Orange Hosts CHA Rival RIT Wednesday

Syracuse vs. RIT
Game Details	Wednesday, Oct. 21 \| Syracuse, N.Y. \| Tennity Ice Pavilion \| 7 p.m.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y.- The Syracuse women's ice hockey team hosts College Hockey America rival RIT on Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. at the Tennity Ice Pavilion.

The Orange (2-3-0) lost in the CHA Championship last season to RIT (1-3-0) by a final score of 2-1 in double overtime. Wednesday's game will be the first conference contest in the 2015-16 campaign for both sides.

"We have veterans on our team that remember who ended our season last year," head coach Paul Flanagan said. "We feel we have a good rivalry with a well-coached, good team. It is good to be coming off a big win headed into Wednesday's game."

Syracuse went 1-1 over the weekend and is coming off a 4-0 win over Providence on Sunday. Senior Melissa Piacentini was recently named CHA Player of the Week after finishing the week with a goal and two assists to lead the team with three points. Redshirt senior captain Nicole Ferrara has been on fire to start the season, registering a point in the last four games.

With majority of the production coming from a veteran Syracuse squad, the players certainly have history with RIT.

The Rivalry Continues
With Syracuse losing in double overtime to RIT last year in the conference championship, the Orange and Tigers have taken seven of their 12 games into overtime. Syracuse is 7-4-1 all-time against RIT.

The Orange senior class has seen RIT over the last four years and are hungry for revenge against the Tigers after last year's CHA Championship loss.

RIT won three of four contests last season against Syracuse. The Orange is 5-0-0 at home against the Tigers.

Scouting RIT
The Orange and Tigers will play each other for the 13th time in program history.

RIT is 1-3 so far this season and has been outscored 14-7 by its competition. The Tigers are giving up nearly four goals a game while scoring approximately two.

Carly Payerl leads RIT with four points, which include a goal and three assists. Both Jess Paton and Kendall Cornine have three points while Cassie Clayton leads the team with two goals.

The Tigers have had three different goalkeepers spend time in between the pipes. Brooke Stoddart has played nearly 100 minutes in net while Jetta Rackleff is behind her with just over 78 minutes. Stoddart is 1-1 with an .868 save percentage. Rackleff is 0-1 with a .906 save percentage.

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Nicole Ferrara

Melissa Piacentini

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