No. 13/14 Princeton Holds off Brown 3-2 in Women’s Hockey

Friday, November 4

Providence, R.I.

6:00 p.m.

Brown University

3-1-1, 2-1-0

Princeton

1-2-0, 1-2-0

Princeton

Brown

Photo by: David Silverman Photography

No. 13/14 Princeton Holds off Brown 3-2 in Women’s Hockey

11/4/2022 9:38:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score Photo Gallery

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown women's hockey team was handed its first loss of the season on Friday night as Princeton held off the Bears for a 3-2 victory at Meehan Auditorium. The Bears had been unbeaten through their first four games of the season and fall to 3-1-1 (2-1-0 ECAC), while the No. 13/14 ranked Tigers pick up their first win at 1-2-0 (1-2-0 ECAC).

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Sophomore Olivia Williamson scored her second goal in as many games.
Sophomore Anna Hurd scored her team-leading third goal of the season, and blocked six shots to lead Brown.
Sophomore defenseman Cameron Sikich assisted on both of Brown's goals.
Junior Jess Ciarrocchi tallied her team-leading fourth assist of the season, and senior Madie Stockfish also picked up an assist.
As a team, Brown blocked 22 shots, including six from Hurd, and four each from Sikich and freshman Ellie Gauvin.
Princeton outshot Brown by a 30-17 margin.
Brown killed off all three of its penalties, all of which came in the third period while trailing 3-2.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Princeton staked itself to a 2-0 lead with a goal at 15:24 of the first period, and another at 7:05 of the second period. The first goal came following a Brown turnover in the defensive end, eventually leading to a wrist shot by Emerson O'Leary from the edge of the right win circle. Sarah Fillier scored the second goal on a loose puck in the slot, which she sent top shelf.
The Bears got one back just over a minute later when Hurd scored on a loose puck in front with Ciarrocchi and Sikich picking up assists.
O'Leary answered with her second of the game to get the lead back to two at 13:02 of the second period to give the Tigers a two-goal lead through two periods.
Williamson got Brown back within one at the 2:10 mark of the third period when she jumped on a rebound in front off a shot by Stockfish to cut the deficit to 3-2.

QUOTES FROM THE COACH: MELANIE RUZZI

"The first period on both sides was not great hockey, and felt like that was a moment where we could have gotten off to a fast start and gotten the lead. I thought it got much better from there and we started playing to our identity in the second and third. We did a great job on the penalty kill with people selling out and doing everything they could to keep the puck out of the net."
"I thought Cassidy Piersiak played one of her best games of the young season. I thought Abby Hancock had some good shifts as well. Our wings did a pretty good job in the defensive zone. Once we got to our identity, that grittiness came out and collectively as a team we were really strong."
"The goals they scored were from breakdowns defensively, and that's disappointing. That's a really good hockey team we were playing against and we have to be more perfect in our defensive done."
"If you want to score goals, you have to go hard to the net. Our goals came from putting the puck on net and attacking rebounds. It's a lesson learned for a young team trying to grow."

UP NEXT
Brown will hit the ice once again tomorrow afternoon at 3 p.m. when they host No. 4 Quinnipiac for a Saturday matinee on ESPN+.

Gallery: (11-4-2022) Women's Hockey vs. Princeton

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