PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Senior Marisa Raspa scored her third goal of the season to give Rensselaer the 2-1 conference win over Brown at Meehan Auditorium Friday night.
RPI's (6-7-4, 3-1-1 ECACH) Jaimie Grigsby opened the scoring at 9:03 in the first period on the junior's third power play goal of the season on assists from Shayna Tomlinson and Whitney Renn.
After a scoreless second period, Brown's (1-11-0, 1-8-0 ECACH) Sam Donovan went off on a two-on-one breakaway to score a shorthanded goal and tie the game with only 2:37 left in regulation.
With the score tied 1-1, Raspa worked a give-and-go play with Grigsby and netted the game winner 36 seconds into overtime.
Junior Lovisa Selander (6-7-3) was credited with the win on a 38 save effort, while the Bears' Calla Isaac (1-6-0) picked up the loss with 29 saves.
With tonight's win, the Engineers move into sixth place with Harvard and Princeton in the ECACH, while Brown remains tied for eleventh with Dartmouth.
Rensselaer continues conference play on the road as the Engineers travel to ninth place Yale (3-6-4, 2-5-2 ECACH) tomorrow afternoon. The puck is set to drop at Ingalls Rink at 3pm.