THIS WEEK
Back on the ice after a pair of down weekends, the #10 University of Mary hockey team opens the New Year at home with a pair of games against the North Carolina State University Icepack on Saturday and Sunday, January 3-4. The Marauders and Icepack start the weekend with a 7 pm game on Saturday before wrapping up Sunday with a 2 pm matinee. Both games will be played at the Starion Sports Complex Schwan Cadillac Rink in Mandan, ND.
 
FOLLOW LIVE
All Marauders home games are streamed live online. Links to home webcasts and stats plus available road games can be found at www.GoUMary.com/coverage.
 
THE RECORDS
UMary is 16-7-0-0-0-1 (W-L-OTL-T-SOW-SOL) overall, 13-7-0-0-0-1 against ACHA MD1 teams and 4-2-0-0-0-0 in MCH play (12 points). Additionally the Marauders are 11-7-0-0-0-0 when playing nationally ranked teams… An ACHA MD1 member playing in the ACCHL, NCSU is 13-5-1-0-1-0 overall.
 
HISTORY
The Marauders and the Icepack have played twice previously, both while playing ACHA MD2. UMary defeated NCSU 5-1 at the ACHA MD2 national tournament April 17, 2021, in Mandan, ND, to wrap up pool play on the Marauders way to winning the first of two straight national championships. Johnny Witzke led UMary with a goal and two assists… UMary later defeated NCSU 4-0 on Oct. 13, 2022, in Raleigh, NC. Isaiah Thomas and Seth Cushing both had a goal and an assist and Kyle Hayden made 28 saves as the Marauders extended their win streak to 28 straight games.
 
MIDWEST COLLEGE HOCKEY (MCH) STANDINGS (thru Dec. 3, 2025)
Minot State 18 points (8 games)
Waldorf 15 points (10 games)
UMary 12 points (6 games)
Jamestown 11 points (8 games)
McKendree 11 points (10 games)
Iowa State 9 points (8 games)
Midland 8 points (6 games)
 
DOUBLING DOWN ON FLATLEYS
Levi Flatley, a forward from Virginia, MN, is joining the University of Mary hockey team at midyear. His brother Isaac began playing for the Marauders at the start of the 2025-26 season. Levi comes to UMary after playing for the Minnesota Wilderness of the NA3HL. In 26 games this season for the Wilderness Levi scored 12 goals and dished 18 assists for 30 points to lead the squad in all three categories.
 
LAST TIME OUT
#10 UMary closed out 2025 with a pair of home wins over Dakota College of Bottineau, downing the Lumberjacks 9-2 and 13-3.
 
SENF EQUALS SCORING MARK
Alex Senf tied the Marauders single game scoring record when he recorded four goals in the Marauders 13-3 win over Dakota College at Bottineau on December 13, 2025. He tallied twice in both the first and third periods. Send also had an assist and finished the game with five points… Tanner Eskro is the only other UMary to score four goals in one game. Establishing the record in an 8-1 UMary win over Lindenwood University on October 22, 2022. 
 
MARAUDERS JUMP TO #10
The Marauders upward ascent continues as the University of Mary checks in at a season-best #10 in the 9^th American Collegiate Hockey Association Men's Division 1 ranking of the season. UMary ranked 14^th in the preseason poll and the first two rankings of the season. After four straight weeks at #12, the Marauders jumped up to #11 for two straight polls… The October 29 poll was the last coaches' ranking of the season. Computerized rankings started November 5 and continue into February. The computerized rankings determine the 18 squads who will join the six teams earning automatic qualifying bids to form the 24-team ACHA MD1 national championship tournament field and compete for the title in Centene, MO, in March.
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Alex Senf is havening a sensational second season at UMary. In the course of 24 games the 2^nd year forward leads the Marauders with 16 goals and 28 points (16g 12a).
•  The 2024-25 Midwest College Hockey Rookie of the Year and all-conference forward is having another impressive season. Joe Gronholz leads the team in assists (18) and is second in points (27). He has nine goals, including a team-best three power play goals. 
• In his first season at UMary Dain Sardelli leads UMary with five game-winning goals. He is second on the team in goals (11) and third in assists (14) and points (25).
• David Loahr has 10 goals already this season to go with 11 assists for 21 points. He scored six goals last year in 36 games, his first season at UMary.
• Matt Scribner has been an offensive force for the Marauders on the blue line this season. He is 4^th on the team in assists (13) and has three goals. His 16 points is second among the Marauders blueliners and is eighth on the team.
• Amraj Gill, in his first season at UMary, leads the Marauders defensive corps in points with 23. Gill has scored five goals and is tied for the team lead in assists with 18.
• Isaac Flatley has also found success in his first season at UMary. The forward owns ten goals and 11 assists for 21 points.
• Hunter Mangan owns eight goals and nine assists for 17 points. The second year forward has scored an even strength goal, on the power play and shorthanded, one of four Marauders who has done so.

