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POTSDAM, NY -- Junior Christine Foster's goal late in the first period stood up as the Princeton women's hockey team defeated No. 9 Clarkson 1-0 in their best-of-three ECAC Hockey Quarterfinal series at Cheel Arena. Junior Kristen Young made 24 saves for the shutout.

The two teams played their second consecutive game but took some time to let the game settle down into a defensive match. Neither team had that many chances early, but the Tigers were able to take advantage of a good chance in the first period off a 2 on 1.

Junior Katherine Dineen started the play with a breakout pass in the Tiger zone to send junior Annie Greenwood and Foster into the Clarkson zone. Greenwood took a shot that was blocked but the puck came to Foster whose shot was saved, but the rebound hit a Clarkson skate and slid into the open net for Foster's sixth goal of the season.

From that point on the show belonged to Young in the Princeton net as she stopped all shots that came her way, including a Clarkson breakaway chance in the closing minutes. It was her seventh shutout of the season.

Princeton now leads the playoff series 1-0 with Game 2 scheduled for Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. The win moved Princeton to 14-10-6 overall, while Clarkson dropped to 22-8-5.