SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team finished a weekend series against Rochester Institute of Technology with a 3-0 loss on Saturday afternoon at Cairns Arena.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (0-18), RIT (10-7-2)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADER

• Sophomore Annika Lavender (Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata), 45 saves
• First-year Maddie Quinn (Chicago, Ill./Team Illinois AAA), 7 blocked shots
• Senior Jace Zapata (Brea Calif./Gentry Academy), 4 blocked shots
• Sophomore Elisabeth Gerebi (Victoria, Minn./Chanhassen), 5-for-11 faceoffs
• Sophomore Emersynn McGillis (Ottawa, Ontario/Nepean Jr. Wildcats), 3 blocked shots
• Junior Gaby Tribelli (Montreal, Quebec/Dawson College), 2 blocked shots
• Sophomore Lauren Fisher (Rothesay, New Brunswick/Rothesay Netherwood School), 2 blocked shots

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Kylie Aquaro, 1 goal, 1 assist
• Senior Lindsay Maloney, 1 goal
• Senior Nicole Ness, 1 goal
• Senior Emma Roland, 1 assist
• Junior Kyla Bear, 1 assist
• Sophomore Camryn Brownschilde, 1 assist
• Sophomore Jaidan Fahrny, 1 assist, 12-for-15 faceoffs
• Junior Megan McCormick, 8-for-9 faceoffs
• Sophomore Lexi Sung, 8-for-10 faceoffs
• Senior Emma Stephen, 16 saves

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights blocked 23 shots on the afternoon.
• Lavender has now made 45 or more saves in the last three contests.

THE ACTION

• The Tigers scored the first goal of the afternoon at 4:15 in the first period when Ness converted on a shot that snuck past Lavender into the back of the net on helpers from Aquaro and Bear to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead.
• RIT doubled its lead at 4:51 in the second period after Brownschilde forced the puck out of the neutral zone and found an open Maloney, who skated down the ice and beat Lavender on her glove side to put the Tigers up 2-0.
• Aquaro scored the Tigers' final goal of the game at 14:27 in the second period after cutting through between faceoff circles and slotting on the right side of the cage on helpers from Roland and Fahrny.
• Lavender made 16 saves in the third period to keep the Tigers at bay.  

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Monday vs. Union (N.Y.) College, 2 p.m.