RIT Tigers
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| University | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| Conference | Liberty League, Atlantic Hockey, College Hockey America |
| NCAA | Division III |
| Athletic director | Lou Spiotti Jr. |
| Location | Henrietta, New York |
| Varsity teams | 22 |
| Basketball arena | Clark Gymnasium |
| Ice hockey arena | Gene Polisseni Center |
| Baseball stadium | RIT Baseball Field |
| Lacrosse stadium | RIT Turf Field |
| Natatorium | Judson/Hale Aquatics Center |
| Other arenas | Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena |
| Mascot | RITchie |
| Nickname | Tigers |
| Colors | Orange and Brown |
| Website | www |
The RIT Tigers are composed of 22 teams representing Rochester Institute of Technology in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, crew, cross country, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, and track and field. Men's sports include baseball and wrestling. Women's sports include softball, and volleyball. The Tigers compete in the NCAA Division III and are members of the Liberty League for all sports except ice hockey, which competes in NCAA Division I. The men's ice hockey team is a member of Atlantic Hockey, while the women's ice hockey team is a member of College Hockey America.
RIT was a long-time member of the Empire 8, an NCAA Division III athletic conference, but moved to the Liberty League beginning with the 2011–2012 academic year. All of RIT's teams compete at the Division III level, with the exception of the men's and women's ice hockey programs, which play at the Division I level. In 2010, the men's ice hockey team was the first ever from the Atlantic Hockey conference to reach the NCAA tournament semi-finals: The Frozen Four.
On March 17, 2012, the Women's ice hockey team, after finishing the regular season with a record of 28-1-1, won its first NCAA Division III national championship, defeating the defending champion Norwich University 4-1. The women's team had carried a record of 54-3-3 over their past 2 regular seasons leading up to that point. Three days later, RIT successfully applied for the women's hockey team to move from Division III to Division I. Starting in the 2012-2013 season, the women's team will be part of the College Hockey America conference, and will be eligible for conference postseason play, but not NCAA postseason play. The moratorium on the NCAA postseason will be lifted beginning with the 2014-2015 season.
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