No. 14 Cornell's women's hockey team outshot No. 5 Princeton 38-22 but lost 2-1 in overtime Saturday in Princeton, New Jersey, as Lucia DiGirolamo scored one minute into the extra period.
The Big Red fell to 4-4-0 overall and 1-3-0 in ECAC Hockey despite Renee Bishop's first career goal. Princeton remained unbeaten at 8-0-0 and 6-0-0 in conference play behind 37 saves from goaltender Uma Corniea.
Bishop answers Princeton's power-play opener
Princeton took the lead at 11:22 of the first period when Chloe Brinson scored on the power play, 49 seconds after Cornell's Piper Grober was penalized for holding. Mackenzie Alexander and Ellie Dimatos assisted on the goal.
Bishop tied the game at 16:10, scoring at even strength with assists from Nora Curtis and Rachel Bishop. The first-year forward's goal sent the teams into the first intermission even at 1-1, with Cornell holding a 12-8 edge in shots.
Neither team scored during the second or third period, leaving Bishop's goal as Cornell's only scoring play of the night.
Corniea withstands Cornell's pressure
Cornell outshot Princeton 16-4 in the second period and had three power-play opportunities in that frame. A fourth chance came in the third, but the Big Red finished 0-for-4 with the advantage.
Princeton converted one of its three power plays. Cornell killed the other two, including a third-period roughing penalty against Delaney Fleming, to keep the score tied heading into overtime.
Annelies Bergmann made 20 saves for Cornell. The Tigers blocked 21 shots, compared with seven for the Big Red, and won 34 of the game's 61 faceoffs.
Rose Dwyer led Cornell with eight shots on goal and was named the game's third star. Grober, Fleming and Karel Prefontaine each added five shots on goal.
DiGirolamo ended the game at 1:00 of overtime, with Angelina DiGirolamo and Megan Healy collecting assists on the winner.
Harvard and Dartmouth visit Lynah Rink next
Cornell returns to Ithaca next weekend for two ECAC Hockey games at Lynah Rink. The Big Red hosts Harvard at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, followed by Dartmouth at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14.
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