ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The RIT women's hockey team plays a weekend series against Atlantic Hockey America foe Syracuse this weekend. The Tigers host the Orange on Friday (Jan. 24) at 3:00 p.m. and travel to Syracuse on Saturday (Jan. 25) for a 3:00 p.m. faceoff.

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Weekend Recap (RIT at Robert Morris)
RIT split a pair of Atlantic Hockey America games at Robert Morris, last weekend. The Tigers won 2-0 on Friday followed by a 5-4 overtime loss, Saturday. 

Senior goalie Sarah Coe made 22 saves in Friday's win. It is her third shutout of the season and fourth of her career. First year forward Kailey Favro tallied a goal and an assist, while sophomore forward Addie Alvarez handed out two assists. First year forward Brac Kelley scored a goal, and senior forward Kylie Aquaro had an assist.

Sophomore forward Linda Rulle tied the game 38 seconds into the second period and senior forward Bronwyn Khangsar gave the Tigers a 2-1 lead on her goal at 5:11 of the second period. Graduate student forward Nicole Ness gave the Tigers a 3-2 lead late in the second period and senior defensewoman Kyla Bear extended the RIT's lead to 4-2 on her goal 27 seconds into the third period. Robert Morris tied the game at 4-4 with 3:07 remaining in regulation and won it 4:30 into overtime. Coe finished with 24 saves.  

Where They Stand (AHA)
RIT is fourth in the AHA standings with 16 points. The Tigers are one point behind third-place Syracuse and six points ahead of fifth-place Robert Morris.

Power (Play) Surge
RIT is 8-of-24 (33.3%) on the power play in the last six games. The Tigers went combined 5-of-10 in two games at Post (Jan. 3-4), 2-for-4 at Penn State (Jan. 11) and 1-for-4 at Robert Morris (Jan. 17).

Inside the Numbers
RIT is 6-1 when scoring four goals this season and 3-0 when tallying five or more goals. The Tigers are 8-2-2 when allowing less than three goals and are 6-3-1 after a loss. RIT is 10-3-2 when outshooting its opponents and 6-1-1 when scoring the first goal.  

Among the All-Time Netminders
Senior goalie Sarah Coe enters the weekend second all-time in career saves (2,473) and minutes played (4,4607) and tied for second with 82 games played. Junior goalie Sophia Bellina is eighth all-time with a .928 save percentage and saves (914) and 11h in games played (38), minutes played (1,910) and a career 2.23 goals-against average.

Top 100 Scorers
Four Tigers are ranked in the top 100 in all-time scoring. Aquaro is tied for 28th all-time in scoring with 73 points (23g, 50a). Alvarez is tied for 60th with 46 points (14g, 32a) and Kyla Bear is 63rd with 44 points (8g, 36a). Senior forward Athena Vasdani is 74th with 39 points (16g, 23a).

Career Milestones
Senior defensewoman Bailey Kehl is three blocks shy of 170 for her career and Vasdani (16g, 23a, 39p) is one point shy of 40. Kyla Bear (7g, 36a) is one point shy of 45 for her career, while Alvarez is four points shy of 50. Aquaro (23g, 48a) is two goals shy of 25 and two points shy of 75 for her career. Graduate student defensewoman Mia Tsilemos blocked her 260th shot last weekend at Robert Morris.

Century Mark
Ten Tigers have surpassed the 100 games-played plateau. Tsilemos (139), Ness (134), senior forward Megan McCormick (126), Vasdani (125), Kyla Bear (123), Kehl and senior defensewoman Jessie Burks (121), Aquaro (119), senior defensewoman Addie Carr (102) and senior forward Jordyn Bear (101).

About RIT
RIT enters the weekend averaging 2.7 goals per game while allowing 2.6 goals per contest. The Tigers are 25-for-93 (26.9 %) on the power play and 68-for-84 (80.9%) killing off penalties. RIT is winning 48.2% of its face offs and have blocked 397 shots.

Six Tigers have at tallied at least 10 points through 26 games led Alvarez with 26 points, including a team-high 20 assists. Aquaro is second with 24 points (8g, 16a) and Kelley is third with 17 points (8g, 9a). 

Sophomore forward Emma Pickering is fourth with 16 points, including a team-best nine goals. Favro (7g, 7a) and Kyla Bear (2g, 12a) are tied for fifth with 14 points apiece.

