ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The RIT women's hockey team plays Syracuse in a pair of College Hockey America games this weekend. The Tigers host the Orange on Friday (Feb. 9) while RIT travels to Syracuse the following day to play at the Upstate Medical Arena at the Oncenter War Memorial.

Recap (RIT vs. Robert Morris)
RIT split a pair of College Hockey America games with Robert Morris, losing in overtime Friday but rebounding with an overtime win, Saturday.
 
Junior forward Kylie Aquaro scored 1:07 into overtime in Saturday's 3-2 come-from-behind win, Saturday. Junior defensewoman Addie Carr tied the game at 1-1 on her goal 5:19 into the third and senior forward Nicole Ness scored midway through the third to tie the game at 2-2. Sophomore goalie Sophia Bellina made 24 saves in net to earn the win.
 
Aquaro and senior forward Chloe McNeil each scored in Friday's 3-2 overtime loss. Aquaro scored early in the second period to give RIT the lead, while McNeil gave the Tigers a 2-1 lead on her goal at 4:50 of the third. Bellina made 27 stops in goal.
 
About RIT
RIT enters the weekend second in the CHA with 401 blocks, averaging 13.83 per game. The Tigers are third in the league allowing 2.56 goals per game and fourth, killing off 59-of-89 (77.5%) of their penalties. RIT is fourth averaging 2.55 goals per game and fifth going 15-of-105 (14.3%) with the extra skater.
 
Aquaro leads the team and is tied for seventh in the CHA with 25 points. She is tied for second in the CHA with five power play goals, tied for eighth in the league with 15 assists and is tied for first with three game-winning goals. First year forward Addie Alvarez is second on the team with 18 points, while senior forward Emma Roland is third with 16 points and eight goals. Sophomore forward Jaidan Fahrny is fourth with 13 points (6g, 7a) and Ness is fifth with 12 points, and is second on the team with nine goals.   
 
Bellina leads the CHA with a 2.29 goals against average and leads the league with a .928 save percentage, and is fifth averaging 25.94 saves per game. Junior goalie Sarah Coe is fourth in the league with a 2.91 GAA and fifth with a .910 save percentage.
 
Sophomore forward Lexi Sung is second in the CHA winning 61.1 percent of her face-offs, while junior forward Megan McCormick is fifth in the league winning 54.2 percent of her draws.
 
First year defensewoman Emma Pickering is fourth in the CHA with 52 blocked shots, while senior defensewoman Mia Tsilemos is sixth with 47 blocks. Aquaro is tied for sixth in the CHA with a +11.

About Syracuse
Syracuse went 0-1-1 in a pair of College Hockey America games last weekend, tying 7-7 Friday and losing 5-4 in overtime the following day.
 
Syracuse scored three third-period goals, including senior forward Tatum White's game-tying goal with nine second remaining in regulation in Friday's 7-7 draw. Graduate student defensewoman Rachel Teslak recorded two goals and an assist, while senior forward Sarah Thompson had three assists. Graduate student goalie Allie Kelly made 39 stops in net for the Orange.
 
Graduate student defensewoman Alexandria Weiss tallied a goal and added two assists in Saturday's overtime loss. Teslak had a goal and an assist and graduate student forward Kate Holmes had two assists. Kelley made 38 saves in goal.
 
Syracuse enters the weekend sixth in the CHA averaging 2.03 goals per game. The Orange are fifth defensively, allowing 4.33 goals per game and are third converting 18-of-91 (19.8%) on the power play. Syracuse s fifth killing off 88-of-117 penalties and third blocking 13.30 shots per contest.
 
Holmes, Teslak and graduate student forward Darci Johal are tied for first on the team with 21 points apiece. Dohal leads the team and is tied for sixth in the CHA with 12 goals and is tied for fifth in the league with four power play tallies.
 
White is third in the CHA and tenth in Division I with 343 face off wins, and is tied for eighth in the league winning 52.3 percent of her draws. Graduate student defensewoman Kailey Langefels is tied for seventh in the CHA with 47 blocked shots.
 
Kelley is sixth in the league with a 4.02 goals against average and a .902 save percentage and is seventh making 35.55 saves per game.
 
RIT vs. Syracuse
Syracuse is 32-13-4 all time against RIT. The two teams split a home-and-home series in early December with RIT winning at Syracuse while the Orange won at the Gene Polisseni Center the following day.
 
Junior defensewoman Jordyn Bear had two assists and Bellina made 32 saves in RIT's 4-1 win. Seniors Chloe McNeil and Lindsay Maloney and juniors Kylie Aquaro and Athena Vasdani each scored for the Tigers.
 
Darci scored a pair of goals and White had two assists for Syracuse in Saturday's 3-1 victory. Senior defensewoman Mia Tsilemos scored for RIT while junior goalie Sarah Coe made 21 saves in net for RIT.