Rochester Institute of Technology Tigers women's ice hockey

The RIT Tigers are a Women's Division I ice hockey team representing Rochester Institute of Technology, located in Henrietta, New York from Atlantic Hockey America. The team is based out of Gene Polisseni Center, which is located on the school's campus. The women's program was established in the 1975-76 season. The team formerly competed at the Division III level in the ECAC West conference. 
The team has won ECAC West regular season titles in 2011 and 2012. The team has won ECAC East tournament tiles in 2011 and 2012. The team also won the Division III national title in 2012, its last year in D-III. The team won CHA tournament titles in 2014 and 2015. 
==History==
RIT added women's varsity hockey for the 1975-76 season. After many years in the ECAC East, RIT moved to the ECAC West league for the 2007–2008 season. The Tigers moved to Division I starting with the 2012-13 season.
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.
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.http://www.chawomenshockey.com/news/2011-12_news/RIT_release_Gains_Admission_to_CHA.pdf 
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.
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. Chad Davis was announced as his replacement on August 22, 2018 with former Buffalo Beauts player Hannah McGowan being hired as assistant coach. 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.
On July 17, 2020, former RIT women's hockey player and captain Celeste Brown was named the next head coach of the program.
==Arenas==
*Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena (1975-present)
*Gene Polisseni Center (2014-present)
==Head Coaches==
*Dich Gordon (1975-1976) 0-2-0
*Dich Gordon/Skip Blicker (1976-1977) 0-10-1 (unsure if co-coaches or Gordon didn't finish season)
*Bob Green (1977-1980) 11-19-0
*Tosh Farrell (1980-1982) 14-13-2
*Bill Germond (1982-1983) 3-9-1
*Glenn Collins (1983-1989) 48-40-5
*Jon Poulakis (1989-1990) 2-10-2
*Julie Handzel (1990-1995) 26-49-3
*Rick Filghera (1995-1998) 35-15-5
*Rob Scuteri (1998-2003) 79-28-14
*Mike Grainsky (2003-2006) 49-26-3
*Scott McDonald (2006-2018) 205-154-29
*Chad Davis (2018-2020) 24-37-9 
*Celeste Brown 7-68-6 (2020-present) 
as of end of 2022-23 season
==Year by Year Record==
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	Finish 	Conference Tournament 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA
Independent 	Independent 	Independent 	Independent 	Independent 	Independent 	Independent 	Independent 	Independent 	Independent 	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
1975-76 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	2 	0 	2 	0 	 	
1976-77 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	11 	0 	10 	1 	12 	84
1977-78 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	9 	1 	8 	0 	17 	56
1978-79 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	10 	6 	4 	0 	30 	39
1979-80 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	11 	4 	7 	0 	30 	62
1980-81 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	13 	6 	5 	2 	45 	32
1981-82 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	16 	8 	8 	0 	48 	73
