ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The RIT women's hockey team travels to RPI for a pair of non-conference games this Friday and Saturday, Oct. 21-22.

LAST TIME OUT
RIT lost a pair of non-conference games at No. 6 Colgate by scores of 9-0 and 5-0, last weekend. Sophomore goalie Sarah Coe made 23 stops in Friday's loss. 
 
Junior goalie Emma Stephen made a career-high 62 saves in Saturday's loss. It was the most saves in a game by a RIT goalkeeper since Ali Binnington stopped 62 shots against Mercyhurst in 2014.
 
ABOUT RIT
RIT enters the weekend first in the CHA averaging 2.88 goals per game and fourth, allowing 3.75 goals per contest. The Tigers lead the league averaging 4.63 assists and 7.5 points per game. RIT is tops in the CHA in power play percentage, converting 5-of-21 (23.8 percent) with the extra skater and penalty minutes per game, averaging 6:15 per contest.
 
Sophomore forward Kylie Aquaro leads the team and the CHA with eight points and seven assists, averaging 1.0 point per game. Sophomore forward Athena Vasdani is second on the team and fifth in the league with six points, and is tied for second with first-year forward Lexi Sung in the CHA with four assists. Senior forward Jaymee Nolan, junior forward Lindsay Maloney and graduate student forward Amy Dobson are tied for third on the team with five points apiece. Nolan is tied for first in the league with four goals, including a league-best two power play tallies. Dobson is tied for second in the league averaging 3.63 shots per game, while Maloney is third in the league with 76 face-off wins.
 
Coe enters the weekend fifth in the CHA with a 3.51 goals against average, seventh with a .881 save percentage and seventh averaging 18.50 saves per game. Stephen is seventh in the CHA with a 4.58 goals against average, sixth with a .897 save percentage and averages 32.75 saves per contest.
 
CHA WEEKLY HONOREES
Aquaro was named CHA Player of the Week, while first-year forward Ella Fesette was named the league's Rookie of the Week on October 10. Coe and junior forward Chloe McNeil were CHA weekly honorable mention selections.
 
FIRST TIME SCORERS
Fesette, and first-year defensewoman Karly Kolssak along with sophomore defensewoman Jessie Burks each scored their first collegiate points against Saint Michael's. Sung recorded an assist in a loss at Vermont for her first collegiate point, while sophomore defensewoman Addie Carr tallied an assist at UConn (Sept. 29) for her first career point.
 
BRING OUT THE BROOMS
RIT's sweep of Saint Michael's was the first for the Tigers since a pair of wins against Penn State in 2020.
 
HOLY SHOTS
RIT's 57 shots in the Tigers 9-0 win against Saint Michael's was the most for the Tigers since 2019.
 
GOAL FEST
The Tigers' 17 goals scored against Saint Michael's was the most in a weekend series since RIT tallied 17 in a two-game series against Sacred Heart in 2013.
 
RANK AND FILE
Six of the Tigers first eight games are against opponents ranked in the DCU/USCHO Division I Women's poll. RIT began the season with a pair of games at No. 15 UConn followed by a two-game series at No. 14 Vermont. The Tigers played at No. 6 Colgate October 14-15 and will face CHA rival No. 12 Penn State four times later in the season.
 
FOLLOW LIVE
All home games and selected CHA road contests will be streamed on FloHockey this season. WITR will broadcast all RIT home games this season. Links to live webcasts and statistics for all games can be found at RITathletics.com while in-game updates can be found on Twitter by following @RITWHKY.
 
ABOUT RPI
RPI lost to Mercyhurst, 2-0 and 4-1, last weekend. Senior goalie Amanda Rampado made 31 stops in Friday's loss. Senior defensewoman Hannah Price scored in Saturday's loss, while Rampado made 31 stops.
 
RPI enters the weekend averaging 0.6 goals per game, while allowing 3.0 goals per contest. The Engineers have yet to score a power play goal and average 20.6 shots per game.
 
Seven Engineers are tied for the team-lead in scoring, including junior defensewoman Taylor Larsen, senior forward Maddy Peterson and Price who each scored a goal.
 
Rampado enters the weekend with a 2.64 goals against average and a .920 save percentage.
 
RIT VS. RPI
RIT is 15-13-5 all-time versus RPI. The Engineers went 1-0-1 in a two-game series in October of 2018. The Tigers last win was a 3-1 victory on Nov. 26, 2016.