Sherry's Hat Trick Leads Tigers Past Rensselaer
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rensselaer (8-10,2, 10-14-7 ECAC) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Princeton (14-12-1, 11-8-1 ECAC) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Scoring Summary | |
|---|---|
| 1st - 07:25 | PP - Sherry, Sasha (Princeton) |
| 1st - 11:26 | PP - Daniels, Katie (Rensselaer) |
| 1st - 19:17 | Park, Caroline (Princeton) |
| 2nd - 00:52 | PP - Horton, Taylor (Rensselaer) |
| 2nd - 04:20 | Sherry, Sasha (Princeton) |
| 2nd - 12:36 | Sherry, Sasha (Princeton) |
| Rensselaer | Princeton |
|---|---|
|
G:
2 Players (#5, #15 - 1)
A: 2 Players (#16, #19 - 1) Sh: Alisa Harrison - 6 Sv: Sonja Van der bliek - 14 |
G:
Sasha Sherry - 3
A: Gabie Figueroa - 2 Sh: Sasha Sherry - 5 Sv: Rachel Weber - 22 |
| TEAM STATISTICS | Rensselaer | Princeton |
|---|---|---|
| Power Plays | 2 for 5 | 1 for 3 |
| Shorthanded Goals | 0 | 0 |
| Penalties (min) | 3 (6) | 5 (10) |
| Shots on Goal | 24 | 18 |
| Face Offs Won | 28 | 39 |
Sasha Sherry was one of three seniors who was honored prior to
Saturday's women's ice hockey game at Baker Rink. She spent the
next two hours doing everything she could to make sure she'd play
there at least one more weekend.
Sherry recorded a hat trick to lead Princeton to a 4-2 win over
visiting Rensselaer in the regular season home finale. The win
improves Princeton to 14-12-1 overall and 11-8-1 in the ECAC. The
Tigers will head into the final regular season weekend, which
includes games at Brown and at Yale, in fifth place with 23
points.
The top four teams will host a playoff series, which means
Princeton will need some help in getting a return date at Baker
Rink in two weeks. The Tigers are one point behind travel partner
Quinnipiac, which will play Yale Friday night and Brown Saturday.
Princeton could also catch third-place Dartmouth, which leads the
Tigers by three points, but will host top-ranked Cornell and a
Colgate team playing in desperation for a postseason spot.
Sherry scored the first goal of the game and both of the last two
to lead the Tigers to the weekend sweep, which began with a 3-1 win
over Union Friday night. Her blueline blast, a theme for the night,
off a pass from Laura Martindale, gave the Tigers a lead 7:25 into
the game.
Rensselaer scored four minutes later on the power play, but
Princeton's Caroline Park gave the Tigers a lead heading into
intermission with a shot that beat Sonja van der Bliek with 43
seconds remaining in the period. Before the first intermission,
Princeton did take an interference penalty, and Rensselaer
capitalized 52 seconds into the second period with the 11th goal
from Taylor Horton.
The rest of the game belonged to Sherry and the Tiger defense.
Sherry scored on two more blueline slapshots, including the game
winner at the 4:20 mark of the second period, and Rachel Weber
pitched a shutout over the final 39 minutes to clinch her 12th win
of the season.
