ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The RIT women's hockey team returns home for a pair of non-conference games against No. 14 St. Lawrence on Thursday and Friday (Oct. 16-17). Both games begin at 6:00 p.m.
 
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LAST TIME OUT:
RIT split a pair of Atlantic Hockey America games at Robert Morris last weekend, losing 2-1 in overtime on Friday and coming back with a 5-1 win, Saturday. First year defender Riley Gramlich tied the game at 1-1 on her first collegiate goal 3:40 into the third period in Friday's game. Robert Morris' Jessica MacKinnon scored the game-winner 28 seconds into overtime. Senior goalie Sophia Bellina made 34 saves.
 
Saturday, junior forward Addie Alvarez tallied a goal and had two assists in the Tigers win. Sophomore forward Brac Kelley tallied a goal, and an assist and sophomore Kailey Favro had two assists. First year forward Olivia Urbach scored her first collegiate goal and first year defender Cassandra Kehler recorded her first collegiate point. Gramlich and junior forward Linda Rulle scored a goal. Bellina finished with 20 saves.
 
ATLANTIC HOCKEY WEEKLY HONORS:
Senior goalie Sophia Bellina was named the AHA Goalie of the Week. Bellina recorded a 1-1-0 record, a 1.49 goals-against average and a .947 save percentage in a pair of games at Robert Morris.
 
ABOUT RIT:
RIT enters the weekend averaging 3.2 goals per game, while allowing 1.7 goals per contest. The Tigers are 10-of-25 (40.0%) on the power play and 18-of-30 (90%) on the penalty kill. RIT has won 146-of-298 (49.0%) of its faceoffs and blocked 77 shots.
 
Alvarez leads the team with six points on three goals and three assists. Sophomore forward Ireland Stein (2g, 2a), Kelley (1g, 3a), junior defender Emma Pickering (1g, 3a) and senior forward Jaidan Fahrny (0g, 4a) are tied for second with four points apiece.
 
Pickering leads the team with 16 blocked shots and Gramlich is second with 11 blocks. Sophomore defender Madison Buziak is third on the team with eight blocked shots.
 
Bellina is 2-3 with a 1.60 goals-against average and a .942 save percentage. Sophomore Brenna McNamara is 1-0 with a 1.00 goals-against average and a .889 save percentage.
 
ATLANTIC HOCKEY RANKINGS:
RIT is second in the league averaging 3.17 goals per game and second allowing 1.67 goals per contest. The Tigers are second in Atlantic Hockey averaging 4.50 assists per game and second averaging 7.67 points per game.  RIT leads the AHA converting 10-of-25 power play chances and second killing 90.0 percent of its opponent's power plays. RIT is fifth in the AHA, winning 49.0 percent of its face offs and sixth blocking 12.83 shots per game.
 
Alvarez is tied for fifth in the league with six points and tied for fourth with three goals. Fahrny is tied for fifth in the league with four assists and Gramlich leads the league with two power play goals. Pickering is tied for fourth in the AHA with 16 blocked shots.
 
Bellina is second in the conference with a 1.60 goals-against average and leads the AHA with a .942 save percentage. She is seventh in the league averaging 26.2 saves per game.
 
NCAA RANKINGS:
RIT is tenth in Division I with 27 assists. The Tigers are tied for eighth in Division I with 19 goals and tied for 12th in penalty-killing percentage (90%). RIT leads Division I with 10 power play goals and first in power play percentage (40%). The Tigers are tied for tenth in the country in scoring defense allowing 1.67 goals per game and tied for 11th averaging 3.17 goals per game. Bellina is 12th in Division I with a 1.60 goals-against average and 12th with a .942 save percentage.
 
MILESTONES:
Alvarez is 48th in career scoring (58 points). She needs one point to tie Lisa Gentile and Kylie Mazzetta for 46th in all-time scoring (59 points). Pickering enters the weekend tied for 73rd with 38 career points. She needs two points to tie Danielle LeBlanc and Taylor Thurston for 73rd in career scoring (40 points). Pickering needs four blocks to reach 150 for her career.
 
Bellina is eighth all-time with 43 games played. She is tenth all-time with 2,209 minutes played, eighth all-time with 1,045 career saves and 11th with a 2.15 career goals-against average. 
 
ABOUT ST. LAWRENCE:
St. Lawrence went 0-1-1 in a pair of games against Vermont last weekend, tying 1-1 on Friday and losing 2-1 in overtime the following day. Junior defender Abby Hehl scored in Friday's tie against the Catamounts and junior goalie Kassidy Lawrence made 12 saves in net. Senior forward Kiley Mastel tied the game with 50 seconds remaining in the third period, Saturday. Senior goalie Emma-Sofie Nordström made 21 saves in net for the Saints.
 
St. Lawrence enters the weekend averaging 1.2 goals per game while allowing 2.0 goals per contest. The Saints are 4-of-19 with the extra skater and have killed off 12-of-14 penalties. St. Lawrence has won 126-of-300 face offs (42.0%) and average 12.83 blocked shots per game.  
 
First year forward Lilien Benakova leads St. Lawrence with three points on a goal and two assists. Sophomore defender Alexia Côté, first year defender Ella Nancarrow, senior forward Kennedy Wilson and first year forward Cheyenne Degeer are tied for second with two points apiece. Junior defender Riley Reeves leads the team with 16 blocked shots and first year forward Hanna Olson is second with 10.
 
Nordström is 1-2-0 on the season with a 2.01 goals-against average and a .939 save percentage. Lawrence is 0-2-1 with a 1.67 GAA and a .943 save percentage.
 
RIT VS. ST. LAWRENCE:
St. Lawrence is 26-14-3 against RIT all time. RIT was 0-1-1 against St. Lawrence in a pair of games last season. Kylie Aquaro and Nicole Ness each scored in the 2-2 tie. Ness' goal 3:01 into the third period tied the game at 2-2. Bellina finished with 40 saves.     
  
RANKED OPPONENTS:
RIT plays four ranked opponents in 2025-26 schedule. The Tigers played at No. 14 Northeastern (Oct. 3-4) and hosts No. 14 St. Lawrence (Oct. 16-17). RIT plays at No. 8 Colgate (Nov. 7-8) and will face No. 6 Penn State at home on Nov. 21 and 22 and on the road Feb. 13-14.
 
THEY COME FROM FAR AND WIDE:
The 23 Tigers hail from eight states, five Canadian provinces and two countries in Europe, with the largest groups coming from Ontario (4) and Saskatchewan (4). Players hail from as close as Rochester, NY to as far away as Kuopio, Finland (4,353 miles).
 
ABOUT ATLANTIC HOCKEY AMERICA:
Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) embarks on its second season in 2025-26 following the merger between the Atlantic Hockey Association and College Hockey America. The conference fields 10 men's teams (Bentley University, Canisius University, The College of Holy Cross, Mercyhurst University, Niagara University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Robert Morris University, Sacred Heart University, the United States Air Force Academy and the United States Military Academy), and seven women's teams (University of Delaware, Lindenwood University, Mercyhurst University, Penn State University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Robert Morris University and Syracuse University).