ROCHESTER, NY – The RIT women's basketball team (10-2, 3-0 Liberty League) passed an early test, beating previous Liberty League leader Union (9-3, 4-1 Liberty League) 73-60 at Clark Gymnasium on Tuesday evening to remain perfect in conference play. RIT is one of two undefeated teams in Liberty League play (William Smith).
 
Amanda Olsen (Glen Mills, PA/Archmere Academy) led all scorers with a career-high 25 points, shooting an impressive 10-for-12 from the field. Julia Bender (Webster, NY/Webster Thomas) scored 10 points, while adding five rebounds and three steals. The Tigers shot 42 percent from the field against the best defensive team in the Liberty League in Union, who came in allowing just 49.9 points per game, while holding teams to just 32.5 percent from the field.
 
Sophie Borg led the Dutchwomen with 22 points and nine rebounds. Union shot 1-for-10 from beyond the arc in the loss.

" We had a bit of a slow start, but we picked up our defense, which fueled our offense," said RIT women's head coach Amy Reed. "We had so many people do good things tonight. We had two of our top scorers that had an off night, but the great thing about our team is that other people step up. We have to keep getting better and take it one game at a time, but I was very pleased with us executing the game plan."

The Tigers started the game ice cold from the field, missing its first four shots as Union staked a 9-0 lead. Whitney Kent (Hinsdale, NY/Cuba-Rushford) broke the RIT drought, getting the team's first points with 4:54 left in the quarter. From there, the Tigers stormed back. With seconds remaining in the opening period, Bender stole the ball as the outlet player who tried turned up court, laying the ball in the other way to end the period with RIT trailing, 17-16.

The Tigers began to take control afterwards, starting the second quarter with a 10-0 run, grabbing the lead for good. The Dutchwomen made a run in the second half, reducing the deficit to 46-39 midway through the third quarter. Union would get no closer, as RIT responded with a 12-2 run to pull away.
 
RIT will embark on a North Country road trip this weekend, kicking off with a Friday matchup with Clarkson (7-4, 2-2 Liberty League) at 6 p.m.