The Lindenwood Women's Hockey team has announced their full 2026-27 roster which features 12 newcomers and 14 returners from a season ago. The 12 newcomers include six forwards, four defenseman, and two goaltenders, with eight coming in as Freshman.

Tiril Arntzen 
Year: Freshman
Hometown: Oslo, Norway
Team: Valerenga (Norway), Norwegian National Team
Position: Forward

Tiril Arntzen is a Forward from Oslo, Norway and has spent the last five seasons playing for Valerenga and has also spent some time playing for the Norwegian National Team. During her time with Valerenga, Arntzen appeared in 132 games where she recorded 133 points. The 18 year old Forward had her best season in 2024-25 where she scored 28 goals and added 28 assists over 29 games played to finish the season with 56 points. In her career with Valerenga, she has scored 62 goals and recorded 71 assists.

Tilde Simensen 
Year: Freshman
Hometown: Halden, Norway
Team: Stavanger Oilers (Norway), Norwegian National Team
Position: Forward

Tilde Simensen is also a Forward from Halden, Norway where she played for the Stavanger Oilers and the Norwegian National Team. Simensen has recorded 83 points across the last two seasons, appearing in 40 games for the Oilers where she scored 43 goals to go along with 40 assists. Prior to playing with Stavanger, Tilde also spent time with Valerenga for her first two seasons of her career where she scored 18 goals and added 26 assists in 45 games played. In 2023-24, Simensen added 13 points on the Norway U18 team in just five games played, scoring 10 goals and recording three assists. 

Thea Rustbakken 
Year: Freshman
Hometown: Oslo, Norway
Team: Lillehammer (Norway), Norwegian National Team
Position: Defense

The final newcomer from Norway is Defenseman Thea Rustbakken. Rustbakken is a native of Oslo, Norway and has played for Lillehammer and the Norwegian National Team. She has spent the last four seasons with Lillehammer, where she has played in 100 games and totaled 89 points during that stretch. Her best season was in 2025-26 when she scored 14 goals and had 26 assists in 28 games played, finishing the season with a +51.

Maddalena Bedont
Year: Freshman
Hometown: Masi Di Cavalese, Italy
Team: TPS (Finland), Italian National Team
Position: Defense

Maddalena Bedont is a Defenseman from Masi Di Cavalese, Italy where she has played for the Italian National Team and TPS. While playing for the Italy U18 team, Bedont has played in 20 games over the last four seasons and has scored four goals to go along with seven assists. During the 2025-26 season while playing for TPS, Maddalena appeared in 16 games registering seven points with two goals scored and five assists. Bedont will look to help strengthen the blue line for the Lions in 2026-27.

Krisztina Weiler 
Year: Freshman
Hometown: Budapest, Hungary
Team: OHA Mavericks, Hungarian National Team
Position: Forward

Krisztina Weiler is a Forward from Budapest, Hungary and has played for the OHA Mavericks and the Hungarian National Team. While with the Mavericks, Weiler has played in 76 games with the U22 team where she registered 57 points over the past two seasons. In 2024-25, she scored 37 goals and added 35 assists across 44 games as a member of the OHA Mavericks U18 Prep team to finish the season with a remarkable 72 points.

Kate Graham 
Year: Freshman
Hometown: Port Huron, Michigan
Team: Detroit Little Caesars
Position: Defense

Kate Graham is a native of Port Huron, Michigan. Graham played for the Detroit Little Caesars for the last five seasons as a Defenseman.
 
Raquel McCormack
Year: Freshman
Hometown: West Bend, WI.
Team: Chicago Mission 19U
Position: Forward

Raquel McCormack is a Freshman Forward from West Bend, Wisconsin where she has played with the Milwaukee Jr. Admirals 16U team. During her three seasons with the Admirals, McCormack has appeared in 141 games recording 124 points. Her best season was in 2024-25 when she had 63 points in 53 games played, scoring 44 goals and adding 19 assists. In 2025-26, she played for the Chicago Mission 19U team.

