Women's Hockey | 10/26/2015 4:06:00 PM
ROCHESTER, NY – The RIT women's hockey team heads back on the road to face College Hockey America rival Mercyhurst University in a pair of league games this weekend. Friday's game from the Mercyhurst Ice Center starts at 6 p.m., while Saturday's game begins at 1 p.m.
RIT enters the weekend with a 3-4-0 record, 0-1-0 in CHA play. Last time out, the Tigers earned a weekend sweep on the road at Union, winning by scores of 3-1 and 2-1. In Friday's win,
Caitlin Wallace (Brantford, Ontario/Assumption Collegiate),
Kendall Cornine (Kinnelon, NJ/Morristown Beard), and
Carly Payerl (Kitchener, Ontario/Resurrection Catholic) scored, while
Jenna de Jonge (Abbotsford, British Columbia/George Elliot) picked up her first collegiate win in goal, stopping 20 shots. On Saturday, Cornine and
Jess Paton (Woodstock, Ontario/Waterloo K-W Rangers) scored, while
Brooke Stoddart (Elmvale, Ontario/Elmvale) made 22 saves in the win.
Cornine, Payerl, and
Taylor Thurston (Kanata, Ontario/All Saints Catholic) are tied for the team lead with five points apiece. Cornine, Payerl,
Cassie Clayton (Pickering, Ontario/PEAC School), and
Jess Paton (Woodstock, Ontario/Waterloo K-W Rangers) have two goals apiece to lead the squad, while Thurston has a team-best five assists. In goal, Stoddart is 2-1-0 with a 3.36 goals against average and an .883 save percentage.
Mercyhurst enters the weekend series with a 0-5-1 record. Last weekend, the Lakers lost a pair of home games to Princeton by scores of 3-2 and 2-1. Rachel Smith leads the squad in scoring with six points on two goals and four assists. Emily Janiga has a team-leading four goals. The Lakers are being out-scored 22-14 this season. Mercyhurst has used three different goaltenders. Jessica Convery has a 2.64 goals against average and an .882 save percentage to lead the way.
The Lakers are 412-122-38 since becoming a Division I program in 1999. Mercyhurst had its streak of making 10 straight NCAA Tournament appearances snapped last season and are 173-17-12 all-time in CHA regular season play.
Mercyhurst leads the all-time series between the two schools, 11-3. The Tigers knocked Mercyhurst from the postseason last year in the CHA Semifinal.
Video and
live stats will be available for both games from the Mercyhurst Ice Center.
After this weekend, the Tigers play 10 of their next 11 games at the Gene Polisseni Center heading into the holiday break.
