ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The RIT women's hockey team hosts Brown for a pair of non-conference games this weekend at the Gene Polisseni Center. Friday's game beings at 6:00 p.m. followed by a 12:00 p.m. start, Saturday.
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LAST TIME OUT
RIT swept a pair of games against Delaware, winning 4-1 on Friday and 3-2 the following day. Junior forward
Zoe Ziotas recorded a career high three points and scored a career-best two goals in Friday's win. Senior forward
Linda Rulle and junior forward
Kailey Favro each had two assists, while junior forward
Brac Kelley and
Ireland Stein each scored a goal. Junior goalie
Brenna McNamara got the in making 12 saves.
Sophomore forward
Heron Rohweder scored the game-winning goal, her first as a Tigers, in the third period in Saturday's win. First year forward
Brynn Evans scored her first collegiate goal early in the second period to tie the game 1-1. Ziotas scored a short-handed goal late in the second to give the Tigers a 2-1 lead and Rohweder scored the game-winner at 7:24 of the third. Kelley finished with two assists and first year goalie
Oceanne Thiffault made 12 saves to earn her first win as a Tiger.
WEEKLY HONORS:
Junior forward
Zoe Ziotas was named the Atlantic Hockey America Forward of the Week announced on Monday. She tallied four points on three goals and an assist. Ziotas scored two short-handed goals and recorded a career-high three points on two goals and an assist in Friday's 4-1 win over Delaware.
A WEEKEND OF FIRSTS:
Sophomore forward
Heron Rohweder scored her first collegiate goal in Saturday's 4-1 win over Delaware. First-year forward
Brynn Evans scored her first collegiate goal in Saturday's win over Delaware and first-year goalie
Oceanne Thiffault made 12 saves to win her first collegiate game, Saturday.
ABOUT RIT:
RIT enters the weekend averaging 2.7 goals per game while allowing 4.5 goals per contest. The Tigers are 3-for-19 (15.8%) on the power play and killed off 14-of-18 (77.7%) penalties. RIT is 155-of-324 (47.8%) on face-offs and have blocked 64 shots.
Ziotas leads RIT with eight points and six goals to go along with two assists and leads the Tigers with two short-handed goals. Favro is second with six points and leads the team with five assists. Kelley (2g, 3a) and Rulle (1g, 4a) are tied for third on the team with five points apiece. Senior forward
Ireland Stein is fourth on the team with four points on two goals and two assists.
Alvarez leads the team with 10 blocked shots. Sophomore defender
Riley Gramlich is second with nine blocks and junior defender
Madison Buziak is third on the team with eight blocked shots.
McNamara is 1-2 with a 4.83 goals-against average and an .854 save percentage. Thiffault is 1-2 with a 3.93 goals-against average and an .857 save percentage while sophomore
Tahlia Vasseur has an .833 save percentage and a 4.85 goal-against average.
ABOUT BROWN:
Brown begins its 2026-27 season this weekend. The Bears were picked to finish ninth in the ECAC Preseason Poll. Brown finished last season 18-14-2 and finished 12-8-2 in the ECAC.
Senior
Margot Norehead was named Captain for the 2026-27 season, while classmates
Sam Broz and
Rory Edwards and junior
Monique Lyons were named Assistant Captains.
Norehead was tied for the team lead with 17 goals last season to go along with 12 assists. Broz had a career-high 22 points on six goals and 16 assists. Edwards recorded a 2.52 goals-against average and a .913 save percentage last season and Lyons led Brown with 22 assists and 39 points last season earning Second Team All-Ivy accolades.
RIT vs. BROWN:
RIT is 14-9-1 all-time against Brown. RIT defeated the Bears 4-0 last season in Providence, RI. Favro, Kelley, Stein and Rulle each scored for the Tigers in the win.