 
BIG WINS
The Marauders earned the 250^th win in program history November 22 in the 5-4 win over West Chester University of Pennsylvania… With the Marauders sweep of Dakota College, Head Coach Dan Huntley owns 255 coaching wins at UMary and 351 collegiate coaching wins overall.  
 
TIMING
First-year forward Dain Sardelli has had perfect timing, scoring the game-winning goal in five different games this season, a team-high. He was credited with the game-winner in victories over Lake Region State (9-1), Colorado (4-2), Purdue Northwest (3-1), at Jamestown (3-2) and at Midland (4-1). The only other UMary players with multiple game-winners is Isaac Flatley and Alex Senf with two each.
 
SHARE THE LOAD
Eighteen Marauders have scored goals this season and 15 have at least two goals. Additionally 21 Marauders have an assist.
 
NET GAINS
Zane Clausen and Caleb Cross, both in their second seasons at UMary, have split time in the net for the Marauders this season. Clausen has played in 11 games and owns a 5-3 record with a 2.83 goals against average and a .906 save percentage. Cross is 11-4 with a 2.32 GAA and a .926 save percentage... Cross earned the Marauders first shutout of the season with 34 saves in a 3-0 win at Midland… Combined the two UMary netminders have a 2.57 GAA and a 91.6 SV%.
 
NEW
On a veteran team with 21 returning players, four new skaters have taken to the ice this season for the Marauders: defensemen John Lang and Amraj Gill and forwards Dain Sardelli and Isaac Flatley. 
 
SPECIALTY UNITS
The Marauders have scored 16 goals on 80 power play opportunities (20.0%)… UMary has allowed opponents to score 15 times on 83 opportunities (81.9 penalty kill %)… UMary has a 6-1 edge in shorthanded goals. David Loahr has scored twice with the Marauders skating shorthanded and Hunter Mangan, Isaac Flatley, Joe Gronholz and Dain Sardelli each have one shorthanded goal. UMary hadn't allowed a shorthanded goal until December 3 in the 23^rd game of the season.
 
THE JUG SERIES
After three games, the University of Jamestown leads the 2025-26 Jug Trophy best-of-5 series 2-1 over the University of Mary (UJ 4-0 win at UMary 11/1/25, UMary 3-2 win at UJ 12/3/25, UJ over visiting UMary 4-3 on 12/11/25, UMary at UJ 1/23/26, UJ at UMary 1/24/26).    
 
Located just 100 miles apart on I-94, the University of Mary and the University of Jamestown compete annually for a travelling trophy called simply "The Jug." The team that wins the yearly series of games claims possession of The Jug, which is a Bridgeman Russell Company Jug. UMary purchased the trophy and had "The Jug" painted and logoed. Each winning team is responsible for placing their institution's name and record in the series on "The Jug" each season.
 
The Jug series started in the 2024-25 season with the Jimmies claiming the title after winning 4-of-5 games. 
 
MARAUDERS PICKED 3^RD IN MCH PRESEASON POLL
Midwest College Hockey coaches project the University of Mary to finish third this season in the seven-team league.
 
Defending league champion Minot State University tops the 2025-26 MCH Preseason Coaches' Poll, released September 24. The University of Jamestown is picked second, followed by UMary, Midland University, McKendree, Waldorf University and Iowa State University.
 
