Women's Hockey | 1/23/2010 6:35:00 PM
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PLATTSBURGH, NY - The No. 4 RIT women's hockey team (10-4-3, 5-3-2 ECAC West) lost its second straight contest, falling to No. 3 SUNY Plattsburgh, (11-1-1, 9-0-1 ECAC West) 5-2 at Stafford Ice Arena on Saturday afternoon.
RIT fell behind 3-0, despite holding a big advantage in shots over the first 30 minutes. #
Katie Stack (Batavia, NY/Rochester Edge)# got RIT on the board with her 18th goal of the season with just six seconds left in the second period.
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Megan Kobar (Calgary, Alberta)# cut Plattsburgh's lead to 3-2 with a power-play goal with 4:50 remaining. Laurie Bowler scored her third goal of the game with 2:41 left, while Brittany Meade iced the contest with an empty net goal in the final minute.
For the second straight game, RIT's starting goaltender was pulled. #
Carley King (Tinley Park, IL) stopped five shots and allowed two goals over the first 28 minutes before being replaced by (Tinley Park, IL)Amy Torgerson (Owatonna, MN/Gilmour Academy)#. Torgerson stopped 15 shots and picked up the loss.
Bowler recorded the hat-trick for Plattsburgh. Megan DiJulio and Meade also scored for the Cardinals. Mandy Mackrell stopped 30 shots to earn the win.
RIT out-shot Plattsburgh, 32-25. Both teams were 1-for-8 on the power-play.
It is the first time that he Tigers have never been swept in a weekend series since joining the ECAC West conference in 2007, and first time since Feb. 11-13, 2005, against Manhattanville. RIT is now 2-8-0 all-time against the Cardinals.
RIT is back in action on Saturday, as they host Utica at 2 p.m. Come out and support the Tigers, as they "Make the Rink Pink". RIT will be wearing special pink uniforms.
