The RIT Tigers women's ice hockey team is one of two hockey teams representing Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester Institute of Technology

The Rochester Institute of Technology is a private university, located within the town of Henrietta in metropolitan Rochester, New York, United States...

 in suburban Rochester, New York

Rochester, New York

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. The school's women's team competes in the Division III ECAC West

ECAC West

ECAC West is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division III as a hockey-only conference.-Members:* Nazareth College will join the league with a men's team starting in 2012....

 conference. The women's head coach is former Niagara University

Niagara Purple Eagles men's ice hockey

The Niagara Purple Eagles men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college ice hockey program that represents Niagara University. The Purple Eagles are a member of Atlantic Hockey...

 player Scott McDonald.

History

RIT added women's varsity hockey for the 1975–1976 season. After many years in the ECAC East

ECAC East

ECAC East is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division III as a hockey-only conference.-Members:...

, RIT moved to the ECAC West

ECAC West

ECAC West is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division III as a hockey-only conference.-Members:* Nazareth College will join the league with a men's team starting in 2012....

 league for the 2007–2008 season. The team has made two NCAA tournament appearances, in 2007 and in 2011; they lost their lone game in the 2007 campaign to Amherst College. In their 2011 campaign, the lady tigers lost in the frozen four final to Norwich College. The team has not had a losing season since 1994–95.

Season-by-season results

Season	GP	W	L	T	Finish	Playoffs
2010–11	30	26	2	2	T-1st, ECAC West ECAC West ECAC West is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division III as a hockey-only conference.-Members:* Nazareth College will join the league with a men's team starting in 2012....	Won ECAC West Tournament Lost in NCAA Frozen Four final, 2–5 (Norwich Norwich University Norwich University is a private university located in Northfield, Vermont . The university was founded in 1819 at Norwich, Vermont, as the American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy. It is the oldest of six Senior Military Colleges, and is recognized by the United States Department of... )
2009–10	27	19	5	3	3rd, ECAC West ECAC West ECAC West is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division III as a hockey-only conference.-Members:* Nazareth College will join the league with a men's team starting in 2012....	Lost in ECAC West Tournament semifinal, 1–2 (OT) (Elmira Elmira College Elmira College is a coeducational private liberal arts college located in Elmira, in New York State's Southern Tier region.The college is noted as the oldest college still in existence which granted degrees to women that were the equivalent of those given to men... )

All-Americans

• 2009–2011: Sarah Dagg '11
• 2011: Tracy Galbraith '11
• 2011: Katie Stack '11 (second team)

External links

• RIT Tigers women's ice hockey
• RIT Tigers at the Ice Hockey Wiki