BOSTON – Syracuse posted its first win over a ranked team in 50 tries, upsetting Penn State to highlight a Friday that featured all seven Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) women’s teams in action.

SCOREBOARD
Mercyhurst 4, Lindenwood 0
Robert Morris 2, RPI 1
RIT 4, Delaware 1
Syracuse 5, Penn State 4 OT
Recaps available below

SYRACUSE 5, #4/4 PENN STATE 4 OT
Box Score | Game Highlights
Syracuse, N.Y. – Senior defenseman Jocelyn Fiala (Clavet, Sask.) scored her second goal of the game 1:36 into overtime to lift Syracuse to a 5-4 upset victory over Penn State. The win improves the Orange to 4-1-0 on the year (2-1-0 AHA) and marks their first win against a ranked opponent since a March 5, 2021 win against Penn State (0-48-1 against ranked teams since).

Syracuse built leads of 2-0 and 4-2 but the Nittany Lions answered each time. Jackson Kinsler (Madison, Wis.) and Jordan Blouin (Calgary, Alta.) had the first two tallies before Penn State scored twice in the second period.

Syracuse got the first two goals of the third with captain Nea Tervonen’s (Tampere, Finland) first of the year and Fiala’s first of her two. Fiala entered the game with two goals in 107 career games, both as a sophomore in non-conference games. 

Penn State got one back on a power play of its own, then Nichole Hall (Stockholm, Sweden) tied it up at 4-4 with 2:54 left in the third period.

Sophomore goaltender Ava Drabyk (Saskatoon, Sask.) made 40 saves in the win, as Penn State held a 44-18 shot advantage.

By sending the game to overtime, Penn State extended its streak of conference games earning at least one standings point to 29 games (26 wins and 3 OTL, since Feb. 14, 2025). That is the second-longest such streak in conference history behind Mercyhurst’s 37-0-4 run from March 7, 2004 to Feb. 8, 2008.

Penn State was without forwards Grace Outwater (Picton, Ont.) and Abby Stonehouse (Blenheim, Ont.), who are attending Hockey Canada’s National Team Selection Camp ahead of the upcoming IIHF World Championship.
 

	Scoring	Shots	Pen/Min	PP	New Record (Conf.)
Penn State	0-2-2-0–4	44	2/4	1/4	2-3-0 (2-1-0)
Syracuse	1-1-2-1–5	18	4/8	1/2	4-1-0 (2-1-0)

MERCYHURST 4, LINDENWOOD 0
Box Score | Game Highlights
Maryland Heights, Mo. – Graduate student goaltender Lexington Secreto (New Windsor, N.Y.) made 22 saves to earn a shutout in her first start for Mercyhurst as the Lakers completed a sweep at Lindenwood with a 4-0 win. Mercyhurst held Lindenwood, the No. 2 offense in the league entering the weekend, to a single goal in two games.

Secreto’s Laker debut came against her former team, as she had a 10-10-2 record for the Lions the last three seasons. She was tested most in the third period, turning away 12 shots and even adding an assist on the Lakers’ fourth goal.

Mercyhurst got a first-period power-play goal from Mariia Polozkova (Moscow, Russia) that stood up as the game-winner. Julia Perjus (Stockholm, Sweden), Avery Bryk (Whitby, Ont.) and Halle Duchene (Saskatoon, Sask.) added third-period goals.

Polozkova and Duchene, two freshmen, have combined to score five of the Lakers’ last nine goals.
 

	Scoring	Shots	Pen/Min	PP	New Record (Conf.)
Mercyhurst	1-0-3–4	42	5/10	1/2	5-3-0 (3-1-0)
Lindenwood	0-0-0–0	22	2/4	0/5	4-4-0 (1-3-0)

ROBERT MORRIS 2, RPI 1
Box Score | Game Highlights
Troy, N.Y. – Robert Morris rebounded after surrendering a first-period goal, earning a 2-1 come-from-behind victory at RPI and the Colonials’ first road victory of the season.

Robert Morris’s top two scorers, Alaina Giampietro (Strongsville, Ohio) and Greta Brezenski (Waunakee, Wis.), each scored a goal in the second period to provide the offense. Giampietro and Brezenski are tied atop the AHA with five goals each on the season. 

RMU outshot the hosts 20-8 in the second and third periods (25-16 for the game). Senior goaltender Maggie Hatch (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) made 15 saves and became the eighth goalie in conference history to record 2,500 career saves.
 

	Scoring	Shots	Pen/Min	PP	New Record (Conf.)
Robert Morris	0-2-0–2	25	2/4	0/3	2-3-0 (0-2-0)
RPI	1-0-0–1	16	3/6	0/2	1-5-0 (0-0-0)

RIT 4, DELAWARE 1
Box Score | Game Highlights
Rochester, N.Y. – Junior Zoe Ziotas (Markham, Ont.) scored her fourth and fifth goals of the season – matching her total of five goals from her first two years with the Tigers – as RIT posted its first victory of the season in its conference opener, 4-1 against Delaware.

Ziotas opened the scoring at 4:44 of the first period and added an empty netter to seal the win. She has goals in three straight games and points in all five contests this season. Her five goals on the season are tied for the AHA lead.

The Tigers outshot the Blue Hens, 31-13, and held them without a shot in the third period.
 

	Scoring	Shots	Pen/Min	PP	New Record (Conf.)
Delaware	0-1-0–1	13	4/8	0/3	1-3-1 (1-2-0)
RIT	1-1-2–4	31	3/6	0/4	1-4-0 (1-0-0)

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Saturday, October 10
Penn State at Syracuse, 3 p.m. ET
Delaware at RIT, 3 p.m. ET
Robert Morris at RPI, 3 p.m. ET

Friday, October 16
Lindenwood at Penn State, 2 p.m. ET
Union at Delaware, 6 p.m. ET
Brown at RIT, 6 p.m. ET
Syracuse at Robert Morris, 7 p.m. ET

ABOUT ATLANTIC HOCKEY AMERICA
Atlantic Hockey America is in its third season in 2026-27 following the merger of the Atlantic Hockey Association and College Hockey America. The conference fields nine Division I men’s teams and seven women’s teams representing 14 institutions. For more information, visit atlantichockeyamerica.com or follow the conference on X (@Atlantic_Hockey), Instagram (@atlantichockeyamerica) and Facebook (Atlantic Hockey America). Watch Atlantic Hockey America home games on FloHockey.