Tsilemos leads the team with 51 blocked shots, Pickering is second with 48 and Bear is third with 46. 

Coe is 7-7-1 with a 2.44 goals-against average and a .915 save percentage, while Bellina is 4-3-2 with a 2.41 GAA and a .914 save percentage.

AHA Rankings
RIT leads Atlantic Hockey America in power play percentage (26.9%) and penalty killing percentage (82.9%). The Tigers are second in goals per game (2.73) and third in points per game (6.96), assists (110), goals allowed per game (2.58), and blocked shots per game (15.27). 

Alvarez is second in Atlantic Hockey America in points (26), points per game (1.04), assists (20) and assists per game (0.80). Aquaro is tied for fifth in the league in points (24) and tied for fourth in power play goals (4). She is sixth in the league in points per game (0.92), assists (16) and assists per game (0.62).

Pickering is tied for sixth in the league in goals (9) and tied for first with six power play tallies. The sophomore defensewoman is seventh with 48 blocks. Kyla Bear is eighth in the AHA in assists (12) and tied for eighth in blocked shots (46), while Kelley is sixth winning 55.1% of her face offs and seventh with 193 face-off wins.

Jordan Bear is eighth in the league with 181 face-off wins, while Tsilemos is tied for fifth with 51 blocked shots. Senior forward Megan McCormick is 11th winning 49.3 percent of her face offs. 

Bellina is fourth in Atlantic Hockey America with a 2.41 goals-against average and seventh with a .914 save percentage. Coe is fifth in the league with a 2.44 GAA and sixth with a .916 save percentage.
 
National Rankings
RIT is tied for fourth in Division I with 25 power play goals and sixth converting 26.9 percent of its power play chances. The Tigers are tied for ninth in goals (71), tied for 15th in scoring offense (2.73) and 15th in team saves (665). 

Alvarez is tied for 13th nationally averaging 0.80 assists per game and Pickering is tied for second with six power play goals. 

About Syracuse
Syracuse enters this weekend with a 7-19-0 overall record and are 5-7-0 in Atlantic Hockey America. The Orange are third in the AHA standings with 17 points. Syracuse is 0-5-0 in their last five contests including a pair of losses to No. 8 Penn State last weekend. The Orange lost 1-0 in overtime on Friday followed by a 4-0 loss the following day.

Graduate student goaltender Allie Kelley made 41 saves in Friday's overtime loss and made 26 saves in Saturday's game.

Syracuse enters the weekend sixth in Atlantic Hockey America averaging 1.81 goals per game and fourth allowing 2.88 goals per contest. The Orange are fourth in the league converting 18.3 percent of their power-play chances and fourth killing off 76.5 percent of their opponent's power plays.

Graduate student forward Bryn Saarela leads Syracuse and is tied for eighth in the league with 21 points. She is tied for third in the conference with 13 goals and tied for fourth with four power play goals. Sophomore forward Jackson Kinsler is second on the team with 14 points and is tied with junior defender Sami Gendron with nine assists. Graduate student defender Charli Kettyle (6g, 5a) and graduate student forward Tatum White (4g, 7a) are tied for third with 11 points apiece. 

Kelley is sixth in the AHA with a 2.89 goals-against average, fifth with a .923 save percentage and second averaging 33.96 saves per game. 

RIT vs. Syracuse
Syracuse is 35-14-4 all-time against RIT. The Tigers dropped a pair of games in November, losing 4-2 at Syracuse and 1-0 the following day at RIT. Aquaro and Favro each scored for RIT in Friday's loss, while sophomore forward Nea Tervonen scored the lone goal for Syracuse in Saturday's win. 

Ranked Opponents
RIT plays four teams ranked in this week's USCHO Division I Women's Poll. The Tigers are 1-4-1 splitting a pair of games against No. 6 Colgate (Oct. 11-12) and went 0-1-1 versus No. 11 St. Lawrence (Oct. 25-26). The Tigers lost 5-2 at No. 7 Cornell (Nov. 26) and 5-1 (Dec. 31). RIT dropped a pair of games at No. 8 Penn State (Jan. 10-11) but host the Nittany Lions on Feb. 14-15 to close out the regular season.