1982-83 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	13 	3 	9 	1 	26 	73
1983-84 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	13 	5 	8 	0 	26 	64
1984-85 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	10 	8 	2 	0 	74 	17
ECAC Hockey 	ECAC Hockey 	ECAC Hockey 	ECAC Hockey 	ECAC Hockey 	ECAC Hockey 	ECAC Hockey 	ECAC Hockey 	ECAC Hockey 	ECAC Hockey 	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
1985-86 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	17 	9 	7 	1 	79 	48
1986-87 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	18 	8 	9 	1 	56 	43
1987-88 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	18 	9 	8 	1 	68 	51
1988-89 	17 	8 	7 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	18 	9 	7 	2 	74 	58
1989-90 	12 	1 	9 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	14 	2 	10 	2 	26 	70
1990-91 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	16 	6 	10 	0 	52 	59
1991-92 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	16 	6 	9 	1 	45 	71
1992-93 	11 	2 	7 	2 	 	 	 	11th 	 	13 	4 	7 	2 	42 	58
1993-94 	11 	2 	9 	0 	 	 	 	10th 	 	12 	3 	9 	0 	35 	97
1994-95 	14 	5 	9 	0 	 	 	 	T-10th 	 	16 	6 	11 	0 	30 	77
ECAC Division III 	ECAC Division III 	ECAC Division III 	ECAC Division III 	ECAC Division III 	ECAC Division III 	ECAC Division III 	ECAC Division III 	ECAC Division III 	ECAC Division III 	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
1995-96 	15 	12 	2 	1 	73 	23 	25 	2nd of 6 West 	 	18 	13 	4 	1 	84 	36
1996-97 	16 	11 	3 	1 	66 	26 	23 	2nd of 6 West 	 	17 	11 	5 	1 	71 	35
1997-98 	16 	9 	4 	3 	68 	33 	21 	2nd of 5 West 	? 	19 	11 	5 	3 	83 	40
1998-99 	18 	12 	3 	3 	72 	25 	27 	1st of 4 West 	? 	20 	12 	5 	3 	73 	32
ECAC East 	ECAC East 	ECAC East 	ECAC East 	ECAC East 	ECAC East 	ECAC East 	ECAC East 	ECAC East 	ECAC East 	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
1999-00 	17 	9 	3 	5 	55 	15 	23 	7th of 18 	L, QF 5-0 (Middlebury) 	22 	12 	5 	5 	77 	25
2000-01 	18 	9 	6 	3 	51 	27 	21 	9th of 19 	Did not qualify 	23 	14 	6 	3 	91 	28
2001-02 	18 	14 	2 	2 	126 	15 	30 	2nd of 10 	W, QF 15-0 (MIT) W, SF 2-1 OT (S. Maine) L, F 4-3 (Manhattanville) 	27 	21 	4 	2 	174 	24
2002-03 	20 	12 	7 	1 	98 	37 	25 	5th of 11 	W, QF 4-2 (Union) L, SF 4-0 (Manhattanville) 	27 	18 	8 	1 	124 	47
2003-04 	17 	11 	5 	1 	81 	30 	23 	2nd of 9 	L, QF 6-4 (UMass-Boston) 	27 	19 	5 	3 	92 	43
2004-05 	19 	15 	4 	0 	76 	27 	30 	3rd of 12 	L, SF 5-2 (RPI) 	27 	18 	8 	1 	98 	57
2005-06 	19 	15 	4 	0 	89 	36 	30 	3rd of 11 	L, SF 4-3 OT (New England College) 	25 	15 	10 	0 	99 	61
2006-07 	19 	16 	1 	2 	92 	24 	34 	2nd of 11 	W, SF 5-3 (UMass-Boston) L, F 3-2 (Manhattanville) 	28 	22 	4 	2 	127 	43
ECAC West 	ECAC West 	ECAC West 	ECAC West 	ECAC West 	ECAC West 	ECAC West 	ECAC West 	ECAC West 	ECAC West 	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
2007-08 	16 	13 	3 	0 	69 	25 	26 	2nd of 9 	L, SF 3-2 (Elmira) 	26 	19 	7 	0 	97 	48
2008-09 	18 	15 	2 	1 	86 	28 	31 	2nd of 10 	L, SF 7-3 (Plattsburgh) 	26 	21 	3 	2 	125 	51
2009-10 	18 	13 	3 	2 	98 	36 	28 	3rd of 10 	W, QF 5-0 (Potsdam) L, SF 2-1 OT (Elmira) 	27 	19 	5 	3 	129 	49
2010-11 	18 	15 	1 	2 	94 	17 	32 	1st of 10 	W, SF 2-0 (Utica) W, F 2-1 (Plattsburgh) 	30 	26 	2 	2 	152 	31
