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ROCHESTER, N.Y. <\/strong>— The Rochester Institute of Technology Tigers (8-17-5, 7-13-3 AHA) concluded their seven-game homestand by falling to Atlantic Hockey Association leader Mercyhurst (17-12-5, 15-4-4 AHA) 6-2 on Saturday.<\/p>\n Not only did the Lakers win on Saturday, but they blanked the Tigers 3-0 entering the third period. While the Tigers scored twice in the third period, the Lakers put the puck in the net an additional three times in the third.<\/p>\n Lakers forwards Nardo Nagtzaam and Kyle Cook each earned three points in Saturday’s victory. Nagtzaam scored two goals and an assist, while Cook had a goal and two assists. Mercyhurst also had goals from sophomore defensemen Anthony Mastrodicasa, freshmen forward Stephen Hrehoriak, and junior forward Zac Frischmon on Saturday.<\/p>\n Tigers forward Anthony Hamburg and defensemen Alexander Kuqali generated RIT’s two goals. Moreover, Kuqali was the only player, from either team, to successfully execute on a power-play opportunity on Saturday, as Mercyhurst went 0-for-1 (0 shots) and RIT went 1-for-4 (14 shots).<\/p>\n The 14 shots during the power play contributed to the disparity in shots on goal; RIT outshot the Lakers, 45-29. RIT junior goaltender Jordan Ruby, who replaced freshmen goaltender Mike Rotolo after starting the previous night, had 21 saves on the night.<\/p>\n “We fired a lot of shots, but didn’t have enough good looks,” said RIT coach Wayne Wilson. “The weekend came down to a lot of little things, which was the difference. We have to keep a good mental frame and continue to compete hard.”<\/p>\n “I worry about a lot of things, but I don’t really worry about our goaltending because I think it is pretty good,” said Mercyhurst coach Rick Gotkin. “I think our guys are committed to try to win every night. They certainly give us a great effort every night. We never questioned their work ethic.”<\/p>\n Saturday night was only second time in the lifetime series that the Lakers have swept a regular season series against RIT. It was also the first time in program history that the Lakers swept a weekend series against RIT at the Frank Ritter Arena. The Tigers are 30-18-6 all-time against the Lakers, including a 14-9-3 mark since 2005. However, Mercyhurst won the season series between the two schools this season, 3-0-0.<\/p>\n RIT went 0-5-2 over its season-high seven-game home stand, which is its longest home winless streak in the Division I era. Overall, RIT has an eight-game winless streak, which is also the longest in the Division I era.<\/p>\n Mercyhurst will face Niagara University next weekend in a home-and-home series, playing at home Friday. RIT will travel west next weekend for a pair of games at Air Force Academy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000vqc4nE_niSA” g_name=”20140215-Mercyhurst-RIT-Phillips” f_show_caption=”t” f_show_slidenum=”t” img_title=”casc” pho_credit=”iptc” f_link=”t” f_bbar=”t” fsvis=”f” width=”500″ height=”375″ bgcolor=”#AAAAAA” bgtrans=”t” btype=”old” bcolor=”#CCCCCC” crop=”f” trans=”xfade” tbs=”4000″ f_ap=”t” linkdest=”c” f_fullscreen=”f” f_constrain=”f” twoup=”f” f_topbar=”f” f_bbarbig=”” f_htmllinks=”f” f_enable_embed_btn=”f” f_show_watermark=”f” f_send_to_friend_btn=”f” f_smooth=”f” f_mtrx=”f” f_up=”f” target=”_self” wmds=”llQ6QNgpeC.p1Ucz7U.Y67z1g4ypvB689AqXnrAIQjNzue2RPruTnBYq4t6qeF1v4u1WWg–” ] ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Rochester Institute of Technology Tigers (8-17-5, 7-13-3 AHA) concluded their seven-game homestand by falling to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":22374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/recaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18784"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/recaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/recaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/recaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/recaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18784"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/recaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19085,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/recaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18784\/revisions\/19085"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/recaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/recaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/recaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/recaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18784"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/recaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=18784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}