POTSDAM, N.Y.- The SUNY Potsdam women’s hockey team lost to RIT by the final score of 6-0. Celeste Brown recorded a hat trick for the Tigers, who had four different players score a goal.

The Tigers struck first, eight minutes into the first period on a power play goal. Sophomore Kolbee McCreatook a shot from from the left side that sophomore goalie Dawna Salvarinas got a piece of. The puck trickled through her pads and barely crossed the goal line before a Potsdam defender could knock it out. RIT added a second goal at 17:43 when Megan Kobar beat Salvarinas between the pads. Potsdam’s best chance to score was early in the first period when leading scorer Annmarie Lewis had back-to-back shots that were saved by the RIT goalie Ali Binnington.

RIT would pull away with three second period goals. Brown got the scoring started at 5:52. That score was followed quickly by Melissa Bromley finding the back of the net only 56 seconds later. The final goal came off the stick of Brown at 13:21 on an assist from Kourtney Kunichika.

The third period saw RIT tack on the final goal at the 12:11 mark. Brown completed the hat trick after Kunichika won the face off and Brown took the puck and tucked a shot in the top right corner of the net.

Salvarinas stopped 42 shots in the losing effort while Binnington recorded her first career shutout for the Tigers.

The Bears return to action next Saturday, November 19, at home against Oswego. The puck will drop at 2 p.m.