Late Goal Lifts Princeton Over Quinnipiac

Final	1	2	3	Final
Quinnipiac (2-16-1, 1-5-1 ECAC)	1	0	1	2
Princeton (5-6-1, 3-4-0 ECAC)	1	1	2	4

Scoring Summary
1st - 04:04	Julie Flynn (Princeton)
1st - 11:38	PP - Melissa Perry (Quinnipiac)
2nd - 07:35	PP - Paula Romanchuk (Princeton)
3rd - 11:01	Evelina Husar (Quinnipiac)
3rd - 14:34	Stephanie Denino (Princeton)
3rd - 16:08	Stephanie Denino (Princeton)

Quinnipiac	Princeton
G: 2 Players (#8, #13 - 1) A: 2 Players (#5, #6 - 1) Sh: Elyse Cole - 4 Sv: Tia Wishart - 32	G: 4 Players (#17, #18, #19, #24 - 1) A: Christine Foster - 2 Sh: Julie Johnson - 6 Sv: Kristen Young - 18

TEAM STATISTICS	Quinnipiac	Princeton
Power Plays	1 for 5	1 for 4
Shorthanded Goals	0	0
Penalties (min)	4 (8)	5 (10)
Shots on Goal	20	36
Face Offs Won	22	34

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Boxscore

PRINCETON -- Junior defenseman Stephanie Denino scored a goal and set one up in the final six minutes as the Princeton women's hockey team skated to a 4-2 win over Quinnipiac on Tuesday night at Hobey Baker Rink.

Denino netted her first goal of the season with 5:26 left in the third period as her blast from the point gave Princeton a 3-2 lead. Senior Christine Foster gave Denino the puck at the point and Denino scored on a shot that Quinnipiac goaltender Tia Wishart got a piece of, but wound up in the top of the goal.

A minute and 26 second later, Denino took a point shot off a faceoff win by Foster, that freshman Julie Johnson redirected in front of the net to give the Tigers a little bit of breathing room late in the game. The goal was Johnson's second of the season.

The Tigers never trailed in the contest and went ahead for the first time 4:04 into the contest when junior Julie Flynn scored her first goal of the season on a one-timer of a pass from freshman Charissa Stadnyk from behind the Bobcat goal.

Quinnipiac evened the scored in the 12th minute of the second period on the power play when Chelsea Illchuk redirected a Melissa Perry shot through a screen and into the Tiger goal. Princeton went back ahead in the second period on freshman Paula Romanchuk's team-leading sixth goal of the season. Junior Melanie Wallace took the initial shot off a faceoff that Wishart got a piece of, but the rebound laid in the crease for Romanchuk, who shoved it over the goal line.

Princeton led 2-1 midway through the third period before the Bobcats again evened things up. The goal was also scored on a redirection as Evelina Husar deflected a Trudy Reyns shot. The goal came on just the second shot of the period for Quinnipiac.

Princeton senior netminder Kristen Young made 18 saves for the win, while Wishart stopped 32 shots in the loss. Princeton outshot Quinnipiac 36-20.

The Tigers moved to 5-6-1 overall and 3-4-0 in the ECAC with the win, while Quinnipiac dropped to 2-16-1 overall and 1-5-1 in the league. Princeton is back in action on Friday afternoon against Union at 4 p.m. at Baker Rink.