2010-11 Media Guide Facilities Contents & Information 2010-11 Women’s Ice Hockey Program Contents Visits to campus are encouraged and may be arranged in advance by Coaching Staff . 2 calling (585) 475-6631 . Visits to the National Technical Institute for the 2010-11 Season Preview . 3 Deaf may be arranged by calling (585) 475-6700 (voice/TTY), or toll- 2010-11 Team Roster/Photo . 4 free in the U .S . and Canada at (866) 644-6843 (voice/TTY) . 2010-11 Player Profiles . 5-14 2009-10 Season in Review/History . 15 Admissions Website . www .rit .edu/emcs/admissions/ 2009-10 Stats . 16 Admissions Office Phone . (585) 475-6631 2009-10 By the Numbers . 17 Admissions E-mail . admissions@rit .edu All-Time Coaching Records . 18 Financial Aid Deadline . FAFSA due March 1, 2011 Gordon Field House Records vs . Opponents . 18 Financial Aid Office Phone . (585) 475-2186 Team Records . 19 Individual Honors . 20 Cover and Credits Individual Records . 21 The 2010-11 Women’s Hockey Media Guide is a publication of the Roch- Top-10 Single-Season Records . 22 ester Institute of Technology Sports Information Office . Content written Top-10 Career Records . 23 and edited by Sports Information Directors Steve Jaynes and Joe Ven- RIT Academic and Athletic Success . 24 niro . Headshots by A . Sue Weisler . Photos by RIT student photographers Mike Bradley ’12 and Dylan Heuer ’12 . Aerial photography by Stratus Quick Facts Imaging . Graphic design by Peter Bella ’03 and Mary McConnell ’88 . Head Coach . Scott McDonald (585) 475-7148/sjmatl@rit .edu 2010-11 Women’s Hockey Schedule Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena Career Record/Years . 81-19-7/5th season DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME Hale Recreational Pool 2009-10 Record/ECAC West (Finish) . 19-5-3/13-3-2 (3rd) Letter Winners Returning/Lost . 14/6 Sat., Oct. 23 Cambridge (exhibition) Ritter Arena 5 p.m. Location . Rochester, NY Fri ., Oct . 29 Norwich Northfield, Vt . 7 p .m . Address . Athletics, Clark Gymnasium Sat ., Oct 30 New England College Northfield, Vt . 4 p .m . 51 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, NY 14623 Fri., Nov. 5 * SUNY Cortland Ritter Arena 7 p.m. Founded . 1829 Sat., Nov. 6 * SUNY Cortland Ritter Arena 7 p.m. Total Enrollment . 17,000 President . Dr . Bill Destler Sat ., Nov . 13 * Utica Utica, N .Y . 2 p .m . Nickname . Tigers Sun ., Nov . 14 * Utica Utica, N .Y . 2 p .m . Colors . Orange and Brown Fri., Nov. 19 * SUNY Potsdam Ritter Arena 7 p.m. Affiliations . NCAA Division III Sat., Nov. 20 * SUNY Potsdam Ritter Arena 3 p.m. Conference . .ECAC West Lighted Turf Field Baseball and Softball Fields Judson Competition Pool Sat., Nov. 27 Amherst Ritter Arena 2 p.m. RIT STAFF DIRECTORY - AREA CODE (585) Sun., Nov. 28 Amherst Ritter Arena 1 p.m. Lou Spiotti Jr ., Fri., Dec. 3 * Neumann Ritter Arena 7 p.m. Director of the Center for Athletics and Recreation . 475-2615 Sat., Dec. 4 * Neumann Ritter Arena 3 p.m. Greg Moss, Senior Associate Director . 475-2610 Scott McVean, Assistant Director for Athletics . 475-7448 Fri ., Dec . 10 Hamilton Clinton, N .Y . 7 p .m . Lex Sleeman, Associate Director for NCAA Compliance . 475-7372 Fri ., Jan . 7 Adrian Adrian, Mich . 7 p .m . Ben Emke, Head Athletic Trainer . 475-4513 Sat ., Jan . 8 Adrian Adrian, Mich . 3 p .m . Adam Platzer, Development Officer . 475-2414 Jan Strine, NTID Support Faculty . 475-6104 Sat ., Jan . 15 * Chatham Pittsburgh, Pa . 2 p .m . Karen Wagner Beck, Athletics Secretary . 475-5814 Sun ., Jan . 16 * Chatham Pittsburgh, Pa . 12 p .m . George H. Clark Gymnasium Tiger Power Den Gordon Field House Indoor Track Sue Benson, Senior Financial Assistant . 475-2412 Fri., Jan. 21 * SUNY Plattsburgh Ritter Arena 7 p.m. Steve Jaynes, Sports Information Director . 475-6154 Sat., Jan. 22 * SUNY Plattsburgh Ritter Arena 3 p.m. .skjsid@rit .edu Fri ., Jan . 28 * Buffalo State Buffalo, N .Y . 4 p .m . All rights reserved Joe Venniro, Sports Information Director . 475-5598 Sat ., Jan . 29 * Buffalo State Buffalo, N .Y . 4 p .m . jtvsid@rit .edu Athletics Website . www .ritathletics .com Fri ., Feb . 4 * Elmira Pine Valley, N .Y . 7 p .m . Twitter Page . .www .twitter .com/RITSports Fri., Feb. 11 * SUNY Oswego Ritter Arena 3 p.m. Admissions/Financial Aid Sat., Feb. 12 * SUNY Oswego Ritter Arena 7 p.m. Early Admission Deadline . December 15, 2010 Sat ., Feb . 19 * Elmira Pine Valley, N .Y . 7 p .m . Regular Admission Deadline . February 15, 2011 ©2010 Rochester Institute of Technology Feb . 26–Mar . 