Women's Hockey | 9/25/2018 3:35:00 PM
ROCHESTER, NY – The RIT women's hockey team opens the 2018-19 regular season with a pair of home contests against College of the Holy Cross from the Gene Polisseni Center on Friday, Sept. 28 and Saturday, Sept. 29. Friday's game begins at 6 p.m., while Saturday's contest gets underway at 1 p.m.
Tickets are $5 for adults, and $3 for youth. Admission is free for all RIT faculty, staff, alumni and students (one ticket per valid ID). Tickets are available at the Gene Polisseni Center and Gordon Field House Box Offices, by calling (585) 475-4121 or by visiting
www.rittickets.com. Friday is a Tiger Den event, while free magnet schedules will be given out to all fans in attendance this weekend.
The Tigers skated to a 3-3 tie against Ryerson University in an exhibition contest from the Gene Polisseni Center Sunday afternoon.
Kendall Cornine (Kinnelon, NJ/Morristown Beard) tallied a goal and added an assist, while
Jade Mancini (Burlington, Ontario/Bishop Tonnos) and
Brittney Gout (Caledon, Ontario/Brampton Canadettes) also scored.
Terra Lanteigne (Hatchet Lake, Nova Scotia/Charles P. Allen) stopped 16 of 17 shots.
RIT returns 21 players, including senior forward
Kendall Cornine (Kinnelon, NJ/Morristown Beard), who led the team in scoring last season and has 27 career goals entering her final year. On defense, seniors
Logan Land (Turkey Point, Ontario/Holy Trinity Catholic),
Mallory Rushton (Amherst, Nova Scotia/New Hampton Prep),
Christa Vuglar (Crystal Lake, IL/Chicago Mission) and
Brinna Dochniak (Marine on St. Croix, MN/Stillwater) will lead the way.
All three goaltenders return after each played at least 11 games between the pipes last season. Lanteigne, a junior, led the team by playing in 20 contests, while sophomore
Jessi O'Leary (Woodstock, New Brunswick/Notre Dame Hounds) appeared in 12 games and senior
Jenna de Jonge (Abbotsford, British Columbia/George Elliot) saw action in 11 games.
Cornine and sophomore
Jordan Marchese (Mississauga, Ontario/Brampton Canadettes) will serve as assistant captains in 2018-19. Friday also marks the RIT regular season coaching debut of
Chad Davis, named the Bruce B. Bates Women's Hockey Coach last month. He won 150 games over the last seven seasons at Division III Adrian College (2011-18).
Holy Cross begins its first season as a full-fledged member of Hockey East in 2018-19. Last season, the Crusaders played Division I and II teams, finishing 16-9-3. Seniors Maeve Reilly and Julie Matthias return after scoring 28 and 26 points respectively a season ago. In goal, sophomore Julia Pelletier is back after going 7-2-3 in 2017-18 with a 1.47 goals against average and a .928 save percentage.
RIT leads the all-time series between the two schools, 11-3-2. Last season, the Tigers earned a 2-2 tie and 3-2 win at Holy Cross. O'Leary made 27 saves in the 3-2 win for her first collegiate victory, while Gout and
Baylee Trani (Huntington Beach, CA/New England Hockey Club) scored their first collegiate goals.
Video and
live stats will available for both games. The two games will also be broadcast on
witr.rit.edu.
Come out and support the Tigers as they open the 2018-19 season this weekend.
