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Princeton University Athletics
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No. 13 Women’s Hockey Returns Home To Baker To Face Brown, Yale
January 23, 2025 | Women's Ice Hockey
PRINCETON, N.J.- The No. 13 women's hockey team will be home at last after over a month away from Baker Rink. The team's last home contest came on Dec. 12 when they defeated LIU 4-2. Now, the Tigers will face two ECAC opponents in Brown and Yale. The Friday game will serve as the team's annual Salute to Service night.
Schedule
Friday - 6:00 PM - Brown - ESPN+
Saturday - 3:00 PM - Yale - ESPN+
Last Time Out: Princeton moved to 13-8 with losses to No. 6 Cornell and No. 5 Colgate. Lucia DiGirolamo scored the lone goal of the weekend to make it seven total on the season. Jennifer Olnowich made a career high 45 saves in net in the loss to Colgate.
Wunder-ful Issy: Issy Wunder has been a consistent force for the Tigers. The junior is second on the team in goals with 20, leads in points with 39 and has a +24 rating. Wunder picked up both her first Bluebird Hotels ECAC Forward of the Week and Forward of the Month honors and was also named the UCA Player of the Month in November.
Mac Attack: Mackenzie Alexander is one of two players on the Princeton roster with over 30 points and leads the team in assists with 24. Alexander was named the ECAC Rookie of the Month for the third straight month and has added three Rookie of the Week honors. To top it off, Alexander was honored as the back-to-back UCA Rookie of the Month in November and December.
Points For Princeton: Issy Wunder is third in the country with 1.86 points per game. Mackenzie Alexander has made her presence known across the collegiate hockey landscape. She leads all freshmen in points and assists.
The Tigers Man Advantage: The Tigers are currently fourth in the NCAA on the power play. The team owns a 31.7% success rate on the man advantage and has already scored 20 power play goals compared to 24 total in the 2023-24 season.
Power Play Paul: Sarah Paul scored her first career hat trick on opening night against Robert Morris, all coming on the power play. The junior forward has 21 total goals on the season with a nation leading nine coming on the offensive advantage.
Rooks On A Roll: Every first-year player on the Princeton roster has recorded at least one goal and multiple points this season. The six member class has racked up 78 combined points, good for over 32% of the team's total.
Princeton In the PWHL: Sarah Fillier '24 was drafted with the first overall pick in the 2024 PWHL Draft by the New York Sirens. She notched 30 goals and 13 assists in her senior season with Princeton. Claire Thompson '20 was selected third overall by PWHL Minnesota and earned second-team All-Ivy and third-team All-ECAC honors in her final year with the Tigers in 2020.
Canada Connection: Mackenzie Alexander and Sarah Paul teamed up on the ice together this summer as part of the Canadian Development Team. The pair faced off against the U.S. in the Development Series. Paul competed with the Development team for the Six Nations Tournament in Tampere, Finland from Dec. 11-15.
Double Trouble: Twin sisters Angelina and Lucia DiGirolamo join Princeton from the Bishop Kearney Selects where they were four-time New York state champions.
A Fresh Look: Princeton brings in six new Tigers as part of the class of 2028- Brooklyn Nimegeers, Hannah Fetterolf, Rosie Klein, Mackenzie Alexander, and the DiGirolamo sisters.
The Staff: Head coach Cara Morey returns for her eighth season leading the program. Morey owns a 102-70-22 record entering the 2024-25 season and won her 100th game on Jan. 13, 2024 against Harvard. Taylor Wenczkowski joins Daniel Gould and Jamie Lundmark on the Princeton coaching staff. Wenczkowski spent the 2023-24 season playing for PWHL Boston in the league's inaugural season. Prior to the PWHL, she played three years in the Premier Hockey Federation for the Boston Pride, winning back-to-back Isobel Cups as the league champion in 2021 and 2022.
History: The Tigers and Bears faced off in Princeton's first ECAC weekend of the 2024-25 season. Brown picked up a 4-3 win as Sarah Paul scored twice and Mackenzie Alexander added one in the contest.
Yale and Princeton have met twice this season for one conference and one non-conference matchup. The Bulldogs came out on top in both games, most recently a 2-1 overtime win at Ingalls Rink where Brooklyn Nimegeers scored her first career goal.