Eva Filippova
Year: Redshirt-Senior
Hometown:  Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
Previous Team: Bemidji State
Position: Goaltender

Eva Filippova is a Redshirt-Senior transfer goaltender from Bemidji State where she has appeared in 37 games over the past three seasons. Filippova has made 939 saves in over 1,800 minutes of ice time as a member of the Beavers, while posting a GAA of 3.91 and a save percentage of .886. Her best season was in 2023-24 as a Freshman when she started 20 of the teams 36 games. Filippova made a career-high 608 saves and had two games where she earned 40 or more saves and six games where she earned 30 or more. She also recorded her first career shutout on December 9^th, 2023 against St. Thomas finishing the contest with 41 saves and was a WCHA Rookie and Goaltender of the Week throughout the season.

Emmi Mourujarvi
Year: Senior
Hometown: Posio, Finland
Previous Team: Mercyhurst
Position: Defense
 
Emmi Mourujarvi is a Senior transfer from Mercyhurst. The blueliner has played all three of her previous collegiate seasons at Mercyhurst where she appeared in 104 games and has compiled three points (1 G, 2 A). The native of Posio, Finland has blocked 52 shots in her career so far and will add experience on the defensive side of the puck for the Lions.
 
Renee Ng
Year: Junior
Hometown: Hong Kong, China
Previous Team: Wilkes University
Position: Forward

Renne Ng is a Junior transfer forward from Wilkes University. During her two years at Wilkes, Ng has appeared in 52 games and has registered 52 points (27 G, 25 A). In 2025-26, she set her career-high in goals scored (19), games played (28), points (27), game-winning goals (5), and shots taken (123). The Native of Hong Kong, China has a career shot percentage of .132 and had seven multi point games last season. The Junior Forward also recorded her first career hat trick on January 24, 2026 in an 8-1 win over Alvernia.
 
Ebba Ridderstolpe
Year: Freshman
Hometown: Botkyrka, Sweden
Position: Goaltender
 
Ebba Ridderstolpe has appeared in 40 games across the last five seasons playing for several different teams including the Flemingsbergs U16 team. In two seasons with Flemingsbergs, Ridderstolpe played in 21 games in the U16 Division I league where she posted a record of 15-2-0 and added three shutouts. In 2021-22, the native of Sweden posted a record of 8-0-0 in 10 games played, while also going 3-0-0 with a GAA of 2.33 in three games played in the U16 Division II league.
 
Mariana Valeri
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: South Lyon, Mich.
Previous Team: Franklin Pierce University
Position: Forward

Mariana Valeri is a Sophomore transfer forward who comes from Franklin Pierce University. As a Freshman, Valeri appeared in 37 games where she scored four goals and added 10 assists to finish her first collegiate hockey season with 14 points. The native of South Lyon, Michigan scored her first career goal, which turned out to be the game-winning goal, back on October 16, 2025 in a 2-0 win over Post University. Her first multi-point performance of her career happened a month later in a 7-0 win over Saint Michael's on November 22, 2025 in which she scored one goal and registered one assist.
 
The 12 newcomers will join 14 returners from a season ago in which the Lions set the program record for wins in a single season with 14. Lindenwood also won their first playoff game since 2017 during the 2025-26 season, with a 3-1 win over #6 Robert Morris in the AHA Tournament Quarterfinal Round on February 21, 2026.
 
Returners for the 2026-27 season
Tatiana Blichova (2025-26 All-AHA Rookie Team Selection)
Paige Cline
Tatem Starlight-Yellowfly
Silje Gundersen
Claudia Castellanos
Madison Bowtell
Michaela Paulinyova
Nicole Pietrucha
Elina Zilliox
Grace Rentmeester
Ellie Muscedere
Quinlyn Borner
Pusle Dyring-Andersen
Rhaea Flint