January 29, 2010

Team Notes: Princeton Returns to Action at Union and RPI

The following article appeared January 28 on the Princeton Web site.

 

PRINCETON - The Princeton women's hockey team returns from a 20-day layoff with league games this weekend against Union and Rensselaer on the road. The Tigers currently sit fourth in the league standings with four league weekend remaining in the regular season.

Princeton returns to the ice this weekend for its first games since taking three of four points from Harvard and Dartmouth on Jan. 8 and 9 at home. The Tigers have not played since because of first-semester final exams. While Princeton was off, the remaining league teams made up games in hand and now all 12 teams are within a game played as the season hits the final stretch run to the playoffs.

Princeton sits tied for fourth in the ECAC standings with travel-partner Quinnipiac and Rensselaer, its opponent on Saturday. Princeton wins the tiebreaker should the season end today and therefore holds down the final home-ice playoff spot. Clarkson sits atop the standings with 23 points, one ahead of second-place Cornell. Harvard has 18 points in third, with the fourth-place tie just one point back. St. Lawrence in seventh with 16 points and Yale and Dartmouth are currently tied in eighth for the final playoff spot.

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