ROCHESTER, NY - The RIT women's hockey team (10-10-3) exploded for a season-high 11 goals, while firing a school record 87 shots on goal, cruising to an 11-0 win over Sacred Heart (9-10-2) at Ritter Arena on Friday evening.

RIT scored four times in the first period, five goals in the second, and two more in the final period. RIT recorded a school record 37 shots in the second period, 32 in the opening stanza, and 18 in the final period.

Junior forward Kourtney Kuncihika tied her career-high with six points on three goals and three assists. #Tenecia Hiller (Brampton, Ontario/Brampton Thunder)# tallied her second collegiate hat-trick before the game was 30 minutes old, while #Danielle Read (Brantford, Ontario/Hamilton Hawks)# recorded career-highs of four assists and eight shots on goal.

#Ariane Yokoyama (Van Nuys, CA/LA Selects) and Casidhe Kunichika (Fullerton, CA/LA Selects)# tallied three points apiece both with a a goal and two assists, while #Kim Schlattman (Stratford, Ontario/Cambridge Fury) had a goal and an assist. (Woodstock, Ontario/Waterloo K-W Rangers)Marissa Maugeri (Ajax, Ontario/Durham West Lightning) and Jess Paton (Woodstock, Ontario/Waterloo K-W Rangers) also scored for RIT. (Woodstock, Ontario/Waterloo K-W Rangers)Kristina Moss (Webster, NY/Buffalo Bisons)# dished out a pair of assists, along with #Emilee Bulleid (Waterdown, Ontario/Stoney Creek Sabres)#.

In goal, #Laura Chamberlain (Norco, CA/LA Selects)# made nine saves for her first shutout of the season and 11th of her illustrious career.

Alexius Schutt made 38 saves over the first 29:30, allowing six goals. Mandy Montgomery also made 38 saves, allowing five goals over the final 30:30.

RIT was 3-for-5 with the man-advantage, while Sacred Heart finished 0-for-3.

RIT Head Coach Scott McDonald likes the progress his team is making in its first Division I season.

"I was happy with how fast we played tonight," said McDonald. "The speed and intensity of our game on both ends of the ice has improved rapidly from the start of the season."

RIT out-shot Sacred Heart 32-3 in the first period and jumped out to a 4-0 lead.

Paton tallied her second goal of the season on the power-play at the 7:51 mark, whacking in a rebound in tight after Kourtney Kunichika (Fullerton, CA/LA Selects) was denied by Schutt on a wrap-around attempt.

Kourtney Kunichika (Fullerton, CA/LA Selects) was the recipient of a tremendous cross-crease pass from Yokoyama a little less than four minutes later, also on the power-play for her first of the evening and fifth of the year to make it 2-0 Tigers.

At the 14:20 mark, Hiller recorded her first goal of the game to make it 3-0.

Yokoyama completed a brilliant 2-on-1 with Kourtney Kunichika (Fullerton, CA/LA Selects) to make it 4-0 two minutes later. Casidhe Kunichika (Fullerton, CA/LA Selects) got the secondary assist on the goal.

The Tigers fired a team record 37 shots and scored five more times in the second period.

Kourtney Kunichika (Fullerton, CA/LA Selects) made it 5-0 at the 4:54 mark, while Hiller scored consecutive goals just 16 seconds apart before the midway point of the period to complete her hat-trick, giving RIT a 7-0 lead.

Casidhe Kunichika (Fullerton, CA/LA Selects) slammed home a rebound off a shot from #Melissa Bromley (Aurora, Ontario/Aurora Panthers) to make it 8-0 Tigers. Maugeri tallied her third goal in the last three games putting in a rebound from a shot by (Woodstock, Ontario/Waterloo K-W Rangers)Emilee Bulleid (Waterdown, Ontario/Stoney Creek Sabres)# to give RIT a 9-0 lead.

Schlattman made it 10-0 just 1:46 into the final period, and Kourtney Kunichika (Fullerton, CA/LA Selects) completed the hat-trick with seven minutes remaining.
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Kourtney Kunichika (Fullerton, CA/LA Selects) also tallied six points in a 10-1 win over Adrian in the NCAA Division III National Quarterfinal on March 12, 2011.

RIT is now 10-3-2 all-time against the Pioneers and have a 10-game unbeaten streak against them dating back to Feb. 16, 2002. Tonight's game was the third of four meetings between the two schools this season. On Oct. 5-6, the Tigers picked up their first two wins as a Division I program, rolling to 8-0 and 7-2 victories over the Pioneers.

The two teams meet to conclude its season series on Saturday, once again at Ritter Arena. The opening puck drop is scheduled for 2:05 p.m. Any youth hockey player in eighth grade or below who wears their jersey to either game can go to the Ritter Arena box office to claim a free ticket.