Mercyhurst blanks RPI as Luggin stops all 11 shots

ERIE, Pa. (Interstat) — Magdalena Luggin made 11 saves, and the Mercyhurst Lakers shut out the RPI Engineers 3-0 on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, in a women’s NCAA Division I hockey game. Mercyhurst improved to 2-0, while RPI fell to 0-2. Julia Perjus scored and added two assists for Mercyhurst. Halle Duchene and Mariia Polozkova each had a goal and an assist. Sofia Nuutinen and Holly VanNetten also had assists. Perjus opened the scoring at 14:22 of the first period, with Nuutinen and Polozkova assisting. Duchene made it 2-0 at 16:45, assisted by Perjus and VanNetten. Polozkova capped the scoring at 58:17 of the third period, with Duchene and Perjus assisting. Duchene and Polozkova each recorded four shots, while VanNetten had five. Perjus was assessed a first-period holding penalty, and RPI’s Kendal Davidson received a third-period bodychecking penalty. Luggin, a Vienna, Austria, native, stopped all 11 shots she faced for the Lakers. Attendance was 725.