BOSTON – Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) improved to 4-0-0 in women’s non-conference play – the best start in conference history – as Lindenwood and Mercyhurst completed two-game sweeps of Post and RPI, respectively, with shutout victories on Saturday.
Two other AHA teams played exhibition games against Canadian universities on Saturday, with Syracuse hosting Queen's and Robert Morris hosting Western University.
LINDENWOOD 7, POST 0
Box Score
Shelton, Conn. – Seven Lindenwood players scored goals and freshman Krisztina Weiler (Budapest, Hungary) tied a school record with four assists as the Lions completed their two-game sweep at Post with a 7-0 victory. Freshman
Ebba Ridderstolpe (Botkyrka, Sweden) stopped 15 shots to post a shutout in her collegiate debut.
Wilkes University transfer Renee Ng (Hong Kong, China) scored her first Division I goal to open the scoring for Lindenwood. After goals from sophomore
Tatiana Blichova (Presov, Slovakia) and
Elina Zilliox (Weyersheim, France), the Lions got three goals in a 57-second span of the second period to stretch the lead to 6-0.
Zilliox, who also had two assists Saturday, and junior Paige Cline (Chesterfield, Mich.) scored in both games of the series. Ten Lions scored a goal in the series, while 16 had at least a point.
|
Scoring |
Shots |
Pen/Min |
PP |
New Record (Conf.) |
| Lindenwood |
2-4-1–7 |
43 |
2/4 |
1/3 |
2-0-0 (0-0-0) |
| Post |
0-0-0–0 |
15 |
4/8 |
0/1 |
0-2-0 (0-0-0) |
NO. 15/14 MERCYHURST 3, RPI 1
Box Score
Erie, Pa. – Redshirt sophomore Julia Perjus (Stockholm, Sweden) had a goal and two assists and junior
Magdalena Luggin (Vienna, Austria) recorded her sixth career shutout as Mercyhurst completed its sweep of RPI with a 3-0 win.
Perjus – who also had the game-winning goal on Friday – opened the scoring at 14:22 and set up freshman Halle Duchene (Saskatoon, Sask.) for her first career goal just 2:23 later. Duchene and Perjus assisted on freshman
Mariia Polozkova’s (Moscow, Russia) empty netter that sealed the win.
|
Scoring |
Shots |
Pen/Min |
PP |
New Record (Conf.) |
| RPI |
0-0-0–0 |
11 |
1/2 |
0/1 |
0-2-0 (0-0-0) |
| Mercyhurst |
2-0-1–3 |
46 |
1/2 |
0/1 |
2-0-0 (0-0-0) |
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Thursday, September 24
Lindenwood at Merrimack, 5 p.m. ET
No. 2/2 Ohio State at No. 4/5 Penn State, 6 p.m. ET
Friday, September 25
Lindenwood at Merrimack, 1 p.m. ET
No. 2/2 Ohio State at No. 4/5 Penn State, 4 p.m. ET
RIT at No. 12/12 Clarkson, 6 p.m. ET
Delaware at Holy Cross, 6 p.m. ET
Stonehill at Syracuse, 6 p.m. ET
No. 15/14 Mercyhurst at No. 9/9 Minnesota Duluth, 6 p.m. CT
Post at Robert Morris, 7 p.m. ET
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