BOSTON - Six Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) programs hit the ice on Saturday in the 2025-26 regular season’s final day of action.
The 2026 AHA Postseason’s seeding is set in the following order:
- Penn State
- Mercyhurst
- Lindenwood
- RIT
- Syracuse
- Robert Morris
- Delaware
Playoff hockey begins on Thursday, Feb. 19, when
No. 7 Delaware and
No. 6 Robert Morris compete in the First Round in St. Charles, Mo. For more information on the upcoming tournament, visit the
2026 AHA Women’s Postseason website.
SYRACUSE VS. NO. 13/13 MERCYHURST
Mercyhurst closed the regular season by blanking Syracuse in a 7-0 victory.
Six different Lakers scored in the win. Senior forward
Jade Maisonneuve netted two in the contest.
Freshman goaltender
Tara Bach made 31 saves to earn her third shutout of the campaign.
LINDENWOOD VS. ROBERT MORRIS
Lindenwood earned the only sweep in the conference’s final weekend of regular-season play.
The Lions fell behind early, but came back from trailing twice in the game. Visiting Lindenwood broke a 5-5 tie in the third period, scoring five goals.
Of the five Lions that scored, three had multi-goal efforts in the 8-5 win to clinch the third seed and secure a contest on home ice in the postseason.
RIT VS. NO. 4/4 PENN STATE
Penn State netted the game’s first two goals and allowed RIT to tie things 2-2 at the 15:10 mark of the second period.
The Nittany Lions' senior blueliner
Kendall Butze took the lead back nearly three minutes after the Tigers tied it.
Senior forward
Maddy Christian scored once more in the final frame to cement a 4-2 victory for Penn State.
SCORES
NO. 13/13 MERCYHURST 7 - SYRACUSE 0
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Mercyhurst Goals: Jade Maisonneuve (2), Sofia Ljung, Maja Alenius, Sophie McKinley, Holly VanNetten, Payten Evans
LINDENWOOD 8 - ROBERT MORRIS 5
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Lindenwood Goals: Grace Rentmeester, Hannah Dods (2), Molly Henderson (2), Zsofia Pazmandi (2), Tatiana Blichova
Robert Morris Goals: Alaina Giampietro (2), Emma Goding, Laura Eustace, Morgan Giannone
NO. 4/4 PENN STATE - RIT 2
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Penn State Goals: Abby Stonehouse, Grace Outwater, Kendall Butze, Maddy Christian
RIT Goals: Ireland Stein (2)
ABOUT ATLANTIC HOCKEY AMERICA
Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) is in its second season following the merger between the Atlantic Hockey Association and College Hockey America. The conference fields 10 Division I men's teams and seven women's teams. For more information, visit atlantichockeyamerica.com.
Connect with AHA on X (@Atlantic_Hockey), Instagram (@atlantichockeyamerica) and Facebook (Atlantic Hockey America).
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