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July 26, 2025 | Latest Issue
The Dartmouth

Princeton defeats women's hockey 5-3

In an unofficial battle for the Ivy League title, Princeton beat Dartmouth 5-3, sending Princeton to the semifinals of the ECAC tournament and sending Dartmouth home for the season.

Princeton, seeded number three in the tournament had the home ice advantage over the sixth-seeded Big Green.

Dartmouth has had trouble playing at Princeton. On Jan. 7, the team traveled to Princeton and lost 3-0. When Dartmouth hosted Princeton on Feb. 5, Dartmouth pulled off a 5-3 win, putting Dartmouth in the position to win the Ivy League.

Princeton dominated the first 15 minutes of the game, scoring two of its five goals in the first period. "We came out a little scared in the first period," center Sarah Howald '96 said. "They were ready for us and got in a couple of quick goals."

Princeton's left-wing Shari Seibert had the first goal of the game six minutes into the first period during a power play. She was followed by center Mandy Pfeiffer who put one past Dartmouth goalie Sarah Tueting '98 about four minutes later.

"We played too tentatively in the first period. We weren't playing to win; we were playing not to lose," Coach George Crowe said.

The Princeton scoring spree continued into the second period. Within one minute, Princeton's left-wing Karen Chernisky scored the second power play goal of the evening to bring the score up to 3-0.

Dartmouth had begun to pick up the pace, however, and matched every goal that Princeton scored for the remainder of the game. At 3:34 center Phoebe Manchester '96 placed the puck over the shoulder of the goalie Liz Hill. She was assisted by freshmen left-wing Sarah Hood '98 and defenseman Michelyne Pinard '98.

Throughout the rest of the second period the two teams battled to score but neither team put the puck past either goalie. Dartmouth picked up offensively and managed to get off 12 other shots to Princeton's nine.

"From the second period on we outplayed them. In the third period, we dominated," Crowe commented.

In the third period, Dartmouth kept up the pressure and scored before Princeton. This time Pinard took the puck from defenseman Sara Vogler '96 and Captain Rachel Rochat '95 and shot it past Hill.

The fight was not over for Princeton, though. The Tigers came back to score their fourth goal of the night. Pfeiffer scored this goal, her second of the game.

The teams fought on. Dartmouth scored next just one minute later. Defenseman Amy Coelho '97 had a slapshot from just inside the blue line. Manchester and defenseman Jessica Clark '98 set up the play.

With about a minute left on the clock and down 4-3, Dartmouth took a gamble and pulled Tueting in hopes of scoring one last goal to tie up the game. However, Pfeiffer, goal-hungry again, took the puck down the ice and scored with 13 seconds left in the game, completing a hat-trick and boosting the final score to 5-3.

Dartmouth did not lag behind Princeton in shots taken. Tueting had a total of 26 saves while Hill had 25. "We had the chances but just didn't finish," Crowe said.

"If the game had gone into overtime, I think we would have won," Crowe said.

In other ECAC tournament games this weekend, eighth-seeded St. Lawrence upset top-seeded Brown 2-1. Number-two seed UNH thrashed number seven ranked Harvard, 6-1. In the final game of the quarterfinals, fourth ranked Providence came out over fifth ranked Northeastern, 4-3.

Next Saturday, Princeton will face off against UNH and St. Lawrence will battle Providence in the ECAC semifinals.