DULUTH, Minn. (Interstat) — Mercyhurst (2-1) will visit Minnesota-Duluth (1-0) on Saturday in a women’s NCAA Division I hockey game at Amsoil Arena. The Lakers are the visiting team, and the Bulldogs are the home team. It is a rematch of the teams’ earlier meeting this season, which Minnesota-Duluth won 2-0.

Mercyhurst enters after two home wins over RPI. The Lakers beat RPI 3-1 and 3-0. Sofia Nuutinen is a player to watch for Mercyhurst. The left wing had seven shots on goal and two penalty minutes in the earlier game at Minnesota-Duluth. Her seven shots on goal led Mercyhurst in the earlier meeting. She also recorded one assist and four shots on goal in one win over RPI and one assist and one shot on goal in the other. Julia Perjus had two shots on goal in the Minnesota-Duluth game, and Regina Metzler added one.

Minnesota-Duluth opened its season with the 2-0 win over Mercyhurst. Goaltender Ève Gascon made 26 saves in the shutout. Caitlin Kraemer scored and had 10 shots on goal in that game, while Rae Mayer added a goal and an assist. Gascon is the Bulldogs’ player to watch. She stopped all 26 shots she faced in the most recent meeting between the teams.

The Bulldogs’ next games are at Vermont. Mercyhurst will return home to face Syracuse. The Lakers then visit Lindenwood. Minnesota-Duluth also has upcoming home games against St. Thomas and Minnesota after the Vermont series.

Mercyhurst’s next 10 games include two against Syracuse, two at Lindenwood, two at Connecticut, two against Assumption and two at Delaware. Minnesota-Duluth’s next 10 games include two at Vermont, two against St. Thomas, two at Bemidji State, two against Minnesota and two at Ohio State.

The teams met earlier this season at Amsoil Arena, with Minnesota-Duluth earning the shutout. Gascon stopped all 26 shots, and the Bulldogs got goals from Kraemer and Mayer. Mercyhurst put 26 shots on goal in that game. Nuutinen led the Lakers with seven shots, while Perjus and Metzler also recorded shots.

Mercyhurst is 2-1 on the season, with both wins coming against RPI. The Lakers won 3-1 and 3-0 in those games. Minnesota-Duluth is 1-0, with its only game coming against Mercyhurst. The Bulldogs won that contest 2-0 at home. The rematch will be played at Amsoil Arena in Duluth, Minn.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Mercyhurst 3, Minnesota-Duluth 2. Interstat’s ELO system projects Minnesota-Duluth with a 61.3 percent probability to win.