All seven teams will compete in the MCH conference tournament February 20-22 in Albert Lea, MN. The MCH Playoff champion will hoist the Lindsay Cup and earn a berth in the 2026 American Collegiate Hockey Association Men's Division 1 national championships set for March 12-17 in Maryland Heights, MO.
 
UMary opens its 12-game 2025-26 MCH schedule at Waldorf on Oct. 18-19 in Mason City, IA.
 
RANK AND FILE
In a schedule chock full of the top teams in the country, the Marauders play 27 games of their scheduled 38 contest against teams ranked in the Top 25 preseason poll. UMary faces #3 Minot State (5 games), #6 Jamestown (5), #9 Drury (2), #10 Utah (1), #11 Calvin (1), #15 Purdue-Northwestern (1), #18 Midland (4), #21 Arizona State (2), #21 Delaware (1), #23 Grand Valley State (1) and #25 Colorado (4).
 
2024-25 REWIND
The Marauders finished last season 23-15-0-0-0-0 overall and 22-15-0-0-0-0 against ACHA MD1 teams.
 
HISTORY LESSON
UMary, which won back-to-back ACHA Men's Division II national championships in 2020 and 2021, made the move up to MD1 for the 2022-23 season. Head Coach Dan Huntley has directed the incredibly successful UMary program since the Marauders first took to the ice in September 2018. Over the course of seven seasons UMary has fashioned a record of 239-56-9-11-2-1 (W-L-OTL-T-SOW-SOL), posting a winning season with 20 or more wins each year.
 
The Marauders made their second straight MD1 national tournament last spring and went 1-1, defeating the University of Pittsburgh 4-0 in the opening round before falling to #3 Ohio University 3-0. Throughout program history covering six national tournaments, the Marauders are 14-2-1-0-0-0 (W-L-OTL-T-SOW-SOL) in ACHA tournament games and has only two losses in regulation.  
 
HEITKAMP, GRONHOLZ, CUNNINGHAM LEAD VETERAN SQUAD
The Marauders return an experienced club as 21 of 25 players return from last season.
 
Michael Heitkamp leads the way for the Marauders returners. The two-way defenseman from Grand Rapids, MN, was a threat on both ends of the rink for UMary. In his second season with the Marauders and fourth overall in ACHA MD1, Heitkamp scored 15 goals and delivered 15 assists for 30 points to earn a spot on the 2024-25 ACHA MD1 All-Athletic 3^rd team. Heitkamp is the first UMary player to claim ACHA MD1 All-Athletic Status.
 
Heitkamp was also an All-Midwest College Hockey selection. Forward Joe Gronholz was the MCH Rookie of the Year and a 2^nd team All-MCH choice. Defenseman Dylan Cunningham and Gronholz were both named to the MCH All-Rookie team.
 
MARAUDERS HOCKEY TICKET INFORMATION
Single game and season tickets are available at www.UMaryTickets.com and via the HomeTown Fan App for iOS and Android mobile devices. Fans who purchase tickets online at www.UMaryTickets.com and on the HomeTown Fan App receive a discount over tickets purchased at the gate.
 
Hockey Ticket Prices – Online

• Adult tickets $10 plus fees
• Seniors and Youth (ages 13-18) $5 plus fees
• Children 12 and under are FREE when accompanied by an adult. Unaccompanied children ticket prices are $5 plus fees

 
Hockey Ticket Prices – At the gate

• Adults tickets $15 cash | $15 + fees with credit card
• Seniors and Youth (aged 13-18) $10 cash | $10 + fees with credit card
• Children 12 and under are FREE when accompanied by an adult. Unaccompanied children ticket prices are $5 cash | $5 + fees with credit card.

 
Note

• Both cash and credit card payments will be accepted at the UMary ticket gate.
• UMary students and faculty and staff with their MCard are admitted FREE. Children ages 12 and younger with an adult are admitted FREE. If children 12 and under unaccompanied by an adult the admission fee is $5 cash | $5 + fees with credit card.

 
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