BOSTON – A pair of one-goal conference games and a non-conference shutout at Mercyhurst highlighted the Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) women’s slate of games on Friday.

SCOREBOARD
Lindenwood 2, Robert Morris 1
Syracuse 4, Delaware 1
Mercyhurst 6, Assumption 0
Penn State 1, RIT 0
Recaps available below 

LINDENWOOD 2, ROBERT MORRIS 1
Box Score | Game Highlights
Maryland Heights, Mo. – Lindenwood scored the first two goals of the game and senior Eva Filippova (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia) stopped 40 Robert Morris shots to lift the Lions to a 2-1 victory Friday afternoon and a split in the two-game series.

The Lions – who had been shut out in three of their last four games and four of their last six – got even-strength goals from Grace Rentmeester (Wrightstown, Wis.) and Michaela Paulinyova (Bratislava, Slovakia) in the first two periods. It was the first goal of the year for Rentmeester and the second for Paulinyova.

Robert Morris fired 32 shots on Filippova after falling behind 2-0, and Jessica MacKinnon (Clarks Harbour, N.S.) pulled the Colonials within a goal early in the third period but they could get no closer. Lindenwood snapped a seven-game losing streak with the victory.
 

	Scoring	Shots	Pen/Min	PP	New Record (Conf.)
Robert Morris	0-0-1–1	41	1/2	0/3	4-8-0 (1-5-0)
Lindenwood	1-1-0–2	27	3/6	0/1	5-9-0 (2-6-0)

SYRACUSE 4, DELAWARE 1
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Syracuse, N.Y. – Two goals within 50 seconds in the second period helped Syracuse pull away from Delaware and earn a split in their two-game series, 4-1 at Tennity Ice Pavilion Friday afternoon. Emma Gnade (Fenton, Mo.) and Jackson Kinsler (Madison, Wis.) each had a goal and an assist to pace the Orange offensively.

Syracuse, which has won seven of its first 10 games for the first time in program history, kept pace in second place in the AHA standings.

Goaltender Ava Drabyk (Saskatoon, Sask.), who gave up just one goal in Thursday’s loss, held a shutout Friday until 3:02 remained. She made 20 saves for her seventh win of the season.
 

	Scoring	Shots	Pen/Min	PP	New Record (Conf.)
Delaware	0-0-1–1	21	4/8	0/1	4-7-1 (2-4-0)
Syracuse	1-2-1–4	44	2/4	0/2	7-3-0 (5-3-0)

MERCYHURST 6, ASSUMPTION 0
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Erie, Pa. – Mercyhurst scored a season-high six goals, led by Kate Donegan (Ashburn, Ont.) with two goals and an assist, to hand Assumption its first loss of the season, 6-0 Friday night at the Mercyhurst Ice Arena.

Donegan established a career high for points (three) while recording her second career two-goal game. Four other Lakers scored goals, as Mercyhurst scored three times in the first 10 minutes of the game and three more times in the first 12:43 of the third period.  

Freshman Grace Kipfer (Mitchell, Ont.) stopped 16 shots for her second victory and first career shutout, filling in for starter Magdalena Luggin (Vienna, Austria) while she plays for the Austrian National Team.
 

	Scoring	Shots	Pen/Min	PP	New Record (Conf.)
Assumption	0-0-0–0	16	1/2	0/4	6-1-1 (6-0-0)
Mercyhurst	3-0-3–6	46	4/8	1/1	6-4-1 (3-1-0)

#7/7 PENN STATE 1, RIT 0
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Rochester, N.Y. – Abby Stonehouse (Blenheim, Ont.) scored the only goal of the game late in the second period and Morgan Stickney (St. Charles, Mo.) posted her second shutout as Penn State earned its sixth win in a row, 1-0 at RIT Friday.

Stonehouse scored in a 4-on-4 situation with 1:12 remaining in the second, as she tracked down a rebound and backhanded it past RIT freshman Oceanne Thiffault (Montreal, Que.). 

Thiffault had her best performance of the season, stopping 34 of 35 shots, but the Tigers could not beat Stickney, who won her fourth consecutive start.
 

	Scoring	Shots	Pen/Min	PP	New Record (Conf.)
Penn State	0-1-0–1	35	4/8	0/3	8-3-0 (6-1-0)
RIT	0-0-0–0	13	3/6	0/4	2-9-0 (2-1-0)

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Saturday, October 31
Assumption at Mercyhurst, 1 p.m. ET
Penn State at RIT, 2 p.m. ET

Friday, November 6
Syracuse at Lindenwood, 4 p.m. CT
Mercyhurst at Delaware, 6 p.m. ET
RIT at Robert Morris, 7 p.m. ET

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