Women's Hockey | 10/23/2013 8:29:00 AM

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ROCHESTER, NY – The RIT women's hockey team wraps up a six-game October home stand with a pair of games against non-conference foe Brown University. Friday's game will get underway at 7 p.m., while Saturday's contest starts at 3 p.m.
 
RIT split a weekend series for the third straight weekend, this time against Colgate. On Friday, RIT defeated Colgate in a "road" contest, 2-0 at the Bill Gray's Regional Iceplex on the campus of Monroe Community College. #Ali Binnington (Oakville, Ontario/Mississauga Chiefs)# made 24 saves for her 10th career shutout, while #Mackenzie Stone (Kars, Ontario/South Carleton) and Lauren Klein (Shoreview, MN/Mounds View)# scored their first collegiate goals in the win. On Saturday, goaltender #Jetta Rackleff (Bend, OR/Summit)# made her collegiate debut stopping 27 shots, but RIT ran into penalty problems in overtime, allowing a 5-on-3 goal in a 2-1 loss to the Raiders. #Kourtney Kunichika (Fullerton, CA/LA Selects)# scored RIT's lone goal.
 
#Jess Paton (Woodstock, Ontario/Waterloo K-W Rangers)#, #Kolbee McCrea (Wawa, Ontario/Burlington Barracudas)#, and Kunichika lead the Tigers in scoring with six points apiece. Kunichika has a team-best five goals and on Friday, will play in her 100th career game. She is one goal shy of 50 for her career, while Kolbee McCrea (Wawa, Ontario/Burlington Barracudas) is three shy. In goal, Binnington is 3-3-0 with a 2.95 goals against average and .911 save percentage.

Brown opens the 2013-14 season this weekend. The Bears finished last season with a 6-20-1 record. Jessica Hoyle returns as the Bears leading scorer, tallying 12 points last year on five goals and seven assists. In goal, Aubree Moore is back after going 4-12-1 with a 2.27 goals against average and .921 save percentage. The Bears averaged 1.56 goals per game in 2012-13.
 
RIT is 5-5-1 against Brown. Last season, the Tigers won a pair of road games against Brown by scores of 2-0 and 2-1. 

Tickets for Friday and Saturday's games are available at the Gordon Field House and Activities Center Box Office or by phone at (585) 475-4121. Fans can also purchase tickets at www.rithockey.com. Ticket prices are $5 for adults, $4 for faculty/staff/alumni and $3 for students and youth. RIT student admission is free with valid ID (ticket must be picked up at the box office, one per ID).
 
Both games will be streamed online at witr.rit.edu. Live stats for both games will also be available here.
 
This is the final season that RIT will play at historic Ritter Arena. In 2014-15, RIT will move into the Gene Polisseni Center, which is expected to seat 4,200 fans. Come out, support the Tigers, and "Rock the Ritter".