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RIT Tigers women's ice hockey

The RIT Tigers women's ice hockey team is one of two college ice hockey teams representing Rochester Institute of Technology in suburban Rochester, New York. The team moved to NCAA Division I women's ice hockey as a member of College Hockey America (CHA) for the 2012–13 season, after many years at Division III as part of the ECAC West conference. The Tigers' conference affiliation was transferred to Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) following the merger of CHA and the Atlantic Hockey Association in April 2024.[2]

The Bruce B. Bates Women's Hockey Coach is former RIT captain Celeste Brown.

History

RIT added women's varsity hockey for the 1975–1976 season. After many years in the ECAC East, RIT moved to the ECAC West league for the 2007–08 season. The team made three NCAA tournament appearances at the Division III level, in 2007, 2011, and 2012, with a record of 5–2 in tournament games. They lost their lone game in the 2007 campaign to Amherst College. In their 2011 campaign, the lady Tigers lost at home, in the Frozen Four final, to Norwich University.

In 2012, the Tigers won their first national championship, on home ice, against Norwich University. It was the third-ever national championship for RIT's athletic program and first in women's sports.[3][4]

On March 20, 2012, RIT announced that the women's team would move up to Division I for the 2012–13 season, as the men's team did six years prior. The Tigers joined the College Hockey America conference.[5][6]

After a successful first season at the division I level going 16–16–5, even after losing their first DI game 6–2 to the Mercyhurst Lakers, the Tigers advanced to the CHA semifinals where they fell to the Syracuse Orange 2–1 in overtime. The next season was yet another season to remember. The Tigers participated in the Frozen Frontier. A 10-day hockey festival at Rochester's Frontier Field. The Tigers fell to Clarkson University 6–2. The Tigers went on to win 11 out of their last 18 to win the CHA championship 2–1 in double overtime against the team that defeated them in their first ever division I game, the Mercyhurst Lakers.

In 2014–15, their first season at the 4,300-seat Gene Polisseni Center, the Tigers went 15–19–5 and finished in last place in the CHA. But they won every game in the 2015 CHA Tournament, beating Robert Morris, Mercyhurst, and then Syracuse, 2–1 in double overtime, to capture their second straight CHA championship. The trophy this year came with the CHA's first-ever automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, where the Tigers fell 2–6 to the eventual champions, #2 Minnesota.

In 2015, Bruce Bates, an MIT trustee emeritus and women's ice hockey season ticket holder, donated RIT's first athletic endowment to the women's ice hockey team, to support the head coach position.[7]

On July 10, 2018, it was announced that long-time head coach Scott McDonald would be stepping down as head coach of the women's hockey team. He left as the all-time victory leader for the women's team, compiling a 205-154-29 record in 12 seasons.[8] Chad Davis was announced as his replacement on August 22, 2018[9] with former Buffalo Beauts player Hannah McGowan being hired as assistant coach.[10] On April 30, 2020, it was reported that RIT parted ways with Davis and McGowan as coaches. Davis compiled a 24-37-9 record in two seasons as head coach.[11]

On July 17, 2020, former RIT women's hockey player and captain Celeste Brown was named the next head coach of the program.[12][13]

Year by year

Current roster

As of August 29, 2022.[14]


Award winners

National

Laura Hurd Award winners

ECAC West

Tournament MVP

College Hockey America

Weekly Honors

All-Star Honors

Tournament All-Stars

Player histories

Sarah Dagg was recognized as the 2011 ECAC West Player of the Year after contributing to the Tigers program-record 26 wins. In addition, she helped the Tigers to their first conference regular season and post-season championships. Her points total for the season was 18 goals and 24 assists in 30 games.

In her senior season, Dagg advanced to the 2011 NCAA Division III Championship game. In her four seasons at RIT, the Tigers accumulated a won-loss record of 85–17–7, while finishing as the Tigers all-time leading scorer. Her career totals stand at 63 goals and 91 assists, while competing in 109 games. She is the Tigers all-time assists leader while recording three consecutive forty point seasons. In addition, she is second all-time at RIT with 20 power-play goals, while she stands tied at first place in shorthanded goals with nine.

Tigers in professional hockey

CWHL Draft picks

PHF Draft picks

See also

References

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  7. ^ DiVeronica, Jeff. "RIT's first athletic endowment goes to women's hockey". Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
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  9. ^ Venniro, Joe. "Chad Davis named RIT's Bruce B. Bates Women's Hockey Coach". RIT Athletics. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  10. ^ Venniro, Joe. "Hannah McGowan named RIT women's hockey assistant coach". RIT Athletics. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
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  12. ^ "Celeste Brown '15 named Bruce B. Bates Women's Hockey Coach". RIT Athletics. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  13. ^ Vernoy, Lee. "Great Falls native Brown to coach women's hockey at college alma mater". Great Falls Tribune. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
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  28. ^ "Brinna Dochniak at eliteprospects.com". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  29. ^ "Kandice Sheriff at eliteprospects.com". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  30. ^ "Terra Lanteigne at eliteprospects.com". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  31. ^ "Logan Land at eliteprospects.com". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
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  33. ^ a b "Jetta Rackleff and Erin Zach picked in the 2016 Canadian Women's Hockey League draft". RIT Athletics. 1 September 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  34. ^ "Women's hockey star Kendall Cornine drafted by Metropolitan Riveters of NWHL". RIT Athletics. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
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