Box Score

CANTON, NY -- St. Lawrence scored twice in the opening 3:24 of Friday night's game and pulled away for a 9-2 win over the Princeton women's hockey team on Friday night at Appleton Arena. Juniors Monica Brennan and Annie Greenwood scored in the loss.

Chelsea Grills and Lisa Batchelor scored in the opening period for St. Lawrence and gave the Saints a lead they would not relinquish. St. Lawrence added to its total with five goals in the second period. Tara Akstull scored the game winner at 6:06 and Marianna Locke, Grills and Sabrina Harbec added goals in the period.

After St. Lawrence made the score 8-0, Brennan put Princeton on the board with her first goal of the season from freshman Caroline Park and senior Sonja Novak. Then Greenwood scored her team-leading 13th goal from junior Christine Foster.

Junior Kristen Young made 23 saves in the loss.

Princeton fell to 12-10-6 overall and 10-8-3 in the league. The loss eliminated Princeton from home-ice contention in the ECAC Hockey playoffs. Princeton will finish either fifth or sixth. The Tigers visit Clarkson tomorrow at 4 p.m.