6 ECAC West Championship TBA TBA Varsity Track and Field RIT Tennis Courts Wiedman Fitness Center *Denotes ECAC West Conference game Rochester Institute of Technology | www.ritathletics.com 1 300-P1041-10/10-HUB-MEM 300-P1041-10/10-HUB-MEM Coaching Staff 2010-11 Season Preview 2010-11 Women’s Ice Hockey Scott McDonald, all-time leader in coaching wins at RIT, Co-Coach of the Year and coached two RBK Division III The RIT women’s hockey team, which has become one of the top squads save percntage . She stepped in and played her best games against the begins his fifth season as the women’s hockey head coach . All-Americans (Sarah Dagg and Erica Owczarczak), and in Division III over the last five seasons, will look to win its first ECAC top teams in the nation . Freshman Laura Chamberlain is an extremely He has led the Tigers to a sparkling 81-19-7 record ( 790. seven members of the 2009 All-ECAC West squad . West Championship and earn a berth in the NCAA Division III Tourna- acrobatic goaltender who will vie for playing time right away . winning percentage) in four seasons, best at RIT over a From 2003-06, McDonald served as the assistant ment for the 2010-11 season . RIT, having won 81 games over the last “Goaltending will be our biggest improvement this season,” said four-year span . Last season he led the Tigers to a 19-5-3 coach for the RIT men’s hockey program . He put forth an four seasons, returns 14 players from last season’s squad . Despite playing McDonald . “Carley (King) worked hard over the summer and is back in mark and coached two first team RBK All-Americans outstanding effort in recruiting talented student-athletes as in arguably the toughest conference in the nation, the Tigers won 19 great shape . Laura (Chamberlain) had a tremendous junior career and (Sarah Dagg and Katie Stack) . The Tigers were ranked in the men’s squad made the leap to Division I . contests and were nationally-ranked in the top seven all season . will have an immediate impact ”. the top-seven nationally all season . McDonald led the Western team to the Gold Medal at RIT, the second highest scoring team in all of Division III last season, Once again, RIT’s schedule is one of the toughest in the nation, with McDonald’s teams have a strong reputation not only the 2010 Empire State Games in Buffalo . Before coming to returns its top three scorers and 13 players who tallied at least 10 points, seven contests against teams who finished the 2009-10 season ranked in on the ice, but in the classroom as well . In four seasons, 23 RIT, McDonald served one season as an assistant coach for including 2010 RBK All-Americans Sarah Dagg and Katie Stack . Fifth- the top-10 of the final USCHO com. poll . The Tigers open the season with of his players have earned ECAC All-Academic honors . In the Utica men’s program . year Head Coach Scott McDonald, the all-time leader in coaching wins a tough road contest against national runner-up Norwich on Oct . 29 and addition, his players are active in the community . On Jan . McDonald played collegiate hockey at Niagara Univer- at RIT, has recruited a top-notch freshman class and will have the Tigers face ECAC East foe New England College the next day . In addition, RIT 30, 2010, both the men’s and women’s teams, along with sity, where he was part of the school’s inaugural freshman poised to make a march toward a national title in 2010-11 . will host two-time defending national champion Amherst for a pair of Zeta Tau Alpha combined to raise over $21,000 for cancer and first graduating classes as a Division I program . Dur- Dagg, a senior, will serve as team captain for the second straight sea- games on Nov . 26-27 and travel to play a road game at Hamilton and two research, as part of the Real Tigers Wear Pink promotion . ing his senior year, he helped Niagara, in only its fourth son . Senior defenseman Traci Galbraith will serve as an assistant captain contests at Adrian, one of the top teams in the Western region . Head Coach His first season (2006-07) was the most successful in season, to an NCAA Tournament at-large bid, beating the for the second straight year and will be joined by sophomore forward RIT, which finished third in ECAC West play last season with a Scott McDonald the 34-year history of the RIT women’s hockey program, University of New Hampshire in the northeast regional . Kim Schlattman, the 2010 ECAC West Rookie of the Year . Dagg led the 13-3-2 mark, will play two home games apiece against SUNY Potsdam, as the Tigers made the NCAA Division III Tournament for He also helped Niagara to an undefeated season in the team in scoring for the second straight season and was second nation- SUNY Plattsburgh, SUNY Oswego, SUNY Cortland, and Neumann .