Women's Hockey | 12/18/2012 3:25:00 PM
ROCHESTER, NY – The 2012 NCAA Division III Champion RIT women's hockey team was honored with championship rings at a ceremony on Sunday, December 16 at Locust Hill Country Club.
RIT, who moved to Division I for the 2012-13 season, set a Division III, single-season record with 28 wins last year, finishing 28-1-1. On March 17, 2012, the Tigers claimed their first NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey National Championship, defeating Norwich University 4-1 at Ritter Arena.
The Tigers have built a winning tradition since the program's inception in 1975. Since women's hockey became an official NCAA Championship sport in 2001, RIT has become a national power, appearing in the NCAA Tournament three times (2007, 2011, 2012), while hosting the last two NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey Championships. Sixteen Tigers have earned AHCA All-American honors during that span. In RIT's last six seasons at the Division III level since Head Coach #
Scott McDonald# took over, the team recorded a remarkable 135-22-10 mark.
While this is RIT's third NCAA championship, it's the first for a women's team. Previous champs include the 1983 men's hockey team, which claimed the Division II crown, and the 1985 men's hockey team, which won the Division III title.
On March 30, 2012, the Tigers were awarded the key to the City of Rochester.
Fun facts about the 2011-12 season
2012 - The year when dreams become a reality and the Tigers won the Division III Women's Ice Hockey National Championship.
1,693 - Amount of minutes played throughout the whole season.
1,183 - Amount of shots on goal taken by the Tigers, an average of 39.4 per game.
386 - Penalty minutes assessed to the team.
230 - Hours of practice during the season.
147 – Number of goals this team scored.
63 - Number of minutes it took to beat Plattsburgh in the 2012 NCAA National Semifinal game, when
Lindsay Grigg (Oakville, Ontario/Oakville Hornets) scored in overtime.
45 - Points tallied by RIT's leading scorer #
Kourtney Kunichika (Fullerton, CA/LA Selects)#. Also number of power play goals scored by the Tigers.
30 - Amount of goals allowed in just 30 games.
28 - Number of wins the team had, which is a NCAA single season record.
23 - Number of players on the team
15 - Consecutive wins without a loss at Frank Ritter Ice Arena
14 - Number of weeks that the team spent as No. 1 in the country. RIT also started and ended the year with 14-game winning streaks.
10 – Uniform number of team capitain #
Kim Schlattman (Stratford, Ontario/Cambridge Fury)#.
9 – Number of players who earned ECAC West All-Academic honors.
8 - Goals scored in two playoff games en route to their second consecutive ECAC West Championship
7 – Number of the players who garnered all ECAC-West honors
6 - Number of inches #
Kolbee McCrea (Wawa, Ontario/Burlington Barracudas)# lost from her ponytail when it was skated over in the NCAA Quarterfinal game, a 5-2 win over Concordia. McCrea scored a hat-trick in that contest.
5 – Number of 30 point-scorers on the team (Kunichika, McCrea, Schlattman, #
Kristina Moss (Webster, NY/Buffalo Bisons)#, and #
Ariane Yokoyama (Van Nuys, CA/LA Selects)#.
4 – Number of goals scored in the NCAA National Championship against Norwich.
3 – Number of CCM/Old-Time Hockey All-Americans (Kunichika, Moss, and #
Laura Chamberlain (Norco, CA/LA Selects)#). Number of AWCHA National Scholar Athletes (#
Melissa Bromley (Aurora, Ontario/Aurora Panthers)#, Chamberlain, and Schlattman). Number of consecutive Rochester Paychex Female College Athlete of the Year award winners (#Katie Stack,
Sarah Dagg (St. George, Ontario/Hamilton Hawks), and Moss).
2 – Number of players who were named to the CO-SIDA/Capital One At Large Academic All-New York Region Team (Chamberlain and Schlattman). Chamberlain was later was named an Academic All-American.
1- RIT, the
one team who won the 2012 NCAA Division III Women's Ice Hockey National Championship!
