No. 2/2 Yale at Princeton (RV)
Friday, Jan. 20—6 p.m.
Hobey Baker Rink (Princeton, N.J.)
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No. 2/2 Yale at No. 3/4 Quinnipiac
Saturday, Jan. 21—3 p.m.
M&T Bank Arena (Hamden, Conn.)
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The No. 2/2 Yale women's hockey hits the road for two games this weekend. On Friday, the Bulldogs head to Central New Jersey for a conference matchup against Princeton. On Saturday, it is a Top 5 battle against neighboring Quinnipiac. Yale and Quinnipiac are in a footrace at the top of the ECAC standings with the Bobcats holding the top spot. Both contests will be live on ESPN+ and available for international viewing on Stretch Internet.
 
Bulldog Bytes

• Yale (17-1-1, 10-1-1 ECAC) is riding a nine-game winning streak.
• Elle Hartje has a team-leading 24 points behind seven goals and 17 assists.
• Charlotte Welch is on a five-game point streak. The senior has eight points (3g, 5a) in that stretch.
• Vita Poniatovskaia is on a four-game point streak with five points in the span (2g, 3a). Poniatovskaia leads the Bulldogs in plus/minus with a plus-19.
• Claire Dalton's play has heightened through the midway mark of the season. She has only been kept off the scoresheet once since mid-December. Since then, she has racked up four goals and nine assists.
• In goal, Pia Dukaric has continued to come up big. She has started all 19 games, has a .948 save percentage, 1.14 goals against average and six shutouts this season. 

In the NCAA

• Pia Dukaric is third in the nation in save percentage (.948) and tied for third in shutouts (6).
• Elle Hartje is 10th in assists per game (.89). 
• As a team, Yale is third in the nation in penalty kill percentage (.926). 

Notables

• Pia Dukaric broke the single-season shutouts program record with Yale's 4-0 win over Brown on Jan. 14.
• Dukaric was named to 2023 National Goalie of the Year "Watch List" by the Women's Hockey Commissioners Association on Jan. 11.
• Elle Hartje's second period goal against Brown on Jan. 14 was her 100th career point. She became the fifth player in program history to achieve this feat. Teammates Claire Dalton and Charlotte Welch also reached the milestone this season.
• Claire Dalton's 19 points this season put her at 116 career points, which is second all-time in program history.
• Dalton continues to extend the program record for career assists, a record she broke earlier this season. The senior has 12 assists putting her at 79 in her career, 11 more than the former record holder Maria Dennis (68).
• Welch and Dalton are also climbing the program charts for career goals. Welch is tied for 11th with 39 career goals, while Dalton is tied for 15th with 37 goals.  

Last Meeting with Princeton
These two sides met earlier this season on Nov. 5, 2022. Jordan Ray and Anna Bargman both scored to lift the Bulldogs to victory at home, while Pia Dukaric backstopped the squad with 22 saves.
 
Looking at History
Over the last 10 meetings with Yale and Princeton, the Tigers hold the edge, 7-3. Princeton picked up the first seven meetings against Yale, while the Bulldogs have taken the last three and outscored the Tigers, 8-1, in that span.
 
Scouting the Tigers

• Princeton (9-8-1, 5-7-0 ECAC) are 3-2 in its last five games. Four of those games were in conference play as the Tigers took down Dartmouth (5-2) and Harvard (3-0) at home before dropped a 4-1 contest to No. 9 Cornell and a 6-2 loss to No. 5 Colgate on the road.
• Captain Sarah Fillier has been Princeton's top veteran player this season, leading the team in most statistical categories: points (23), goals (11), assists (12), shots (87). Fillier is a plus-10 with two game-winning goals. She is on a six-game point streak.
• It's an even split in goal for the Tigers who have utilized two goalies this season in Jennifer Olnowich and Taylor Highland. Olnowich hasa 5-4 record, .899 save percentage and two shutouts. Highland has a 4-4-1 record with a .914 save percentage and one shutout.

Last Meeting with Quinnipiac
The last dueling matchup between the pair happened earlier this season on Nov. 4, 2022, at Ingalls Rink. Then No. 8 Yale upset then No. 4 Quinnipiac, 4-2. Anna Bargman, Naomi Boucher, Carina DiAntonio, and Charlotte Welch were the goal scorers.  
 
Looking at History
Over the last 10 meetings with Yale and Quinnipiac, the Bobcats hold the record, 6-2-1. Two of those games went to overtime as Quinnipiac took a 3-2 victory on Nov. 26, 2021, and the other result in a 2-2 tie on Feb. 8, 2019.
 
Scouting the Bobcats

• Quinnipiac (22-3-0, 12-1-0 ECAC) is riding a five-game winning streak after defeating both No. 5 Colgate (2-1 OT) and No. 9/10 Cornell (6-1) on the road last weekend.
• Olivia Mobley has led the charge for the Bobcats in terms of points. The junior leads Quinnipiac in points (33), assists (21) and game-winning goals (5). She also has both of the team's overtime game-winners.
• The Bobcats' goalie tandem of Catie Boudiette and Logan Angers is one of the top in the country. Both of the netminders were named to the 2023 National Goalie of the Year "Watch List" alongside Yale's Pia Dukaric.
• Logan Angers has seen the most time in goal and sports a 14-3 record with five shutouts and a .938 save percentage.
• On the flip, Boudiette has an 8-0 record with five shutouts and a .974 save percentage.
• The Bobcats lead the country in shutouts (10).

Up Next
Following this weekend's series on the road, Yale returns home on Friday, Jan. 27 when it hosts St. Lawrence at Ingalls Rink.