DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica women's hockey team has unfortunately been eliminated from playoff contention, but will close out its first season at home against the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in a weekend series at Mars Lakeview Arena.

Game Time:
Friday @ 7:00 p.m.
Saturday @ 3:00 p.m.

GameDay Media:
Live Video | Live Stats

Last Action:
The Saints played well, but struggled to get the puck in the net as they lost both games to the St. Norbert last weekend only scoring one goal in the two games. #Kiana Leisz# had the lone goal for the Saints.

St. Scholastica Saints (7-15-1, 5-12-1 NCHA)
The Saints are on a six-game losing streak with two games left in the regular season … The six losses have been by a combined score of 13-5 … Nine of CSS's 15 losses this season have come by one goal … The Saints have only outscored by five goals all season … Senior captain #Libby Guzzo#, who will be playing her final collegiate hockey games this weekend, is the team's leading goal scorer this year with seven … #Jordan Klimek# is close behind her with six … Guzzo also has the team lead in points with 12 via her five assists to go along with her 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 1.90, and has a save percentage of .930 which is tied for second in the NCHA… As a team the Saints are scoring just under 1.96 goals a game, while giving up 2.17 a game.

UW-Eau Claire Blugolds (12-7-4, 9-6-3 NCHA)
The Blugolds saw a 10-game unbeaten streak come to an end this past weekend as they dropped two games to Adrian … The Blugolds are battling for the fourth seed in the NCHA O'Brien Cup playoffs and home ice for the first round … Kristin Faber has the conference lead in points with 27 because of her NCHA leading 19 goals as well as eight assists for the senior forward … Three of Faber's goals came against UW-Stevens Point as she registered a hat trick … Faber has scored in 13 of the team's 23 games, has scored multiple goals four times, including a seven-game streak where she scored at least one goal … Toni Simones has the team lead in assists with 11 … Mara Stormer has seen the majority of minutes between the pipes for the Blugolds as she has a goals-against average of 1.72 which puts her third in the conference … As a team, Eau Claire is scoring just under three goals a game while giving up just over two a game.