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Princeton University
Clarkson
No. 12/13 Women’s Hockey Set For Final Regular Season Road Trip
February 05, 2025 | Women's Ice Hockey
PRINCETON, N.J.- The Princeton women's hockey team has moved up in this week's USCHO and USA Hockey to No. 12 and No. 13 respectively and the team is ready to play. Cara Morey's squad is coming in on a three game win streak to take on No. 10 Clarkson and No. 7 St. Lawrence.
Schedule
Friday - 6:00 PM - Clarkson - ESPN+
Saturday - 3:00 PM - St. Lawrence - ESPN+
Last Time Out: The Tigers picked up two wins over Dartmouth and Harvard at Baker Rink. Princeton battled to a 3-2 overtime win over the Big Green with Emerson O'Leary tallying her team-leading third game winner. Goals from Issy Wunder and Mackenzie Alexander plus Jennifer Olnowich's second shutout of the season led the Tigers to a 2-0 victory over the Crimson.
Wunder-ful Issy: Issy Wunder has been a consistent force for the Tigers. The junior is second on the team in goals with 22, leads in points with 43 and has a +27 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 four players on the Princeton roster with over 30 points and leads the team in assists with 26. Alexander was named the ECAC Rookie of the Month for the third straight month in December and has added a conference leading four 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 tied for third in the country with 1.72 points per game. Mackenzie Alexander has also made her presence known across the collegiate hockey landscape, sitting at number seven in points per game with 1.52. She leads all freshmen in points, assists and points per game.
The Tigers Man Advantage: The Tigers are currently fifth in the NCAA on the power play. The team owns a 28.2% success rate on the man advantage and has scored 22 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 24 total goals on the season with a nation leading nine coming on the offensive advantage. The 24 tallies is tied for the third highest in the country. Her three goals across the Brown and Yale contests earned Paul her first career Bluebird Hotels ECAC Forward of the Week honors.
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 84 combined points, good for over 31% 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.
