Cornell Welcomes RPI, Union to Lynah
The following article appeared in the February 3 issue of the Cornell Daily Sun.
Following a split road weekend last weekend, the Cornell women’s hockey team returns to Lynah to face ECAC foes Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Union. These two games end the Red’s five game road trip, where the team earned four straight wins before falling to Clarkson last weekend. The action starts tonight at 7 p.m., when the Red will hit the ice to take on the Engineers, and continues tomorrow at 4 p.m., when the Dutchwomen come to the Hill.
The No. 3 Red (19-3, 14-2 ECAC Hockey) was on the nation’s longest winning streak after defeating St. Lawrence on the road last weekend (claiming the title from St. Lawrence). However, that honor was quickly stripped from the team when Clarkson scored four second-period goals en route to a 5-3 victory over the Red, ultimately handing Cornell its first loss since it played then-No. 6 Mercyhurst.
While the Red enters the game coming off of a rough loss, both RPI and Union come to Lynah in the middle of difficult seasons. The Engineers (8-16-1, 5-9-2 ECAC Hockey) currently sit in ninth place in the ECAC, although they are coming off of a sweep of the Dutchwomen last weekend. Union (4-20-4, 2-12-2) comes into tomorrow night’s game holding onto eleventh place in the ECAC, just above Yale, which was the last team the Dutchwomen beat almost two weeks ago on January 21st.
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