HAMDEN, Conn. – The nationally-ranked No. 4/4 Quinnipiac women's ice hockey team upended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), 4-0, at High Point Solutions Arena. With the win, the Bobcats improve to 26-2-5 (16-2-4 ECAC Hockey), while Rensselaer falls to 10-15-7 (8-9-5 ECAC Hockey).

Sydney Rossman (Excelsior, Minnesota) needed just 14 saves to record her 15thshutout of the season.

Emma Greco buried her first career goal just four minutes into the first period and the Bobcats never looked back. Nicole Connery touched the puck in the left circle to Nicole Kosta who circled back and skated the puck across the offensive zone. Kosta backhanded a pass to Greco at the point where she one-timed the shot past Rensselaer goaltender Lovisa Selander.

Quinnipiac held its one goal advantage until 3:20 into the second period when Brown scored to make it 2-0 over Rensselaer. Right off the faceoff, Kosta won the puck back to Connery at the top of the left face-off circle where she carried the puck into the slot before backhanding the puck to Nicole Brown on the left side of the crease. Brown tucked the puck past Selander for the goal.

Kristen Tamberg added her power-play goal just 58 seconds later to give the Bobcats 3-0 lead. Tamberg worked the puck at the left wing to Taryn Baumgardt on the point who then past it to Brown on the right wing. Brown stepped into a pass through the slot to Tamberg back on the left wing where she rifled a shot past Connery's screen in front of Selander for the goal.

Connery added a goal of her own with 3:52 to play in the second period for her third point of the game. Alicia Barry chased down the puck on the left side of the blue line before controlling the puck and dumping it behind the net. Kosta skated in from the right side to take the puck and hit Connery with a pass just inside the left face-off circle. Connery one-timed the shot past Selander for the 4-0 lead. 

The No. 1 seeded Quinnipiac women's ice hockey team will face the No. 8 seed Rensselaer again next weekend to open the ECAC Hockey Playoffs in a best-of-three quarterfinal series. Games are slated for Friday (2pm), Saturday (2pm) and Sunday (2pm), if necessary, with all games to be played at High Point Solutions Arena.