February 5, 2009

Team Notes: Princeton Hosts Final Home Weekend of Regular Season

The following article appeared February 5 on the Princeton Web site.

 

The Princeton women’s hockey team hosts Colgate and Cornell this weekend at Hobey Baker Rink in its final home weekend of the regular season. The Tigers currently sit fifth in the ECAC standings with eyes on the top four and the home-ice playoff series that comes with a top-four finish. The weekend marks the final home weekend for the six members of Princeton’s senior class.

Princeton split its games last weekend, edging Yale 3-2 but falling in overtime to Brown 2-1. The loss to Brown snapped a six-game winning streak, Princeton’s longest in nearly three seasons, and dropped the Tigers into fifth in the standings.

All four goals over the weekend came off the sticks of defensemen as senior Katherine Dineen had three goals and sophomore Laura Martindale had one. Dineen scored the first and third goals against Yale and the lone goal versus Brown, while Martindale had the other goal. In Friday’s win, the team’s traded goals in the game’s first 20:08, then remained tied at 2-2 until Dineen’s game winner midway though the third period. On Saturday, Brown struck first scoring on a two-man advantage in the second period, only to have the Tigers even it up midway through the third. Brown won the game with less than a minute left in overtime.

Complete article can be accessed via the Princeton Web site by clicking here.