The Mercyhurst women's ice hockey team is on the road at College Hockey America opponent Penn State on Feb. 15-16. Puck drops at 6:00 p.m. on Friday and 3:00 p.m. on Saturday.

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Last Time Out 
Mercyhurst welcomed Syracuse to the Mercyhurst Ice Center falling 6-5 and 4-0. 

On Friday, Emma Nuutinen recorded two goals and one assist, Megan Korzack scored two goals and Sam Isbell had one goal and one assist. Maggie Knott, Michele Robillard, Sarah Nelles, Vilma Tanskanen, Summer-Rae Dobson and K.K. Thiessen picked up single assists for Mercyhurst. Sarah McDonnell made six saves in net, before Kennedy Blair stopped eight shots in a relief effort. 

During Saturday's game, Kennedy Blair stopped 16 shots on net. 

Previous Matchup 
Back in October, the Lakers welcomed the Nittany Lions to the MIC and swept the weekend winning 2-1 and 5-4 in overtime. 

Emily Pinto, Alexa Vasko, Molly Blasen, Sarah Hine, Mary Katherine Gialames, Thiessen, Knott, Tanskanen, Robillard and  Nuutinen recorded points for Mercyhurst. McDonnell made a total of 56 saves in net during the weekend series. 

Brooke Madsen, Kelsey Crow, Loli Fidler, Katie Rankin, Natalie Heising and Katie McMillan tallied points for Penn State. Jenna Brenneman made 31 in net on Friday while Burke Chantal stopped 24 shots on Saturday. 

All-Time Series 
Mercyhurst leads the all-time series 18-3-5, including a 6-1-3 edge in the last ten contests. 
 

Scouting Penn State 
Penn State is coming into the weekend series with a 10-12-6, 4-8-2 record. They are coming off of a 5-1 loss and 2-2 tie with Robert Morris. 

Heising is on top of the Nittany Lion roster with 12 goals and 23 points. Crow is leading with 13 assists and has 14 points. McMillan and Izzy Heminger have 11 points each. 

Brenneman has a 10-11-6 record with a 1.82 goals against average and .924 save percentage. Burke has a 0-1-0 record, 4.62 GAA and .828 save percentage and Cam Leonard has made five saves in net. 

Penn State is ranked 14th in the nation on the power play with 19.4 percent and ranked 31st on the penalty kill with 80.9 percent. 
 

Laker Lineup 
Mercyhurst is coming into the weekend series with a 12-12-3, 8-5-0 record. 

Nuutinen is leading the Laker roster with 14 goals and 24 points. Knott is leading with 16 assists and has 19 points. Isbell and Dobson have 16 points each while Vasko and Tanskanen have 15 points. 

McDonnell has earned a 10-3-1 record with a 2.25 GAA and .906 save percentage. Blair has a 2-8-2 record, 3.60 GAA and .877 save percentage and Leah Klassen has a 0-1-0 record, 5.03 GAA and .875 save percentage. 

The Lakers are ranked 24th in the nation on the penalty kill going 83.1 percent and ranked 26th on the power play with 14.5 percent. 

National Rankings 
Nuutinen is ranked 12th in the nation with 0.61 goals per game. 

Playoff Watch 
1. Robert Morris (22)
2. Mercyhurst (18)
3. Syracuse (17)
4. RIT (12)
5. Penn State (10)
6. Lindenwood (5)

All six teams go to the CHA Tournament in Buffalo, N.Y. Seeds 3-6 play in the quarterfinals with the two winners advancing to face the top two seeds the next day in the Semifinals. The two winners face-off in the Championship game the next day. 
 

Next Up 
Mercyhurst will travel to Robert Morris for a two-game series on Feb. 22-23. Puck drops at 7:05 p.m. on Friday and 3:05 p.m. on Saturday. 
 

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Megan Korzack previews the weekend series with Penn State! pic.twitter.com/O93QyWWKra

— Mercyhurst W. Hockey (@HurstWHockey) February 14, 2019