Women’s Hockey Opens Season with Strong Win at RIT

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Brown women’s hockey team (1-0-0, 0-0-0 ECAC) opened the 2026-27 season with a strong road victory over RIT (2-5-0, 2-0-0 AHA) on Friday night, defeating the Tigers 6-1. RIT took an early lead with a goal less than a minute into the first period, but the Bears shut out the Tigers the rest of the way, scoring twice in the second period and four times in the third period. “We expected another level in games that count, and RIT caught us early on a backcheck that we didn’t execute,” Brown head coach Melanie Ruzzi said. Once…