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PREVIEW: Women’s Hockey Returns Home Tuesday Night

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DULUTH, Minn. – For the first time in nearly two months, the St. Scholastica women's hockey team will be in action at Mars Lakeview Arena when it hosts the College of Saint Benedict on Tuesday night.

Game Time:
Tuesday @ 7 p.m.

GameDay Media:
Live Video | Live Stats

Last Action:
The Saints are coming off a pair of 3-2 overtime loss over the weekend in Buffalo, Minn. against Saint Anselm on Friday and Bethel on Saturday … Both of the game-winning goals against the Saints came when CSS was on the penalty-kill. The Saints were in Buffalo, Minn., the hometown of head coach #Jackie MacMillan#, hosting a four-team classic at the Buffalo Civic Center.

St. Scholastica Saints (4-9-1 Overall)
The Saints last played at home on November 20th, a 1-0 victory over Concordia University (Wis.) … Since then, the Saints have gone 2-4, including a pair of road trips to Michigan … The Saints are 0-3-1 in overtime games this season, being outshot 14-0 in the five-minute extra session … CSS has been called for three penalties in overtime … The Saints are also 1-5 in one-goal games … #Jordan Klimek# now holds the team lead with four goals after two goals over the weekend … Klimek has scored a goal in three of the last four games … #Libby Guzzo# has scored a goal in each of the last three games that she has played.

Saint Benedict Blazers (2-5-3 Overall)
St. Ben's was also at the Buffalo Civic Center over the weekend, playing the other two games … The Blazers defeated Bethel 3-1 on Friday, but fell to Saint Anselm 4-1 on Saturday … Prior to the loss against Saint Anselm, the Blazers were unbeaten in their three previous games, after being winless in the first six … Juniors Kerri Graske, Amie Ernst, and Kelly Fladebo all lead the team with three goals apiece … Freshman Kaitlyn Rolando and senior Abbie Helminen have split time in net this season … Rolando has performed the better of the two with a 2.24 goals-against-average … The Blazers have yet to be shutout this season.

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