ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The RIT women's hockey team hosts No. 4 Northeastern for a pair of non-conference games this weekend. Both games at the Gene Polisseni Center begin at 3:00 p.m.
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LAST TIME OUT
RIT lost a pair of non-conference games against Brown, losing 6-1 on Friday and 3-1 the following day. Junior forward
Brac Kelley scored a goal in Friday's loss, while junior goalie
Brenna McNamara made 23 saves.
Saturday, junior forward
Zoe Ziotas tied the game 1-1 on her goal at 15:19 of the second period. Junior defender
Mackenzie Clarke and junior forward
Ireland Stein each had assists. First year goalie
Oceanne Thiffault made 26 saves in net for the Tigers.
ABOUT RIT:
RIT enters the weekend averaging 2.3 goals per game while allowing 4.5 goals per contest. The Tigers are 4-for-27 (14.8%) on the power play and killed off 21-of-26 (80.8%) penalties. RIT is 206-of-427 (48.2%) on face-offs and have blocked 102 shots.
Ziotas leads RIT with nine points and seven goals to go along with two assists and leads the Tigers with two short-handed goals. Kelley and sophomore forward
Kailey Favro are tied for second with six points apiece. Kelley has three goals and three assists, while Favro leads the Tigers with five assists. Senior forward
Linda Rulle is fourth on the team with five points (1g, 4a) and Stein (1g, 3a) and senior forward
Addie Alvarez (2g, 2a) are tied for fifth with four points apiece.
Alvarez leads the team with 15 blocked shots. Junior defender
Madison Buziak is second on the team with 14 blocks. Rulle is third with 12, and sophomore defender
Riley Gramlich is fourth with 11 blocked shots.
McNamara is 1-3 with a 5.17 goals-against average and an .828 save percentage. Thiffault is 1-3 with a 3.49 goals-against average and an .874 save percentage while sophomore
Tahlia Vasseur has an .833 save percentage and a 4.85 goal-against average.
ABOUT NORTHEASTERN:
Northeastern enters the weekend with a 3-1-1 record and are ranked fourth in this week's USCHO and USA Hockey Division I polls. The Huskies went 1-0-1 against No. 4 Quinnipiac last weekend, tying 2-2 on Friday and winning 5-1 the following day.
Senior forward
Allie Lalonde and first year forward
Ivana Wey each scored in Friday's tie. Wey tied the game 2-2 on her goal at 8:06 of the third period.
Lisa Jönsson made 24 saves in net for the Huskies.
Junior forward
Éloïse Caron tallied a goal and two assists in Saturday's 5-1 win. Junior forward
Morgan Jackson finished with a goal and an assist while Lalonde, Way and sophomore forward
Stryker Zablocki each scored a goal. Jönsson finished with 28 saves for the Huskies.
Northeastern enters this weekend averaging 3.2 goals per game while allowing 1.6 goals per contest. The Huskies are 1-of-16 on the power play and killed off 8-of-12 penalties. Northeastern is winning 48.6 percent of its faceoffs and have 45 blocked shots.
Zablocki and Jackson are tied for first on the team with six points apiece. Zablocki leads the Huskies with four goals and Jackson leads the team with four assists. Graduate student forward
Grace Sadura is third on the team with five points (2g, 3a) and Lalonde (2g, 2a) and Wey (2g, 2a) are tied for fourth with four points apiece.
Jönsson is 2-0-1 on the season with a 0.97 goals-against average and .963 save percentage. Sophomore
Renna Trembecky is 1-1-0 with a 2.45 goals-against average and a .839 save percentage.
RIT vs. NORTHEASTERN:
Northeastern is 16-0-1 all-time against RIT. RIT lost a pair of games at Northeastern last season, losing 3-2 and 3-1. Alvarez and Stein each scored in the 3-2 loss, while
Emma Pickering scored the following day.
