Women's Hockey | 11/19/2011 4:59:00 PM
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ASTON, PA -- The No. 1 RIT women's hockey team stayed perfect in the 2011-12 season, moving to 8-0-0 overall and 6-0-0 in ECAC West play, defeating Neumann College (1-3-2, 1-3-2 ECAC West), 4-1 in ECAC West action on Saturday afternoon. For the second straight day, four different Tigers scored goals.
RIT out shot the Knights 51-15. RIT did not score a power-play goal for the second straight game, finishing 0-for-5 with the man advantage, while Neumann was 0-for-4.
The Tigers scored two goals in the first period and two more in the third. Neumann's Amanda Simpson spoiled RIT's bid for its third straight shutout, scoring with 12 seconds left in regulation.
RIT goaltender #
Carley King (Tinley Park, IL)# stopped 14 shots to pick up her first win of the season. Neumann goalkeeper Shannon Donnelly took the loss despite stopping 47 shots.
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Tenecia Hiller (Brampton, Ontario/Brampton Thunder)#, #
Jamie Parhar (Calgary, Alberta)#, #
Emilee Bulleid (Waterdown, Ontario/Stoney Creek Sabres)#, and #
Celeste Brown (Great Falls, MT/National Sports Academy)# scored for RIT. Bulleid's goal was the first of her collegiate career. Hiller notched the game-winning goal for the second straight game.
Hiller gave the Tigers a 1-0 lead at 5:48 of the first period, with assists going to #
Julie Hall (Mississauga, Ontario/Mississauga Chiefs) and
Kim Schlattman (Stratford, Ontario/Cambridge Fury)#. The goal was Hiller's sixth of the season. Just 2:02 later, Parhar tallied her first goal of the season, from #
Megan Kobar (Calgary, Alberta)#.
RIT struck twice in 51 seconds early in the third period, as Bulleid tallied her first and Brown recorded her seventh goal of the year. #
Kourtney Kunichika (Fullerton, CA/LA Selects)# assisted on Brown's goal, giving her 16 points in eight games this season.
RIT is now 11-0-1 all-time against the Knights.
Yesterday, the Tigers shut-out Neumann, 4-0. #
Laura Chamberlain (Norco, CA/LA Selects)# stopped all 11 shots she faced, while Kunichika and Hiller added a goal and an assist apiece.
The Tigers return to action with four exhibition games over the Thanksgiving break against Canadian Universities. On Monday, RIT travels to Western Ontario to play the Mustangs at 2:30 p.m.
