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Women's Hockey heads to St. Lawrence

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The RIT women's hockey team hits the road to play a non-conference game at St. Lawrence , Saturday.

LAST TIME OUT
RIT sophomore goalie Sarah Coe made 27 saves in RIT's 1-0 loss at Syracuse, Thursday. Sophomore forward Megan McCormick had a short-handed chance at 9:09 of the third period, while junior forward Chloe McNeil had two chances late in the third saved.
 
First-year forward Lexi Sung tallied her first collegiate goal in Saturday's 4-1 loss to the Orange. Sung scored off an assist from junior forward Emma Roland 56 seconds into the second period. Coe made 11 saves, while junior goalie Emma Stephen made 12 saves in relief.
 
ABOUT RIT
RIT enters Saturday third in the CHA averaging 2.00 goals per game and fourth, allowing 3.30 goals per contest. The Tigers are third in the league averaging 3.17 assists and 5.17 points per game. RIT is second in the CHA in power play percentage, converting 5-of-32 (15.4 percent) with the extra skater and penalty minutes per game, averaging 6:20 per contest.
 
Sophomore forward Kylie Aquaro leads the team and is tied for fifth in the CHA with eight points and is locked in a four-way tie for first in the league with seven assists. Sophomore forward Athena Vasdani is second on the team with six points. 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 two power play tallies. Dobson is third in the league averaging 3.42 shots per game, while Maloney is second in the league with 107 face-off wins.
 
Coe enters the weekend fifth in the CHA with a 3.35 goals against average, seventh with a .884 save percentage and fourth averaging 19.44 saves per game. Stephen is sixth in the CHA with a 3.66 goals against average, fourth with a .913 save percentage and third averaging 29.8 saves per contest.

ABOUT ST. LAWRENCE
St. Lawrence went 2-0 last weekend beating RPI, 3-0 and Union, 1-0. Junior forward Julia Gosling tallied a goal and an assist, while senior goalie Lucy Morgan made 17 saves in Friday's win, while Gosling scored the lone goal in Saturday's win. Lucy made 26 saves to earn the win.
 
St. Lawrence enters Saturday averaging 2.5 goals per game, while allowing 1.9 goals per contest. The Saints are 5-of-28 (17.9%) with the extra skater and have killed off 15-of-21 (71.4%) penalties.
 
Gosling and sophomore forward Abby Hustler are tied for first on the team in scoring with 11 points apiece. Hustler leads the Saints with five goals, while Gosling leads the team with seven assists. Junior defensewoman Kristina Bahl is third on the team with six points, while junior forward Anna Segedi is fourth on the team with five points.
 
Lucy has seen the majority of the minutes in net for St. Lawrence. She enters Saturday with a 5-4 record, a 1.89 goals against average and a .929 save percentage. Senior Caitlin Whitehead is 1-0 with a 1.00 goals against average and a .938 save percentage.
 
RIT VS. ST. LAWRENCE
St. Lawrence is 23-13-2 all-time versus RIT. The Saints were 2-0 against the Tigers last season. RIT has not beaten St. Lawrence since the 1990-91 season.