DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica women's hockey team will play in the Saint Anselm College Invitational on Friday and Saturday in Manchester, N.H.
Game Times:
Friday at Saint Anselm – 4 p.m. (ET)
Saturday vs. Salve Regina (R.I.) – 1 p.m. (ET)
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Last Action:
The Saints defeated St. Olaf College on Tuesday night 4-3 after
Michelle Rebeck (St. Andrews, Manitoba/Balmoral Hall) scored a spectacular goal with 9.1 seconds left in the game.
St. Scholastica Saints (8-2-1)
The Saints will enter the weekend on a seven-game unbeaten streak … With the win on Tuesday night, the Saints eclipsed last year's win total with their eighth victory … All five games have been by the same 4-3 score …
Jordy Klimek (Hastings, Minn./Hastings HS) has scored at least a goal in the last three games and
Malin Zetterberg (Stockholm, Sweden/Huddinge Gymnasium) and
Courtney Esse (Cloquet, Minn./Cloquet HS (UW-Superior)) each have an assist in the three games … CSS has not been out-shot during its seven-game unbeaten streak and are now just one goal shy of last season's total in only 11 games … The Saints are ranked sixth in the country, averaging 4.27 goals per game … CSS has the 10th-best power-play in Division III, converting 22.6-percent of its opportunities.
Saint Anselm Hawks (6-4-0)
The Hawks open second half play against the Saints on Friday … Saint Anselm is just one of two Division II women's hockey teams in the nation … The Hawks won their first three games of the season, but are 3-4 since, including losing their last game to Castleton 3-2 … Tiffany Herron leads the team with eight goals this season … She is ranked 12th in Division II/III statistics with 0.80 goals per game and her three game-winning goals are tied for fifth … Courtney Winters has four power-play goals on the year, which is tied for fourth-most in the nation … Amy Zappen has started every game in net for the Hawks and has a 2.10 goals-against-average.
Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Saint Anselm: 0-1-0)
The Hawks defeated the Saints 3-2 in overtime last year in Buffalo, Minn. Saint Anselm scored the game-winner on the power-play …
Jordy Klimek (Hastings, Minn./Hastings HS) and
Monika Waidacher (Arosa, Switzerland/Wirtschaftsschule KV Chur (Swiss National Team)) both scored for the Saints.
Salve Regina Seahawks (4-3-2)
The Seahawks are unbeaten in their last four games entering the weekend and will open second half play against the College of Saint Benedict on Friday … The Seahawks were 2-0-2 in the month the December … Michaela Chuiccariello leads the team with six goals and 10 points on the year … Rebecca Simmons has seen the most action in net and is 15th in the country with a .935 save percentage … The Seahawks are 4-0 this season when leading after one period and winless when tied or trailing after one period … Salve Regina has been outscoring teams 10-3 in the opening period this season.
Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Salve Regina: 0-0-0)
This will be the first-ever meeting between the two programs.