Women's Hockey | 10/23/2010 6:12:00 PM
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ROCHESTER, NY -- The RIT women's hockey team defeated Brampton Thunder 4-1 in exhibition action on Saturday afternoon. Freshman forward #
Erin Zach (Elmira, Ontario/Cambridge Fury)# had two goals for the Tigers.
RIT out shot the Thunder 43-26 and went 1-for-9 on the power play. The Tigers held Brampton to 0-for-7 on the man advantage.
Freshman goaltender #
Laura Chamberlain (Norco, CA/LA Selects) got the start in net making 13 saves and allowing one goal. Sophomore (Pittsburgh, PA/Mountour)Carley King (Tinley Park, IL)# played the final 30 minutes and made 12 saves and allowed no goals. Brooke Stoddart allowed four goals and made 39 saves in net for the Thunder.
Junior #
Katie Stack (Batavia, NY/Rochester Edge)# gave RIT a 1-0 lead at 6:33 of the first period on assists from #
Tenecia Hiller (Brampton, Ontario/Brampton Thunder)# and
Hannah Epstein (Amherst, NY/Nichols School).
Zach scored her first of two goals at 8:10 on an assist from sophomore #
Ariane Yokoyama (Van Nuys, CA/LA Selects)# to give the Tigers a 2-0 lead after the first period.
After a Bramtpon goal made it 2-1, #
Kolbee McCrea (Wawa, Ontario/Burlington Barracudas)#'s goal at 8:35 of the second gave the Tigers a 3-1 lead. McCrea scored on the power play with the assists going to #
Liz Gemmiti (Toronto, Ontario/Brampton Thunder) and
Kim Schlattman (Stratford, Ontario/Cambridge Fury)#.
Zach scored her second of the game at 14:18 of the third to give the Tigers a 4-1 lead. Freshman #
Kourtney Kunichika (Fullerton, CA/LA Selects)# had the assist on the play.
RIT begins the regular season on Friday, October 29 versus national runner-up Norwich University in Norwich, Vermont. Face-off is at 7pm.
