Lyons’ late goal sends Quinnipiac past Princeton

Brittany Lyons scored with five seconds remaining to give Quinnipiac a 2-1 victory over Princeton on Friday in Game 1 of a best-of-three ECAC Hockey quarterfinal series.

Kelly Babstock recovered the rebound of her own shot and fed Lyons for the late winner.

Victoria Vigilante made 20 saves for the Bobcats (21-11-3).

Sasha Sherry put the Tigers (16-13-1) on the scoreboard first with a goal 23 seconds into the second period.

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