ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team opened a two-game weekend series against the Rochester Institute of Technology with an 8-0 loss on Friday at the Gene Polisseni Center.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-2), RIT (1-4)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Carissa Mudrak (Duluth, Minn./Gentry Academy), 49 saves
• First-year Libby Kamp (Bloomington, Minn./Holy Family Catholic), 4-for-6 faceoffs
• Junior Darby Rich (Melrose, Mass./Tilton School), 4 blocked shots
• Senior Jenna Harrison (Kitchener, Ontario/Wellesley), 9 faceoff wins

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Lindsay Maloney, 2 goals, 12-for-17 faceoffs
• First-year Ella Fesette, 1 goal, 1 assist
• First-year Lexi Sung, 2 assists
• Sophomore Sarah Coe, 7 saves

GAME FACTS

• The teams met for the first time since Jan. 28, 2007.

THE ACTION

• Junior Emma Roland gave the Tigers the only goal they needed at 6:10 of the opening period before classmate Chloe McNeil made it 2-0 1:25 later.
• Maloney finished the first-period scoring with a shorthanded marker with 16:56 gone.
• Mudrak made 19 saves in the second frame, yielding only Fesette's power-play goal at 10:53.
• RIT added four third-period goals in a matter of 5:11, with a different player netting each.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at RIT, 2 p.m.