Games 36 - 38
Lindenwood (14-19-2, 11-12-1 AHA)
at. Mercyhurst (21-10-3, 17-5-2 AHA)
Game Information:
Dates: Friday, February 27, 2026 - Sunday, March 1, 2026
Location: Erie, PA.
Venue: Mercyhurst Ice Center
Time: 2:00 PM CT | 12:00 PM CT | 12:00 PM CT
All-Time Series: 10-49-1
Last Meeting: L, 1-2 (OT)
Live Stats: Lindenwood @ Mercyhurst
Watch: FloHockey

Last Time Out
The Lindenwood Women's Hockey team won their first postseason game since March 2, 2017 with a 3-1 win over Robert Morris at Centene Community Ice Center last Saturday. Zsofia Pazmandi, Silje Gundersen, and Michaela Paulinyova each scored a goal for the Lions to help clinch a spot into the AHA Semifinal round at Mercyhurst. Sophomore goaltender Madison Bowtell stopped 31 of 32 shots that she faced in the AHA quarterfinal round, posting a save percentage of .969 which led to her being named the AHA Goaltender of the week on Tuesday afternoon. Josey Dunne-Weeks also had an impactful performance against the Colonials, putting her body on the line two different times to deny RMU of scoring a goal. 

Lindenwood will now look to build off of their momentum as they will take on the #2 seed Mercyhurst Lakers beginning tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m. CT. 

About Mercyhurst
Since the start of January, the Lakers have a record of 10-1-1 with their only loss during that stretch coming to Penn State on Mercyhurst's home ice. MU has swept Lindenwood, Delaware, RIT, and Robert Morris during the second half and have been one of the hottest teams in the AHA aside from Lindenwood and Penn State. Mercyhurst has three skaters who have over 30 points on the 2025-26 season and are led by Redshirt Freshman Julia Perjus who has 36 points and 15 goals scored on the season to lead the team. In goal, both of the Lakers goaltenders have a combined GAA of 1.94 and have each won the AHA goaltender of the week awards several different times this season. Magdalena Luggin has appeared in 28 games and has made 749 saves to go along with 15 wins, while Tara Bach has six wins in eight games played and has GAA of .90 in just under 400 minutes played. 

Stats To Know

• Lindenwood's last playoff win prior to Saturday was March 2, 2017 against Mercyhurst by a score of 3-2. 
• The Lions were projected to finish 6th in the AHA preseason polls and finished third in the AHA standings during the regular season.
• Lindenwood is 8-3-0 over their last 11 games played
• The Lions have never had three skaters record 30 or more points in the same season in the NCAA era. Zsofia Pazmandi is one point away from joining Tatiana Blichova and Molly Henderson who both have 30 or more points on the season. 

Up Next
The winner of the AHA Semifinal Round will advance to the AHA Tournamnet Championship game which is scheduled for Saturday, March 7.