Pioneers Fall to RIT 5-1

Tuesday, February 1

West Point, N.Y. / Tate Rink

2:00 PM

Sacred Heart University Department of Athletics

10-13-3, 7-9-2

RIT

13-10-3, 9-6-3

Sacred Heart

RIT

2/1/2022 4:11:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Senior Austin Magera scored a point in his third straight game

WEST POINT, N.Y.- Senior Austin Magera scored the lone goal for the Sacred Heart University men's ice hockey team Tuesday as they fell to RIT 5-1.

Records:

Sacred Heart Pioneers- (10-13-3, 7-8-2-1 AHA)
RIT Tigers- (13-10-3, 7-6-4-1 AHA)

Top Performers:

Austin Magera (SHU)- 1 goal

Goalies:

Justin Robbins (SHU) (L, 14 saves, 4.00 GAA, 6-7-3 record)
Josh Benson (SHU) (9 saves, 1.00 GAA)
Tommy Scarfone (RIT) (W, 26 saves, 1.00 GAA, 3-4-0 record)

Of Note:

RIT jumped out to a 1-0 lead late in the first period as Andrew Rinaldi found the open net to put the Tigers on the scoreboard, 14:05 into the period.
The Pioneers responded in the second period as senior Austin Magera fired his seventh goal of the year from the top circle to even the score at 1-1, 1:40 into the period.
The Tigers took the lead back and didn't stop as they tallied four unanswered goals coming off the sticks of Dan Willett (4:46), Rinaldi (6:23), Will Calverley (13:52) and Carter Wilkie 8:27 into the third period to give the Tigers the 5-1 victory.
Magera scored a point in his third straight game.

Up Next:

The Pioneers return to action on Friday, February 4 when they begin a two-game series at Holy Cross. Puck-drop is set for 7:00 p.m.