MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. – RIT senior forward Emma Roland scored a career-high two goals and three assists in the Tigers 7-3 win at Robert Morris, Friday. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Sophomore goalie Sophia Bellina made seven saves and the Tigers blocked seven shots in a scoreless first period.
• First-year defensewoman Emma Pickering blocked three shots in the opening frame, while senior forward Nicole Ness blocked two shots and fired two shots on net.
• First-year forward Addie Alvarez scored off an assist from Roland 1:12 into the second period to give the Tigers the lead.
• Mya Nugent tied the game at 1-1 on her goal 42 seconds later.
• Roland tallied a power play goal from Pickering and senior captain Lindsay Maloney at 7:39 to give RIT a 2-1 lead.
• Junior forward Jordyn Bear gave the Tigers a two-goal lead on her power play at 12:12 and junior forward Athena Vasdani made it 4-1 on her goal 31 seconds after Bear's tally.
• Junior forward Kylie Aquaro scored the Tigers' third power play goal of the period at 15:58 of the second period to give RIT a 5-1 lead.
• Robert Morris' Thalia D'Elia tallied a power play goal 4:47 into the third period to make it a three-goal deficit.
• Calli Arnold scored for the Colonials at 13:04 to cut the RIT lead to 5-3.
• Sophomore forward Jaidan Fahrny scored off an assist from Roland at 17:06, and Roland scored her second goal of the game at 19:48 to make it a 7-3 final.

 
GAME NOTES

• RIT's five second-period goals is the most scored in a period this season
• Friday's win was the first over Robert Morris since January 10, 2020
• RIT outshot Robert Morris, 38-35 including 21 shots in the second period
• The Tigers went 4-for-8 on the power play and blocked 16 shots
• Bellina made 32 saves in net to earn the victory

 
WHAT'S NEXT
RIT returns to action on Saturday (Nov. 18) at Robert Morris at 3:00 p.m.