Women's All-NCHA Release

ST. PAUL – Sophomore Monika Waidacher (Arosa, Switzerland/Wirtschaftsschule KV Chur (Swiss National Team)) and freshman Nina Waidacher (Arosa, Switzerland/Wirtschaftschule KV Chur (ZSC Lions/Swiss U18 National)) of the St. Scholastica women's hockey team have been named All-NCHA; it was announced on Thursday by NCHA Sports Information Director Brian Monahan.

Nina, along defenseman Alex Blair (Drake, Saskatchewan/Lanigan Central HS), was also named to the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) All-Rookie Team.

Monika was second in the conference to her sister in points (29) and assists (18). She recorded 11 goals during league-play, which ranked ninth, including four power-play goals, which put her eighth. Monika finished the regular season, recording one goal in each of the last three games. She had the overtime game-winner in the regular season finale at the University of Wisconsin-Superior on Saturday. Monika also recorded a hat trick against Finlandia University (Mich.) earlier in the year.

Nina had one of the best regular seasons in the NCHA women's league history. She led the conference with 18 goals, 18 assists and 36 points.  In 12 seasons, she's one of only four players to average 1.80 or more points per game.  Her 36 points rank second most all-time in league history. Her 36 points came in only 20 games this season as she all missed all five non-conference games. Nina had two games were she recorded three assists and she also registered a hat trick against Marian University (Wis.) this season.     

Blair is also named to the all-rookie team after being 10th in the conference for points by a defenseman with 11. She scored four goals, which was tied for eighth by defensemen and seven assists, which was 12th in the league.

Captain Michelle Fischer (St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall), along with sophomore defensemen Brenna Flatley (Minnetonka, Minn./Minnetonka HS) and Alana Levido (Richmond, British Columbia/Burnaby North Secondary (Pacific Steelers)), were honorable mention All-NCHA choices.

Fischer was sixth in the conference with 16 assists on the year and was 10th with 23 points. She has recorded three points in a game twice this season, first in the season-opening at UW-Eau Claire and then in a win over St. Norbert College.

Flatley was fourth in the conference with eight assists in league play by a defenseman. Levido had eight assists overall, which was tied for seventh for defensemen. Both were in the top 12 with eight points in league play by defensemen.

UW-Superior's Dani Schultz was named the conference's player of the year, while her head coach Dan Laughlin was the coach of the year.