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PREVIEW: Women’s Hockey Preps for Long Road Trip

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DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica women's hockey team will go on the road to Lower Michigan this weekend to face conference foe Adrian College on Saturday and Sunday.

Game Time:
Saturday @ 7 p.m. (EST)
Sunday @ 2 p.m. (EST)

GameDay Media:
Live Stats

Last Action:
The Saints won their first NCHA game on November 20th as they split a weekend series against Concordia-Wisconsin. The Saints lost 3-0 in the first game, but bounced back the next day with a 1-0 victory over the Falcons. #Jordan Klimek# scored her first of the season to get the victory for the Saints. #Rachel Borchardt# earned her second shutout of the year as she stopped 15 shots.

St. Scholastica Saints (2-5-1 Overall, 1-4-1 NCHA)
This weekend's games will be the first out of the Twin Ports for the women's hockey program … The Saints have had the lead in four of their five losses this year… CSS is outscoring opponents 6-3 in the first period this season, but are being outscored 13-6 in the final two periods … #Briget Cojocar# has four points via two goals and two assists in the first eight games … Stephanie Lenz (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS (Minn-Duluth)) also has four points and is leading the team in assists with four on the year … #Brenna Flatley# and #Jana Henry# also have two goals on the year … Rachel Borchardt (Willow River, Minn./Willow River HS ) is the primary goalkeeper for the Saints and has a 1.98 goals against average with 158 total saves, second-highest in the league … The Saints have the second-most penalties in the NCHA with 46.

Adrian Bulldogs (5-1-1 Overall, 3-0-1 NCHA)
The Bulldogs are unbeaten in their last four games and are coming off 1-0-1 weekend against the UW-Superior on November 19th and 20th … Nina Laurie is leading the team in goals with five … Olivia Rork has four goals and four assists to give her the team lead in points with eight … Rork is tied for the conference lead with three power-play goals … Emily Michelin and Emily Engel are splitting time in net so far, with a combined goals-against-average of 0.99 … Michelin is leading the conference in goals-against-average at 0.60, which is also third-best in the nation … As a team the Bulldogs are scoring 3.53 goals per game … Adrian has committed the second-fewest penalties in the NCHA with just 28 and is fourth in the country, allowing just one goal per game.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-time Series vs. Adrian: 0-0-0)
This will be the first ever meeting between the two teams.

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