ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The RIT women's hockey hits the road for a pair of Atlantic Hockey America games at Lindenwood games this Friday and Saturday (Jan. 7-8) at 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.

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Weekend Recap (RIT vs Mercyhurst)
RIT went 0-1-1 in a pair of Atlantic Hockey America games against Mercyhurst, last weekend. The Tigers lost 3-2 on Friday followed by a 1-1 tie, Saturday.
 
Senior defensewoman Kyla Bear scored a career-high two goals in Friday's loss to the Lakers. Her first goal at 6:38 of the third period cut the Mercyhurst lead to 3-2, while her second goal at 16:40 of the third period made it a one-goal game. Senior goalie Sarah Coe made 34 saves.
 
Senior forward Athena Vasdani gave RIT a 1-0 lead on her goal 11:26 into the third period of Saturday's game on assists from senior forward Jordyn Bear and graduate student defender Mia Tsilemos. Mercyhurst tied the game at 1-1 with a power play goal at 17:33. Coe finished with 27 saves in net for the Tigers. 
 
Where They Stand (AHA)
RIT is fourth in the AHA standings with 21 points. The Tigers are five points behind third-place Syracuse and 12 points ahead of fifth-place Robert Morris. The top two teams in the standings at the end of the regular season receive a first-round bye in the Atlantic Hockey America Tournament. The third seed will host the sixth seed in a first-round game, while the fourth seed will host the fifth seed in the other first-round game.
 
Inside the Numbers
RIT is 9-2-3 when allowing less than three goals this season. The Tigers are 3-0 when scoring five or more goals, 6-1-0 when scoring four goals and 7-1-2 when tallying the first goal.
 
The Last Six Games…
RIT is 2-3-1 in its last six games, averaging 2.17 goals per game while allowing 2.17 goals per contest. The Tigers are 3-of-12 (25.0%) on the power play, killing off 15-of-18 penalties and have won 51.9% of their face offs. Kyla Bear (4g, 1a) and sophomore forward Addie Alvarez (0g, 5a) each have five points in the last six games first year forward Brac Kelley (2g, 1a), sophomore forward Linda Rulle (1g, 2a) and senior forward Bronwyn Khangsar (1g, 2a) each have three points. Coe is 2-3-1 with a 2.12 goals against average and a .924 save percentage.
 
Among the All-Time Netminders
Coe enters the weekend second all-time in career saves (2,586), minutes played (4,850) and games played (86). She is 16 games shy of tying Terra Lanteigne for No. 1 (102 games), 933 minutes shy of tying Lanteigne (5,783 minutes) and 668 saves shy of tying Lanteigne for career saves (3,254).
 
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. Senior forward Kylie Aquaro is tied for 28th all-time in scoring with 73 points (23g, 50a). Alvarez (14g, 24a) and Kyla Bear (11g, 37a) are tied for 58th with 48 points apiece. Senior forward Athena Vasdani is tied for 69th with 41 points (17g, 24a).
 
Career Milestones
Senior defensewoman Bailey Kehl is three blocks shy of 170 for her career and Vasdani if three goals shy of 20 and six assists shy of 30. Kyla Bear (7g, 36a) three assists shy of 40, while Alvarez is two points shy of 50 and needs one assist to reach 35 for her career. Aquaro is two goals shy of 25 and needs two points to reach 75. Tsilemos needs three blocks to reach 280 for her career.
 
Century Mark
Ten Tigers have surpassed the 100 games-played plateau. Graduate students Mia Tsilemos (143) and graduate student forward Nicole Ness (138), senior forward Megan McCormick (130), Vasdani (129), Kyla Bear (127), senior defensewoman Jessie Burks (125), Kehl (122), Aquaro (123), senior defensewoman Addie Carr (105) and Jordyn Bear (105).
 
About RIT
RIT enters the weekend averaging 2.6 goals per game while allowing 2.5 goals per contest. The Tigers are 27-for-97 (27.8 %) on the power play and 80-for-96 (83.3%) killing off penalties. RIT is winning 48.3% of its face offs and have blocked 464 shots.
 
Nine Tigers have at tallied at least 10 points through 30 games led by Alvarez with 28 points, including a team-high 22 assists. Aquaro is second with 24 points (8g, 16a) and Kelley is third with 19 points (9g, 10a). Kyla Bear is fourth with 18 points (5g, 13a) and sophomore defensewoman Emma Pickering is fifth with 17 points, including a team-best 10 goals and seven power-play tallies.
 
Tsilemos leads the team with 67 blocked shots, Pickering is second with 54 and Kyla Bear is third with 49.
 
Coe is 8-9-2 with a 2.34 goals-against average and a .919 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 (27.8%) and is second in penalty killing percentage (83.3%). The Tigers are third in goals per game (2.60), points per game (6.63), assists (121), assists per game (2.60), goals allowed per game (2.50) and blocked shots per game (15.47).
 
Alvarez is second in the league in assists (22) and assists per game (0.76) and fourth in points (28) and points per game (0.97). Aquaro is tied for fourth in the league with four power play goals and tied for sixth in points (24), points per game (0.80), assists (16) and assists per game (0.53).
 
Pickering is tied for sixth in the league in goals (10) and leads the conference with seven power play tallies. She is tenth in the conference with 50 blocks. Kyla Bear is tied for tenth in the AHA in assists (13) and assists per game (0.45) and 11th in blocked shots (49). Kelley is sixth winning 56.0% of her face offs.
 
Jordyn Bear is seventh in the league with 226 face-off wins, while Tsilemos is third with 67 blocked shots. McCormick is tenth winning 48.6 percent of her face offs.
 
Coe is fourth in the league with a 2.34 GAA, fifth with a .919 save percentage and fourth averaging 26.25 saves per game.
 
National Rankings
RIT is fourth in Division I with 27 power play goals and sixth converting 27.8 percent of its power play chances. The Tigers are tied for 14th in goals (78), tied for 15th in scoring offense (2.60), 15th in assists (121) and 18th in team saves (778). Alvarez is 13th nationally averaging 0.76 assists per game. Pickering is tied for second with seven power play goals and Aquaro is tied for 25th (4).
 
About Lindenwood
Lindenwood lost a pair of Atlantic Hockey America games at Syracuse, losing 5-2 and 5-0. Graduate student forward Gigi Pora tallied a goal and an assist in Friday's loss and senior goalie Anna LaRose made 22 saves in net. First year goalie Madison Botwell made 26 saves in Saturday's loss.
 
Lindenwood enters the weekend sixth in Atlantic Hockey America averaging 1.68 goals per game and sixth allowing 4.61 goals per contest. The Lions are fifth in the league converting 23.7 percent of their power-play chances and sixth killing off 70.9 percent of their opponent's power plays.
 
Senior forward Morgan Neitzke leads Lindenwood with 17 points on a team-high eight goals and nine assists. Sophomore forward Zsofia Pazmandi (6g, 4a) and junior forward Molly Henderson (3g, 7a) are tied for second with 10 points.
 
LaRose has seen most of the minutes in net this season. She enters the weekend with a 4.57 goals-against average and a .866 save percentage.
 
RIT vs. Lindenwood
Lindenwood is 23-19-6 all-time against RIT. The Tigers won a pair of games at the Gene Polisseni Center Dec. 6-7 winning 9-4 and 4-2. Jordyn Bear recorded her first career hat trick and Addie Alvarez handed out a career-high four assists in the 9-4 win. Emma Pickering scored two goals, and Alvarez had a goal and three assists in the Tigers 4-2 win the following day.
 
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.