DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica women's hockey team will be in Buffalo, Minn., head coach Jackie MacMillan's hometown, to take part in the four-team classic featuring Bethel University, College of Saint Benedict, and Saint Anselm College (N.H.) on Friday and Saturday at the Buffalo Civic Center.

Game Times:
Friday
Bethel vs. Saint Benedict – 5 p.m.
CSS vs. Saint Anselm – 8 p.m.
Saturday
Saint Benedict vs. Saint Anselm – 5 p.m.
CSS vs. Bethel – 8 p.m.

Last Action:
The Saints completed their second and last weekend trip into Michigan of the season in their last outing in mid-December. The Saints won the series against Finlandia University for the program's first NCHA sweep. CSS won the Saturday night match-up 5-0. #Briget Cojocar# and #Briana Stephens# each had a two-point night. The Saints finished the sweep with a 3-1 victory over the Lions on Sunday. Stephens, #Libby Guzzo# and #Stephanie Lenz# scored the goals for the Saints. #Rachel Borchardt# earned the victory in both games, stopping 33 of a possible 34 shots taken at her during the weekend.

St. Scholastica Saints (4-7-1 Overall, 3-6-1 NCHA)
The Saints will be returning to action after three and a half weeks of no games … The Saints will look to start in 2011 as they finished 2010: winning three of their final five games … CSS is outscoring their opponents 18-16 combined in the first two periods, but are being outscored 9-3 in the final 20 minutes … Briana Stephens (Chicago, Ill./Hopkins HS (Minn.)) and #Brenna Flatley# are the team's leading scorers with three goals apiece. However, Briget Cojocar (Limerick, Saskatchewan/Lafleche HS (Melville Prairie Fire)) is the team's leading point getter with eight on the season (two goals, six assists) … Rachel Borchardt (Willow River, Minn./Willow River HS ) is 4-6 on the year as the net minder for the Saints … Borchardt has a 1.68 goals against average on the year, which puts her fifth in the NCHA … As a team the Saints are scoring 1.8 goals a game, while giving up 2.2 goals a game.

Saint Anselm Hawks (7-3 Overall, 4-3 ECAC East)
The Hawks from New Hampshire are 7-3 on the season after winning their last three games in a row … A November 21st 3-2 overtime loss came at the hands of the USCHO.com No. 5 ranked team in the nation Norwich … Rosemarie Giarrusso has seven goals to go along with seven assists on the year to give her 14 points to lead the Hawks in all three points categories … Sarah Ellins has 10 points via five goals and five assists … Amy Zappen and Meghan Grant have been splitting time between the pipes through much of the year and are combining for a 1.9 goals against average … This will be the Hawks' second game in the year as they defeated Colby College 2-1 on the fourth.

Bethel Royals (5-5-1 Overall, 3-2-1 MIAC)
The Royals have won their first two games of the New Year as they defeated conference opponent Concordia-Moorhead, outscoring the Cobbers 11-2 in the weekend series … Three of the losses have come against USCHO.com top ten teams in UW-River Falls and Gustavus Adolphus … The Royals have three players with five goals on the year … Biz Huss and Cristina Masten lead the trio of goal scorers with three assists to give them both eight points and the team lead in that category … Anna Carlson is leading the team in assists with six … Jess Newstrom has played every minute in the net for the Royals and has a goals against average of 2.24.