SCHENECTADY, NY - After a wild overtime battle the night before, the Union College Dutchwomen defeated the RIT Tigers this afternoon, 2-1.

With today's victory, the Dutchwomen have five wins on the year already. Tonight's fifth win is tied for second in program history for most wins in a single season, with the second half of the season still left to go.

RIT would begin the day's offense when the team went up on the power play for a Union checking penalty. Almost immediately into the advantage, RIT's Kendall Corrine would get one past the Dutch's defense and give the Tigers the 1-0 lead. 

Two minutes later, sophomore Jordi Naidrich brought the puck up the ice and dropped a pass back to Arianna Kosakowski. The Massachusetts native then rifled a shot off that would be tipped in by first year Makayla Mori. The goal would bring the game back to a 1-1 stalemate heading into the second period.

With seven minutes to go in the second period, senior Katie Laughlin headed to the box for a holding penalty. Despite the man-down play action, the Dutchwomen stepped up on defense and played through an incredible penalty kill. Five minutes later, Katelynn Russ won a face off in front of RIT's goal. From the face off, Russ dished the puck out to Caitlyn McLaren who set up Cheyenne Harris to notch her second goal of the season and give Union the 2-1 advantage.

The Dutchwomen started the third period playing a man down, with 1:45 left to go on a hooking penalty, but managed to kill the penalty before any damage could ensue.

However, with 2:27 to go, Union committed back-to-back penalties and sent two Dutchwomen to the penalty box. In addition to the penalties, RIT pulled its goalie, creating a six on three skater ratio. 

Despite the disadvantage, the Dutchwomen managed to escape and secure the victory on the day, defeating RIT 2-1.
 

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:

• McLaren's assist tonight was her seventh point in Union's last seven games. With today's point, McLaren now stands alone in third place for the most career points by a Union defenseman in program history with 25. 
• Mori's first period goal was the first of her collegiate career.