DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – After finishing the 2012 calendar year with a series sweep of then 10th-ranked UW-Stevens Point, the St. Scholastica women's hockey team gets back to action this weekend when it goes out of conference to face St. Olaf College and St. Catherine University.
Game Schedule:
Friday at St. Olaf – 7:30 p.m.
Saturday at St. Catherine – 2 p.m.
About the Saints
Record: 5-3-2, 4-3-1 NCHA
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The Saints finished up the first half of the season with a 4-2-1 record in their final seven games.
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CSS sweep of then 10th-ranked UW-Stevens Point was the first series sweep of a ranked opponent in program history.
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The Saints have outscored their opponents in every period this year, including 14-9 in the third period.
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The Saints are 2-0 this season in one-goal games and are 3-1 when the opponent scores first.
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CSS is unbeaten this season when leading at an intermission, whether it is the first (3-0-1) or the second (4-0-0).
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Nina Waidacher (Arosa, Switzerland/Wirtschaftschule KV Chur (ZSC Lions/Swiss U18 National)), who was named the program's first AHCA All-American a year ago, is not having a sophomore slump this season as she is second in the nation, averaging two points per game.
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Junior captain Michelle Fischer (St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall) leads NCAA Division III with 1.3 assists per game.
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Freshman and Duluth Denfeld grad Nikki Logergren (Duluth, Minn./Duluth Denfeld HS (Northern Stars)) is tied for second in the country with four power-play goals.
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Sophomore Alex Blair (Drake, Saskatchewan/Lanigan Central HS) is tied for third in the nation, averaging a point per game from her defenseman position.
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The Saints fifth in scoring (4.20 goals/game) in Division III and are tied for seventh on the power-play (24.5 conversion percentage).
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Goaltender Teraysa White (Belgrade, Maine/Brewster Academy (New England College)) has made 231 saves this season and has a .899 saves percentage.
About the Oles
Record: 5-4-2, 3-2-1 MIAC
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St. Olaf finished the first half of the season winners of three of its final four games, including a series sweep of Saint Mary's to wrap up play.
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The Oles are 1-2 vs. the NCHA this season with a series split with UW-Stevens Point to open the season and a 6-1 loss to UW-River Falls.
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The Oles also were 1-0-1 against Hamline, a team the Saints tied earlier this year.
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St. Olaf is just 2-3-1 at home this season, while it is 3-1-1 on the road.
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Unlike the Saints, the Oles are winless when they are trailing at intermission with a 0-2 mark when behind after the first and second periods this season.
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Margot Fleming and Nicole Stumpf have each scored a team-high seven goals this season.
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Fleming leads the team with 12 points.
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Alison Umland has a team-best six assists.
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Ali McKeever and Sam Ubl have both seen time in net this season with McKeever recording four wins and a .937 saves percentage.
Series History: (CSS is 1-0-0 vs. St. Olaf)
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In the first meeting between the two programs last season at Mars Lakeview Arena, Michelle Rebeck (St. Andrews, Manitoba/Balmoral Hall) scored a spectacular goal with nine seconds left in regulation to give the Saints a 4-3 victory.
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Jordy Klimek (Hastings, Minn./Hastings HS) also scored twice in the win.
About the Wildcats
Record: 7-3-0, 5-1-0 MIAC
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St. Kate's also finished the first half of the season, winners of three of its last four, including sweeping Finlandia in its final action of the 2012 calendar year.
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Prior to the sweep of Finlandia, the Wildcats lost to UW-Superior 4-1 at Ridder Arena.
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St. Kate's also fell to Hamline in the season opener 2-0.
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The Wildcats are 3-0 in one-goal games and are undefeated when leading at the first intermission (4-0-0) and second intermission (5-0-0).
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St. Kate's is outscoring teams 21-11 in the first and second periods.
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St. Kate's is ninth in the country on the power-play with a 24.4 conversion percentage.
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The Wildcats are also ninth in the penalty kill, allowing only three power-play goals in 28 opportunities.
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Bailey Rasmussen leads the team with five goals this season.
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Megan Killmer has a team-high seven assists and nine points.
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Killmer's seven assists is tied for the MIAC lead.
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In goal, Samantha Geissler and Alex Hall have split time with Hall registering four wins and a .938 saves percentage, while Geissler has a 1.37 goals-against-average.
Series History:
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This will be the first-ever meeting between the two programs.
