Women's Hockey | 2/24/2010 11:29:00 AM
ROCHESTER, NY - The RIT women's hockey team (18-4-3, 13-3-2 ECAC West) ranked fourth nationally, is the No. 3 seed in the 2010 ECAC West Tournament and will host the sixth-seeded SUNY Potsdam Bears (9-14-1, 6-11-0 ECAC West) in ECAC West First Round action at Ritter Arena on Saturday, Feb. 27 at 2 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the door and will be $5 for adults and $3 for students with ID and children.
RIT comes into Saturday's contest riding an eight-game winning streak, outscoring foes 46-10 during that span. Junior #
Katie Stack (Batavia, NY/Rochester Edge)# leads the nation with 29 goals,10 power-play goals, five hat-tricks, and is just three tallies away from tying the school record of 32, set by
Danielle Nagymarosi (Uxbridge, Ontario/Uxbridge Tigers) in 2006-07. Stack is also six points away from becoming the eighth Tiger to notch 100 in her career.
2009 All-American #
Sarah Dagg (St. George, Ontario/Hamilton Hawks)# is tied for the national lead with 44 points (16-28-44) in 25 games this season. Her 28 assists lead the nation as well. It is Dagg's second straight 40-point season. She has 111 career points, just one away from moving into fifth all-time at RIT.
RIT has 18 players with at least 10 points. All 19 skaters could have double-digit points by the end of the season. The Tigers are second nationally in scoring, averaging 4.92 goals per game.
The Bears clinched a berth in the playoffs with a wild, 6-5 win over Neumann on Tuesday. The Bears found themselves down 4-0 after one period, but rallied to tie the game with four second period goals. Neumann went back up 5-4 early in the third period, but Potsdam scored twice in a 2:30 span later in the period to win the game. Breanna Roy led the Bears with a goal and three assists. Stephanie Simons leads the team in scoring with 25 points in 24 games. In net, Hilary Hitchman has played in 20 games and has a 7-12-0 record.
RIT went 2-0 against both teams this season. The Tigers defeated Potsdam by scores of 6-2 and 17-1 on Nov. 20-21. In the first contest, Dagg and #
Kelley Prom (Grafton, WI/Wisconsin Wild)# scored two goals apiece for RIT. The following day, all 18 Tigers recorded at least a point in the victory. RIT out-shot Potsdam 142-20 in the weekend series. RIT leads the all-time series between the two schools, 4-0-0.
The winner will go on to the ECAC West Semifinal next weekend at SUNY Plattsburgh. If RIT wins, they will play No. 2 Elmira at a time to be determined on Saturday, March 6.
