Cornell to Host RPI in Championship Semifinals
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ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Cornell women's hockey team will make its
first-ever appearance in the ECAC Hockey semifinals on Friday,
taking on Rensselaer in a 7 p.m. contest at Lynah Rink. The
top-seeded Big Red advanced after eliminating Colgate, two games to
none, while fifth-seeded Rensselaer needed three games to defeat
Quinnipiac, including a five-overtime victory in game three on
Sunday afternoon in Hamden, Conn.
Cornell swept the season series against the Engineers, winning by
a 3-1 score on Nov. 7 in Troy, N.Y., before claiming a 2-1 win on
Feb. 19 at Lynah Rink.
The other semifinal will pit third-seeded Harvard traveling to
second-seeded Clarkson for a contest on Friday. The two semifinal
winners would meet at the home of the highest remaining seed for
the championship game on Sunday at 4 p.m.
