ROCHESTER, NY – Senior #Ariane Yokoyama (Van Nuys, CA/LA Selects)# dished out three assists, becoming the 12th player in the history of the RIT women's hockey program to reach 100 career points, as the Tigers (13-13-5, 6-6-5 CHA) defeated visiting Penn State (7-21-2, 1-14-2) 3-1 in front of 792 fans at Ritter Arena to commemorate the first RIT Tiger Toss on Friday night.

Yokoyama assisted on all three goals, one in each period to reach the historic milestone. She becomes the fourth active Tiger to reach the milestone. Yokoyama now has 13 goals and 87 assists in 114 career games. Her 87 assists are second all-time at the university.

#Kim Schlattman (Stratford, Ontario/Cambridge Fury)# scored two goals, while #Kristina Moss (Webster, NY/Buffalo Bisons) had a goal and an assist. (Woodstock, Ontario/Waterloo K-W Rangers)Kourtney Kunichika (Fullerton, CA/LA Selects) also dished out a pair of assists in the win. Goaltender (Woodstock, Ontario/Waterloo K-W Rangers)Laura Chamberlain (Norco, CA/LA Selects)# made 21 shots to earn her fourth win of the season, making a handful of good saves.

Taylor Gross spoiled Chamberlain's shutout bid, scoring a power-play goal with 3:41 left in regulation. Nicole Paniccia made 42 saves for the Nittany Lions. 

RIT out-shot Penn State, 45-22, including 19-5 in the final period. The Tigers were 2-for-4 with the man-advantage, while Penn State was 1-for-5.

RIT Head Coach #Scott McDonald# was happy with his team effort and the atmosphere at Ritter Arena tonight.

"I was excited with our team's effort seen in the game tonight," said McDonald. "We played well in all facets of the game. Our fans were great tonight and it was exciting to see all of the stuffed Tigers get launched onto the ice after our first goal."

The Tigers scored the lone goal in the opening period, out-shooting Penn State, 13-9.

At the 7:03 mark of the first period, Schlattman buried a rebound in the slot after a shot from Moss was blocked for her 12th goal of the season. On the power-play, RIT worked the puck back to the point, where Yokoyama and Moss crossed with Yokoyama feeding Moss for the one-timer. Moss' shot was blocked with the carom coming to Schlattman who was patrolling the slot. Schlattman fired a high shot over the blocker of Paniccia.

Right after, hundreds of stuffed Tigers came pouring on to the ice as RIT Greek Life sponsored the first Tiger Toss. The Tigers were picked up by the players and workers and will be donated to the Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong Memorial Hospital.

Chamberlain had to come up with two big saves in the final two minutes of the period. First, she robbed Gross on a 2-on-1 in close, sticking her left pad out to keep RIT in the lead. Next, she robbed Hannah Hoenshell in close after a RIT defensive break down.

RIT increased its lead to 2-0 after 40 minutes of play.

The Tigers upped their lead to 2-0 at the 6:22 mark of the second period, as Moss fired a rocket of a slap shot past Paniccia for her second goal of the season. Kunichika won the face-off back to Moss, who played catch at the point with Yokoyama. Yokoyama placed a perfect pass to Moss, who from the right circle, blasted the one timer in on the power-play.

Chamberlain continued her strong play later in the period, making a big save on Shannon Yoxheimer through traffic.

Schlattman put the game away with her second goal of the game and 13th of the season with 13:11 left in regulation, as Kuncihika stole a puck from a Penn State defender behind the net and put a pass out in front that deflected off Yokoyama's stick right to Schlattman, who put a low shot from in close past Paniccia.

Gross spoiled Chamberlain's shutout with 3:41 left on the power-play as a shot from Yoxheimer deflected off the stick of Gross in front, off the glove of Chamberlain and in for her fifth goal of the year.

It will be the third and fourth meetings between the two schools this season, as RIT previously earned three points at Penn State, winning 4-1 on Oct. 25 and skating to a 2-2 draw on Oct. 26. RIT now leads the all-time series between the two schools 2-0-1.

Tonight's win moves RIT closer to clinching home ice for the first round of the CHA playoffs. A win over Penn State on Saturday would clinch at least the No. 4 seed. A Tigers win and Robert Morris loss would clinch the No. 3 seed.

The two teams meet once again from Ritter Arena on Saturday at 7:05 p.m. RIT will honor its six seniors before the contest.