UConn women's hockey to face Princeton in NCAA Tournament

In its second NCAA Tournament appearance, UConn women’s hockey will play Princeton at Pegula Ice Arena in University Park, Pennsylvania on Thursday, March 12 at 7 p.m. ET. The winner will take on the No. 3 overall seed Penn State on Saturday, March 14 at 2 p.m. ET.

The Frozen Four is also set to take place at Penn State on March 20 and 22.

The Huskies swept the Tigers in a weekend series at Toscano Family Ice Forum back in October with 2-1 and 3-0 wins. Princeton ultimately finished ninth in the NPI with a 23-10-0 overall record. The Tigers lost to Quinnipiac in the ECAC semifinals. They’ve made the NCAA Tournament four times previously: 2006, 2016, 2019 and 2020.

UConn enters as No. 6 in the NPI after winning the Hockey East championship with a 2-1 double overtime victory over Northeastern on Saturday. The Huskies are 0-1 in the NCAA Tournament, falling to Minnesota Duluth in double OT in 2024.

This season, UConn played three other teams in the field: Princeton, Northeastern, Quinnipiac and Yale. The Huskies went 5-3-0 in those games, though all three losses came against Northeastern.