Women's hockey defeats Union, falls to RPI in doubleheader weekend
Owen TedfordWomen’s hockey split this weekend with a win against Union and a loss against RPI in their last home games in the 2018–2019 regular season.
Women’s hockey split this weekend with a win against Union and a loss against RPI in their last home games in the 2018–2019 regular season.
The Princeton’s women’s hockey team clinched their eighth Ivy League title this past weekend with a win over Brown. After their first championship since the 2015-2015 season, they are hoping to continue winning and gain a ECAC championship, where they are currently leading by three points.
Women’s hockey split its games this weekend, winning Friday night over St. Lawrence but losing Saturday against Clarkson to snap a 20-game unbeaten streak.
This week, the No. 4 ranked women’s hockey team will look to extend its eighteen-game unbeaten streak, the longest in program history and longest in the nation this season, at home against Penn State, St. Lawrence, and No. 5 Clarkson.
After a successful winter break, women’s hockey enters this weekend’s road tests against No. 4 Cornell and No. 9 Colgate with a 16-game unbeaten streak.
Women’s hockey matched a program record by extending its unbeaten streak to 12 games with commanding road wins over Rennselaer and Union.
The Tigers pushed their unbeaten streak to 10 games with a 3–2 win on Friday and a 4–1 win on Saturday.
On Friday, the No. 10-ranked Tigers will host the Bobcats at 6 p.m. and then the teams will travel to Quinnipiac in Hamden, Conn., to play on Saturday at 3 p.m. At stake for Princeton is its eight-game unbeaten streak and its position atop the ECAC hockey standings.
Women’s hockey remained atop the ECAC this weekend after going 1–0–1 against Syracuse over the weekend. The Tigers received contributions from a number of players as their versatility continues to shine in the early season. Now, they head home to face a tough test of ECAC foes.
Women’s ice hockey got off to a hot start in Ivy League play, winning three games and tying one over the past two weekends.
Princeton’s goals were scored by senior forward and co-captain Karlie Lund, junior forward Carly Bullock, and sophomore forward Annie MacDonald.
The Winter Olympics, hosted in Pyeongchang, South Korea, officially closed on Saturday night. The United States finished fourth in the medal count, with 23 medals, well behind Norway’s first place at 39. But for many Olympians such as Caroline Park ’11, the journey is about much more than winning a medal.
The Princeton women’s hockey team (2-7-3) was quite busy this Thanksgiving break, traveling all the way to North Andover, Mass. to play in a two-game set against Merrimack College (6-10-3). While the Tigers put forth their best efforts over the holiday break, a win against Merrimack is one fewer thing the Tigers have to be thankful for.
The Princeton men’s and women’s hockey teams faced tough losses this past weekend in games that both ended in complete shutouts. The women matched up against Clarkson University and the men’s team faced off against the Brown Bears at home.
On Monday, Princeton hosted Team China for an exhibition game at Hobey Baker Rink. The Tigers made the most of the evening and walked away with a feel-good 3-0 shutout of Team China. Princeton coach Cara Morey was able to schedule the matchup of teams across the world; having played under coach Digit Murphy of Team China while at Brown, the two formed a close relationship on and off the ice and were happy to reconnect for an exhibition game.
The Princeton field hockey team had a successful weekend on the road on Sept. 23 and 24, winning their first Ivy League opening game against Dartmouth and beating Boston University the day after.
After falling in the first game in a three-test series against Quinnipiac, the women’s ice hockey team came back to win the next two games of the weekend. They are now heading to the ECAC semi-finals next weekend.
The women’s hockey team came out victorious on their senior day last weekend, beating both Union (4-1) and Rensselaer (4-2) to take the final playoff spot and head to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Tournament.
On Friday night, the Princeton Women’s Hockey team (12-6-3, 8-4-2 ECAC) traveled to Ithaca, New York to battle against the Big Red (10-5-2, 6-2-2 ECAC). While the Tigers fought hard for the win, the match ended in a tie between the two Ivy League rivals.