ITHACA, N.Y. — The Cornell women's hockey team hits the road for a second straight weekend, taking on Princeton at 6 p.m. Friday before shuttling up the Northeast's megalopolis to take on Quinnipiac at noon Sunday. Both games will be broadcast by the host schools on ESPN+ in the U.S. (with an option for international viewers also available through Stretch Internet). 

Game Information:

Cornell at Princeton
SITE: Hobey Baker Rink — Princeton, N.J. 
DATE: 6 p.m. Friday, January 28
BROADCAST (U.S.): ESPN+
BROADCAST (International): Stretch Internet
STATS: GoPrincetonTigers.com

Cornell at #7 Quinnipiac
SITE: Frank Perrotti Jr. Arena — Hamden, Conn. 
DATE: Noon Sunday, January 30
BROADCAST (U.S.): ESPN+
BROADCAST (International): Stretch Internet
STATS: GoBobcats.com

Cornell game notes (PDF)

Big Red Rewind:

•  Cornell is coming off a 4-0 blanking of 10th-ranked Clarkson on Tuesday night, highlighted by 35 saves from graduate student Lindsay Browning. It marked her fifth shutout of the season and the 17th of her collegiate career, and it improved the Big Red to 2-3 this season in games against ranked teams.
•  Even though the Big Red didn't have the benefit of a single power play in the game, the line of Izzy Daniel, Lily Delianedis and Gillis Frechette provided the offense by each scoring once and all assisting on the others' goals. Rory Guilday then punctuated the game with an empty-net goal in the third.
•  The makeup game came after the Big Red's split of a two-game swing through southern New England last weekend. Cornell scored a late winner in a 2-1 decision over Brown on Friday before coming up on the short end of a 4-1 score Saturday at Yale.
•  Frechette shoveled in a rebound with 2:26 left in the game against the Bears, helping the Big Red finish off a game in which it had a 37-14 advantage in shots on goal. 
•  Sophomore blueliner Ashley Messier assisted on both goals at Brown in completely different ways. Her blocked shot late in the second period led to sophomore forward Gabbie Rud's outlet pass for junior forward Elana Zingas, who scored on a one-on-one rush. Messier then helped create the winner with a slapshot that bounced off junior forward Daniel before Frechette's conversion.
•  The Big Red is 4-1 in 2022, having outscored opponents by a 18-6 margin.

Tuesday's Highlights vs. Clarkson:

By The Numbers:

•  Junior Gillis Frechette (#11, 8-13–21, plus-12) leads the team in scoring and is second in goals to only sophomore linemate Lily Delianedis (#21, 10-8–18). Junior Izzy Daniel (#12, 4-16–20, team-best plus-13), the team's leader in assists, typically plays on the other wing of that line. Frechette enters the weekend on an eight-game scoring streak, while Daniel has points in each of her last seven.
•  Freshman Rory Guilday (#5, 4-5–9) leads the team's blueliners in scoring. She typically plays alongside sophomore Ashley Messier (#8, 2-6–8, team-high 45 blocked shots), giving the Big Red a defensive pairing that features international experience from both the U.S. and Canada. Five of Messier's eight points have come in the last four games.
•  Graduate student Lindsay Browning (#29, 7-7-1, 2.01, .926, 5 SO) — who, in 2020, became the program's first goaltender to earn All-America honors — is now the first goaltender to serve as the team's sole captain. Browning's five shutouts are tied for the most among all ECAC Hockey goaltenders, and her 17 career shutouts rank third-most in program history. With her next shutout, Browning would climb into a tie for second at 18 with Lauren Slebodnick '13.

Big Red In Beijing:

•  Hockey Canada announced Jan. 12 that four Cornell women's hockey alumnae are among the final roster of 23 that will compete in the upcoming Beijing Winter Games. The group is comprised of forwards Rebecca Johnston '12 (fourth Olympics), Brianne Jenner '15 (third) and Jillian Saulnier '15 (second), and defender Micah Zandee-Hart '20 (first). 
•  Doug Derraugh '91 will also be in Beijing with Team Canada, where he will again serve as an assistant coach with the women's national team.
•  Lenka Serdar '19 is also ticketed for Beijing after helping the Czech Republic qualify for its first qualification into the Olympics in national team history.

The 300 Club:

•  By defeating Dartmouth on Jan. 8, Doug Derraugh '91 recorded the 300th career victory in his 15-plus seasons behind the Big Red bench as the Everett Family Head Coach of Women's Hockey. In doing so, Derraugh became the 11th active head coach in NCAA Division I women's hockey to reach the 300-win plateau.
•  Derraugh earned his 303rd win Tuesday against Clarkson — though he was not on the bench. With Derraugh having departed the Big Red temporarily to coach in the Olympics, Associate Head Coach Edith Racine will continue as Cornell's acting head coach.

About Princeton:

•  The Tigers gave the ECAC Hockey and Ivy League leaders a scare in their last time out, outshooting nationally-ranked Harvard before ultimately suffering a 1-0 loss. A game against Dartmouth originally scheduled for Saturday was postponed.
•  Low-scoring games have been the norm for Princeton this season, with the team ranking seventh nationally in team defense (1.63 goals per game). Senior goaltender Rachel McQuigge (#33, 6-8-2, 1.60, .948, 3 SO) ranks fourth nationally in save percentage.
•  The team's top three scorers typically play on the same line, with Mia Coene (#4, 4-6–10, team-high plus-8) pivoting wingers Maggie Connors (#22, 9-5–14, 3 PPG) and Annie Kuehl (#9, 5-5–10). 
•  Sharon Frankel (#18, 1-4–5), who leads the nation in faceoff victories (379), is the main factor in the team's national ranking of third in faceoff percentage.

The Series With Princeton:

•  The Tigers have a slight lead, 48-47-6, in the all-time series between the programs, though the Big Red won this season's first game, 2-0, on Nov. 20 at Lynah Rink.
•  Lindsay Browning made 37 saves to record her third shutout of the season, anchoring a stellar 5-for-5 penalty-killing effort that included a pair of five-on-threes and a five-minute major. Gillis Frechette scored the winner 30 seconds into the game, then assisted on Samantha Burke's power-play goal 57.8 seconds before the first intermission.

About Quinnipiac:

•  The Bobcats split their games last weekend, defeating Dartmouth on Saturday, 3-1, after suffering a 3-2 loss to visiting Harvard the night before. While the team is 17-4-3 overall, it's 2-3-1 since the start of the calendar year.
•  Quinnipiac typically spreads out most of its scoring throughout three lines. Left winger Sadie Peart (#23, 8-13–21) leads the team in scoring, while left winger Nine Steigauf (#25, 11-4–15) has the lead in goal-scoring by one over left winger Olivia Mobley (#15, 10-9–19) and center Taylor House (#10, 10-4–14).
•  Corinne Schroeder (#30, 8-4-2, 1.35, .950, 3 SO) is the team's primary goaltender, though Logan Anders (#37, 9-0-1, 1.27, .935, 3 SO) also has nine starts.

The Series With Quinnipiac:

•  The Big Red has accrued a 18-10-7 series lead against the Bobcats, though Quinnipiac won this season's first meeting, 4-0, on Nov. 19 at Lynah Rink. Lindsay Browning made 27 saves for Cornell.

Up Next:

•  Cornell returns to Ithaca for a stretch of six home games over the course of 12 days, starting with an ECAC Hockey contest at 7 p.m. Tuesday against St. Lawrence. The following weekend features visits from Harvard (2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5) and Colgate (2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 6).