HISTORY

• Penn State is facing Mercyhurst for the 54th and 55th times in program history. Mercyhurst leads the all-time series 25-19-9.
• The last match game on March 2, 2024 when the Nittany Lion defeated the Lakers 1-0 in the AHA Tournament Championship game.
• Penn State has won the last four games against the Lakers dating back to November 18, 2023.

SCOUTING THE LAKERS

• Mercyhurst enters this week with a 7-9-1 overall record and 4-2-0 AHA record.
• They are coming off a split series against New Hampshire on November 26-27 where they fell in the first game 3-1 and won the second game 4-1.
• Leading their offense is Vanessa Upson who has 13 points on three goals and 10 assists. In net stands Jorden Mattison, who tallies a GAA of 1.77, save percentage of .929 and record of 5-4-1.

MS. NOVEMBER

• Junior Kendall Butze was named AHA Defensive Player of the Month on Tuesday.
• Butze captured her first monthly honor of the year after tallying 11 points on two goals and nine assists.
• She tallied two multi-point games in the month which included a six-point game on five assists and one goal against Lindenwood on November 16. 
• She tied the single game record for the most assists in a single game. Her six points places her tied for second with the most points in a single game. 
• On the year, Butze sits tied for fifth in the nation among defensemen in points with 16 on three goals and 13 assists. 

POWER-PLAY PUSH

• In the last seven games, Penn State has tallied at least one power-play goal. 
• Penn State had three games with two power-play goals out of the seven games.
• The Nittany Lions currently rank 15th in the nation in power-play efficiency at 20.3%.
• Penn State currently has 16 power-play goals this season which already sits 10th in program history for most power-play goals in a season.
• Leading the team is Maddy Christian who has six of the teams 16 power-play goals this season.

BACK-TO-BACK FOR TESSA

• Junior forward Tessa Janecke earned her second straight AHA Forward of the Month honor of the season after posting 11 points on six goals and five assists. 
• The Orangeville, Ill. native tallied one point or more in six of the seven games played during the month of November.
• In two of those games, she registered a pair of three-point games in each game of the Lindenwood series on November 15 and 16. 
• This season, Janecke has 25 points on 11 goals and 14 assists. She currently ranks ninth nationally in points and 12th in assists.