2011-12 	18 	16 	1 	1 	103 	16 	33 	1st of 10 	W, SF 6-1 (Potsdam) W, F 2-1 (Plattsburgh) 	30 	28 	1 	1 	147 	30
College Hockey America	College Hockey America	College Hockey America	College Hockey America	College Hockey America	College Hockey America	College Hockey America	College Hockey America	College Hockey America	College Hockey America 	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record	Overall Record
2012-13 	20 	7 	8 	5 	 	 	 	3rd 	W QF 2-0 (Penn State) L, SF 1-2 (ot) (Syracuse) 	37 	16 	16 	5 	 	
2013-14 	20 	11 	7 	2 	 	 	 	3rd of 6 	W QF 2-0 (Penn State) W, SF 4-1 (Robert Morris) W, F 2-1 2OT (Mercyhurst)	38 	20 	15 	3 	 	
2014-15 	20 	5 	12 	3 	 	 	 	6th of 6 	W, QF 2-0 (Robert Morris) W, SF 4-1 (Mercyhurst) W, F 2-1 2OT (Syracuse) 	39 	15 	19 	5 	 	
2015-16 	 	4 	15 	1 	 	 	 	6th of 6 	L, QF 0-2 (Penn State) 	36 	8 	27 	1 	 	
2016-17 	20 	4 	14 	2 	31 	39 	10 	5th of 6 	W, QF 2-1 (Penn State) L, SF 4-0 (Syracuse) 	36 	7 	27 	2 	49 	116
2017-18 	20 	1 	19 	0 	19 	95 	2 	6th of 6 	L, QF 5-1 (Syracuse) 	35 	4 	28 	3 	42 	141
2018-19 	20 	8 	11 	1 	36 	43 	17 	5th of 6 	L, QF 1-4 (Penn State) 	35 	12 	18 	5 	67 	84
2019-20 	20 	5 	13 	2 	39 	72 	12 	5th of 6 	L, QF 1-4 (Penn State) 	35 	12 	19 	4 	77 	107
2020-21 	15 	1 	14 	0 	- 	- 	2 	6th of 6 	L, QF 4-0 (Robert Morris) 	16 	1 	15 	0 	- 	-
2021-22 	16 	1 	12 	3 	21 	57 	8 	5th 	W, QF 6-4 (Lindenwood) L, SF 3-2 (Syracuse) 	33 	2 	27 	4 	52 	148
2022-23 	16 	1 	13 	2 	21 	55 	4 	5th 	Did not qualify 	32 	4 	26 	2 	50 	107
2023-24 	16 	7 	12 	1 	47 	59 	15 	4th 	L, SF 2-1 (Penn State) 	35 	13 	19 	3 	77 	89
== NCAA Tournament Appearances ==
Season 	First Round 	Quarterfinals 	Semifinals 	Championship 	Third Place
Division III (1995-2012) 	Division III (1995-2012) 	Division III (1995-2012) 	Division III (1995-2012) 	Division III (1995-2012) 	Division III (1995-2012)
2007 	-- 	L, 2-1 (Amherst Lord Jeffs)	-- 	-- 	--
2011 	-- 	W, 10-1 Adrian Bulldogs 	W, 5-2 (Middlebury Panthers) 	L, 5-2 (Norwich Cadets) 	--
2012 	-- 	W, 5-2 (Concordia Cobbers) 	W, 2-1 OT (Plattsburgh Cardinals)	W, 4-1 (Norwich Cadets) 	--
3 appearances 	3 appearances 	1 National Championship 	1 National Championship 	1 Runner-Up Finish 	1 Runner-Up Finish
Division I (2012-present)	Division I (2012-present)	Division I (2012-present) 	Division I (2012-present) 	Division I (2012-present)	Division I (2012-present)
2015 	-- 	L, 6-2 (Minnesota) 	-- 	-- 	--
1 appearance 	1 appearance 	1 appearance 	1 appearance 	1 appearance 	1 appearance
== Award winners ==
=== National ===
==== Laura Hurd Award winners ====
* 2011: Sarah Dagg '11
==== All-Americans ====
* 2009–2011: Sarah Dagg '11
* 2011: Tracy Galbraith '11
* 2011: Katie Stack '11 (second team)
==== Olympians ====
==== Coach of the Year ====
==== Tournament MVP ====
=== ECAC West ===
==== Coach of the Year ====
*2011: Scott McDonald
*2009: Scott McDonald (tie)
==== Player of the Year ====
*2011: Sarah Dagg '11
==== Tournament MVP ====
*2011: Kourtney Kunichika '14
== See also ==
* RIT Tigers men's ice hockey
==References==
* 
==Links==
*Hockey America woemn's hockey website
*Tigers women's ice hockey website
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