BOSTON – The first weekend of exclusively conference action in Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) women’s play produced players of the week representing four schools for Nov. 2-8.

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Forward of the Week: Berlin Lolacher, Mercyhurst (So., Regina, Sask.)
Defenseman of the Week: Thalia D’Elia, Robert Morris (Sr., West Chester, Pa.)
Goaltender of the Week: Ebba Ridderstolpe, Lindenwood (Fr., Boykyrka, Sweden)
Rookie of the Week: Oceanne Thiffault, RIT (G, Montreal, Que.)

FORWARD OF THE WEEK
Berlin Lolacher tied an Atlantic Hockey America record and recorded her first career hat trick Saturday to lift Mercyhurst to a weekend sweep of Delaware, the conference’s only sweep this weekend. Two of Lolacher’s goals came shorthanded, matching former Penn State star Kiara Zanon for the conference mark for shorthanded goals in a game (Zanon’s was Jan. 13, 2023, vs. RIT).

Lolacher’s shorthanded tallies both came in the second period; she added a power-play goal in the third to complete the hat trick. 

Lolacher has 11 points on the season (five goals, six assists), all coming during Mercyhurst’s 7-1-1 stretch over its last nine games. She ranks third on the Lakers in goals and points.

This marks Lolacher’s second career AHA weekly honor after earning Rookie of the Week on Feb. 3, 2026.

DEFENSEMAN OF THE WEEK
Thalia D’Elia excelled at both ends of the ice as Robert Morris split its weekend series with RIT. She led the Colonials with five blocked shots on the weekend and scored her first goal of the season on Saturday while on the power play to help lift Robert Morris to a 3-2 win.

D’Elia has one goal and four points through 10 games this season. The senior was Robert Morris’s top-scoring defenseman each of the last two years.

D’Elia has been named AHA Defenseman of the Week three times in her career, including back-to-back weeks to start the 2024-25 campaign.

GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK
Ebba Ridderstolpe stopped 43-of-44 shots Saturday to earn her team-leading third win of the season, beating Syracuse, 2-1. Her 43 saves included 33 in a row after the Orange took a 1-0 lead, and marked a single-game high for AHA goaltenders on the week.

Ridderstolpe is 3-6-0 on the season with a 2.69 goals-against average, .933 save percentage and one shutout. Her save percentage ranks third among AHA goaltenders with at least four games played (first among rookies).

This is Ridderstolpe’s first career AHA weekly award.

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Oceanne Thiffault made her sixth and seventh consecutive starts for RIT, earning a split at Robert Morris with a 4-1 win on Friday and a 3-2 loss on Saturday. In both games Thiffault held the Colonials scoreless for most of the game: Friday’s bid for her first career shutout was spoiled with 3:12 to play, and Saturday RMU scored the game’s first goal with 11:35 remaining.

Thiffault is 2-8-0 through 12 appearances with a 3.69 goals-against average and an .883 save percentage. In her last four games, all in conference play, she has posted a .909 save percentage.

It marks Thiffault’s first career AHA weekly award.

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