The 2011–12
RIT Tigers women's ice hockey
The RIT Tigers women's ice hockey team is one of two hockey teams representing Rochester Institute of Technology in suburban Rochester, New York. The team moved to NCAA Division I women's ice hockey as a member of College Hockey America after many ...
team was the Tigers' 37th season of
varsity hockey and last at the NCAA
Division III
In sport, the Third Division, also called Division 3, Division Three, or Division III, is often the third-highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below.
Association football
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level. They represented
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is a private university, private research university in the town of Henrietta, New York, Henrietta in the Rochester, New York, metropolitan area. The university offers undergraduate and graduate degree ...
in the
2011–12 NCAA Division III women's ice hockey season. The team was coached by
Scott McDonald
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in his sixth season as the program's head coach and played all of their home games at the
Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena
The Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena, known colloquially as "The Ritter", is an ice arena on the campus of the Rochester Institute of Technology in Henrietta, a suburb of Rochester, New York, United States. It is the former home to the RIT Tige ...
.
The Tigers compiled a 23–1–1 record in the regular season; they hosted and won the
ECAC West
ECAC West was a college athletic conference which operated in the northeastern United States until 2017. It participated in the NCAA's Division III as a hockey-only conference. The conference ceased to exist after the end of the 2016–17 season wh ...
Tournament for the second straight year, and hosted the NCAA Frozen Four (national semifinals and finals) for the second straight year. After a disappointment in the 2011 title game, the Tigers won the 2012 national championship on home ice. It was the first national championship for any women's athletic team from RIT, and the third overall.
Three days later, the university officially announced their application to move the program to the
Division I level for the 2012–13 season.
Standings
Roster
See also
*
2011–12 NCAA Division III women's ice hockey season
References
External links
RIT Tigers women's ice hockey
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