ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The RIT women's hockey team lost 5-2 to Syracuse in Atlantic Hockey America action, Friday.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Jordan Blouin scored a power play goal at 16:19 of the first period to give Syracuse a 1-0 lead.
• RIT fired nine shots on net in the opening frame, including two each from first year defender Laura Dyke and junior defender Emma Pickering.
• Peyton Armstrong scored 7:07 into the second period to give the Orange a 2-0 lead.
• Rachel Walsh tallied a power play goal at 18:57 and Nea Tervonen scored a power play goal at 19:46 to extend Syracuse's lead to 4-0.
• First year defender Riley Gramlich scored a power play goal 57 seconds into the third period to cut the Orange lead to 4-1.
• Sophomore forward Ireland Stein scored off an assist from junior forward Linda Rulle at 10:48 of the third to cut the Syracuse lead to 4-2.
• Sami Gendron scored an empty-net goal at 18:46 of the third to make it a 5-2 final.

 
GAME NOTES:

• RIT outshot Syracuse, 31-24.
• The Tigers went 1-for-2 on the power play, while the Orange were 3-for-5.
• Senior goalie Sophia Bellina made 12 saves in net for the Tigers and sophomore Brenna McNamara made seven saves in the third period.

 
WHAT'S NEXT:
RIT returns to action on Saturday (Oct. 25) at Syracuse at 3:00 p.m.