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The 2011-12 RIT Women's Hockey Team finished with a 28-1-1 record, punctuated by a 4-1 victory over Norwich in the NCAA Division III National Championship game.
The Tigers started the season with 14-straight wins before going 0-1-1 in a pair of games at Plattsburgh in mid-January. RIT rebounded with nine-consecutive victories to clinch the top seed for the ECAC West Tournament, before defeating Potsdam, 6-1, in the semifinals and Plattsburgh, 2-1, in the championship to earn its second-consecutive conference title.
After opening the NCAA Tournament with a 5-2 victory over visiting Concordia-Moorhead, host RIT defeated Plattsburgh, 2-1, in overtime to advance to face Norwich in the national championship game for the second-straight season.
Tied, 1-1, after 40 minutes of play, first-year (and current RIT women's hockey coach) forward Celeste Brown found the net 1:23 into the third period to ignite a three-goal run en route to the first national title in program history.
Sophomore goaltender Laura Chamberlain was named NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player after totaling 27 saves in the title game along with 34 stops in the semifinal victory, while junior defensewoman Kristina Moss and sophomore forward Kourtney Kunichika joined her on the All-Tournament Team. Chamberlain finished the season with a 17-1-1 record while leading the nation with a 1.09 goals against average and a .945 save percentage.
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