ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The RIT women's hockey team travels to Lindenwood for a pair of Atlantic Hockey America games on Friday and Saturday (Jan. 30-31) at 4:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. EST.
LAST TIME OUT:
RIT won 4-0 at Brown, Saturday. Senior goalie
Sophia Bellina made 23 saves to earn her third shutout of the season and fifth of her career. Junior forward
Linda Rulle and sophomore forwards
Brac Kelley,
Ireland Stein and
Kailey Favro each scored a goal, while sophomore defender
Madison Buziak, junior forward
Addie Alvarez and first years
Laura Dyke,
Cassie Barnes,
Riley Gramich and
Kolbee Ashe each had an assist.
ABOUT RIT:
RIT enters the weekend third in the Atlantic Hockey America standings with a 9-9-0 conference record and 29 points. RIT is one point ahead of Syracuse who is fourth with 28 points.
The Tigers average 3.1 goals per game and allow 2.3 goals per contest. The Tigers are 30-of-92 (32.6%) on the power play and 73-of-92 (79.3%) on the penalty kill. RIT has won 773-of-1,536 (49.7%) of its faceoffs and blocked 389 shots.
RIT features six players with six or more goals and eight players with 10 or more points. Alvarez leads the team with 27 points and 18 assists. Junior defender
Emma Pickering is second with 26 points and is tied for the team lead with 11 goals. Kelley is third on the team in scoring and is tied with Pickering for first on the team with 11 goals. Favro is fourth on the team with 18 points (4g, 14a) and first year forward
Tilli Keranen is fifth with 15 points (8g, 7a).
Pickering leads the team with 76 blocked shots. Dyke is second with 37 blocks and junior forward
Linda Rulle and sophomore defender
Madison Buziak are tied for third with 34 blocks each. First year defender
Riley Gramlich is fourth with 36 blocked shots.
Bellina is 12-11 with a 2.34 goals-against average and a .920 save percentage, while sophomore
Brenna McNamara is 2-2 with a 1.56 goals-against average and a .947 save percentage.
ABOUT LINDENWOOD:
Lindenwood enters the weekend fifth in the AHA standings with a 7-10-1 conference record and 24 points. The Lions split a pair of conference games at Syracuse, losing 2-1 on Friday and rebounding with a 4-0 win the following day. Sophomore forward
Paige Cline scored a goal and senior goalie
Lexington Secreto made 35 saves in net.
Senior forward
Molly Henderson scored two goals and had two assists in Saturday's win. Junior forward
Zsofia Pazmandi had two assists and graduate student defender
Josey Dunne-Weeks had a goal and an assist. Secreto made 37 saves to earn the shutout victory.
Lindenwood enters the weekend fourth in the AHA averaging 2.29 goals per game and is sixth allowing 3.29 goals per contest. The Lions are sixth converting 11-of-95 (.116 percent) of their power play chances and sixth killing off 81-of-104 (77.9%) of their penalties. Lindenwood is sixth in the league winning 767-of-1,649 face offs (46.5%) and fifth averaging 14.14 blocked shots per game.
Pazmandi leads Lindenwood in scoring with 22 points on 10 goals and a team-high 12 assists. First year forward
Tatiana Blichova is second on the team with 21 points on 11 goals and 10 assists and Henderson is third with 19 points on a team-high 12 goals and seven assists and is tied for sixth in the league in goals.
Dunne-Weeks leads the team and is seventh in the league with 55 blocked shots. Pazmandi is second on the team with 47 blocks and Henderson is third with 42 blocked shots.
Secreto is 6-9-2 on the season and is sixth in the AHA with 2.62 goals-against average, fifth with a .924 save percentage and third averaging 29.0 saves per game.
RIT VS. LINDENWOOD:
Lindenwood is 24-23-6 all-time against RIT. The Tigers split a pair of games at the Gene Polisseni Center, losing 3-0 the first day and winning 7-1 the following game. Alvares recorded a hat trick in the 7-1 win and Pickering had three assists.
