baker Rink. Princeton held a six-game winning streak from 2014-17, but since then, the series is an even 3-3-2. The teams tied last season in Hamilton, 1-1, before the Raiders won 3-1 at Baker. Princeton also leads the all-time series against Cornell 48-41-6 overall and 22-17-5 in Baker. Cornell won nine straight from 2009-13, and since then, Cornell leads 11-8-3. Cornell won 2-0 in Ithaca last season before the teams tied 2-2 in Princeton.
100 CAREER GAMES
Kayla Fillier can reach 100 career games this weekend, now at 98, while Maggie Connors (96) and Mariah Keopple (95) are almost at the century mark.Â
LOOKING BACK AT 2021-22
Princeton made it to the ECAC semifinals for the third consecutive competitive season last winter, making some history in the process. Princeton became the first eighth seed to win a three-game series from the top-seeded team in the quarterfinals since the best-of-three quarterfinal format began in 2002. Princeton made the ECAC semis in 2019 and won it for the first time in 2020.
BETWEEN THE PIPES
Princeton has graduated its lead goaltender after each of the last two competitive seasons, with Stephanie Neatby '20 in 2020 and Rachel McQuigge '22 last season.Neatby and McQuigge are first and second on the program's career save percentage list.
RETURNERS
Princeton brings back the scorers of 48 of the team's 58 goals from last season, led by Maggie Connors (13) and Annie Kuehl (10). Connors has 61 career goals, good for 14th in program history. A 20-goal season would lift her to eighth.
NICE ADDITION
Back for her junior season is Sarah Fillier, who last played for Princeton in the 2019-20 season that ended due to the pandemic just before Princeton was due to open the NCAA tournament at Northeastern. In the meantime, Fillier helped Canada to two IIHF World Championships and Olympic gold. Fillier returns to the program with 70 career assists, more than halfway to the program record of 122 (Katherine Issel '95, only Princeton player with 100 career assists), and with 114 career points, more than halfway to the program record of 218 (Issel, one of three players with 200 career points).
