DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica women's hockey team must salvage at worst a split this weekend at fellow first-year program St. Norbert College to stay alive for the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) O'Brien Cup playoffs.

Game Time:
Friday @ 7:00 p.m.
Saturday @ 2:00 p.m.

Last Action:
The Saints played well, but struggled to get the puck in the net as they lost both games to the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point by one goal each game last weekend. Scoring leaders #Libby Guzzo# and #Jordan Klimek# had the only goals on the weekend for the Saints.

St. Scholastica Saints (7-13-1, 5-10-1 NCHA)
The Saints are on the outside looking in at the moment when in comes to the eight-team NCHA O'Brien Cup playoffs … However, the Saints still control their own destiny as if they win the last four games, they are in … Eight of CSS's 13 losses this season have come by one goal … Senior captain Libby Guzzo (Silver Bay, Minn./William H. Kelley HS (Minn.-Duluth)) in her only season in a Saints uniform has emerged as the team's leading goal scorer this year with seven … Jordan Klimek is close behind her with six… Guzzo has also has the team lead in points with 12 via her five assists as well as seven goals … #Briget Cojocar# and #Jana Henry# share the lead in assists with seven apiece … In total, 18 players have scored goals for the Saints in their first year with 20 players contributing points … #Rachel Borchardt# has logged over 1000 minutes in net this year and has a goals against average of 1.88, which is good for third in the NCHA … As a team the Saints are scoring just under 2.07 goals a game, while giving up 2.17 a game.

St. Norbert Green Knights (9-9-3, 6-7-3 NCHA)
The Green Knights, who are also in their first year as a program, are two spots above the Saints in the current NCHA standings and can clinch a playoff berth with three points this weekend… St. Norbert enters the weekend 2-1-2 in its last five games … Forward Lauren Straus leads the Green Knights in points with 18, netting six goals and 12 assists … Forward Karissa Anderson has a team-high 11 goals along with five assists for 16 points … St. Norbert leads the conference with a .204 power-play percentage … The Green Knights also have the best penalty kill in the NCHA (.955) … Goaltender Kaley Gibson has over 600 minutes between the pipes for the Green Knights as the primary goaltender and has a goals against average of 1.90.