SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The RIT women's hockey team takes on Syracuse in a semifinal College Hockey America Tournament game on Friday, Feb. 25 at 12:00 p.m. at the Tennity Ice Pavilion on the campus of Syracuse University. The Tigers entered the tournament as the fifth seed while Syracuse holds the first seed.
FOLLOW LIVE
Today's game will be streamed on
Stretch Internet. Live statistics for all games can be found at RITathletics.com while in-game updates can be found on Twitter by following @RITWHKY.
LAST TIME OUT
RIT advanced to the CHA Tournament semifinals after a 6-4 victory over Lindenwood on Feb. 24. Seniot forward
Abby Davies had four points including three goals against the Lions. Senior forward and captain
Jordan Marchese scored the game winner with goals also from freshman forward
Athena Vasdani and sophomore forward
Lindsay Maloney.
STRONG FINISH
RIT has two wins and four ties since the 2022 calendar year began. Entering the third period this season, the Tigers have either led, tied or trailed by a single goal in more than half its contests. RIT has six OT games this season with five coming in 2022 and has taken each CHA opponent to overtime. RIT went 2-1-2 in its last five games.
CHA GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK AND ALL-ROOKIE TEAM RECOGNITION
Freshman goaltender
Sarah Coe was named CHA Goaltender of the Week, Monday and to the CHA All-Rookie Team, Tuesday. Coe finished with 83 saves and with a .965 save percentage in the Penn State series last weekend, her second series with 80 or more saves (Mercyhurst Nov. 19-20). She finished the 2021-22 campaign with six 40-plus save performances and owns five of the top 10 series saves marks in the CHA this year, while ranking seventh nationally in saves with 800, which includes a conference-best 429 in CHA play. In 18 of her 22 starts this season, Coe registered 30 saves or more that included a season-high 52 stops against CHA regular season champion Syracuse in November. The freshman goaltender was at her best in the Tigers' final three games of the regular season, going 1-1-1 and stopping 116 of 120 shots for a .967 save percentage and 1.30 goals-against average.
TIGER SCORING LEADERS
Sophomore
Emma Roland's 17 points leads the Tigers. Davies leads the team in goals with 10, while Roland and Vasdani co-lead the team in assists with eight.
UPCOMING SCHOLARSHIPS
A proposal was passed at the NCAA Convention on Jan. 22 which will allow RIT to offer scholarships to its Division I women's hockey student-athletes moving forward.
DEFENSIVE STATS
Entering the CHA Tournament, RIT led the nation in team saves with 1,187. Senior defender
Taylor Sims is second the nation in blocks with 95, while sophomore defender
Mia Tsilemos is third nationally with 80. Bear is third among freshmen players nationally in blocked shots with 63 and is 15th nationally.
ABOUT THE ORANGE
Syracuse took the CHA regular season with a 11-4-1 conference record to obtain the top-seed in the CHA Tournament. Syracuse finished the regular season with a split against Mercyhurst. The Orange lost 9-0 (Feb. 11) before taking a 4-1 win (Feb. 12) against the Lakers. Overall, Syracuse was 14-10-5 overall.
RIT VS. SYRACUSE – HISTORY
RIT is 0-4 against Syracuse this season. The Tigers fell in overtime by a 3-2 score in the teams' first meeting on Nov. 5 that was followed by a 7-0 loss on Nov. 6. The Orange won 3-0 on Jan. 21 and 5-2 on Jan. 22. In the last meeting, the Tigers entered the third period tied 2-2. Overall, the Tigers are 11-27-4 against the Orange. This is the third CHA postseason meeting between the two teams. RIT took the 2015 championships with a 2-1 double overtime win (March 7). The Orange have taken the last two meetings with a 4-0 win in the 2017 semifinals (March 3) and a 5-1 victory in a 2018 first-round game (March 1).
