ERIE, Pa. - The Saint Michael's College women's ice hockey team lost to Mercyhurst University, 6-0, on Sunday at the Mercyhurst Ice Arena in the weekend finale of the first series of 2025. 
 

RECORDS 

• Saint Michael's (1-19), Mercyhurst (9-11-1) 

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS 

• Junior Annika Lavender (Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata),  61 saves 

• Sophomore Maddie Quinn (Chicago, Ill./Team Illinois AAA), 5 blocked shots 

• Senior Gaby Tribelli (Montreal, Quebec/Dawson College), 4 blocked shots 

• First-year Audrey Hetman (Gurnee, Ill./Milwaukee Jr. Admirals), 4 blocked shots.  

• Graduate student Mary Leys (Newport, R.I./Saint George's School), 5 faceoff wins 

OPPONENT LEADERS 

• Senior Vanessa Upson, 2 goals, 11-for-14 faceoffs 

• Junior Megan McKay, 1 goal, 2 assists 

• Junior Thea Johansson, 1 goal, 2 assists 

• Sophomore Sofia Nuutinen, 2 assists 

• First-year Julia Schalin, 2 assists 

• Graduate student Jorden Mattison, 10 saves  

GAME FACTS 

• Lavender became the second Purple Knight to record 2,000 career saves with a stop during the second period of the matchup. Her career total now stands at 2,032, short only of Erin Stevens '13 (2,513) in program history. 

THE ACTION 

• The Lakers scored three goals in the final 4:41 of the first period, including two on the power play, to take a 3-0 lead.  

• Lavender's save on a shot at 2:01 in the second period was her 2,000th career save.  

• Senior Grace Canterbury (Eagle River, Alaska/Shattuck-Saint Mary's School) had back-to-back opportunities at 12:42 and 12:46, but both chances were stopped by Mattison.  

• The Lakers' lone second-period goal came at 8:21 on the power play when Upson tallied her second goal of the afternoon.  

• Junior Lauren Fisher (Rothesay, New Brunswick/Rothesay Netherwood School) had two opportunities at 5:29 and 5:46 in the third period, but Mattison negated the chances to keep the Purple Knights off the scoreboard.  

• Mercyhurst added two goals late in the third period to ice the game.  

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME 

• Friday at Post University, 8 p.m.