DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's hockey team will look to get back on track this weekend when it welcomes the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire to Mars Lakeview Arena on Friday and Saturday.
Game Schedule: (Game Day Media)
Friday vs. UW-Eau Claire – 7 p.m.
(Live Video on Saints Sports Net | Live Stats)
Saturday vs. UW-Eau Claire – 2 p.m.
(Live Video on Saints Sports Net | Live Stats)
About the Saints
Record: 9-7-3, 6-6-2 NCHA
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Since winning four straight games, the Saints are winless in their last four.
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With six games remaining, the Saints currently sit in seventh place in the NCHA standings with 14 points.
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CSS is five points out of fourth place and home ice for the first round of the O'Brien Cup playoffs and four points ahead of Concordia University (Wis.) in ninth place. The top eight teams make the playoffs.
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Nina Waidacher (Arosa, Switzerland/Wirtschaftschule KV Chur (ZSC Lions/Swiss U18 National)) and Michelle Fischer (St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall) continue to be second and third in the league in points with 26 and 25, respectively.
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Fischer still leads NCAA Division III with 21 assists.
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The Saints are sixth in the nation in scoring offense, averaging 3.68 goals per game.
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CSS's power-play is ranked seventh in the country, converting 24 percent of it opportunities.
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Senior netminder Teraysa White (Belgrade, Maine/Brewster Academy (New England College)) set a program record on Saturday vs. Lake Forest, stopping 56 shots.
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White is fourth in the conference with 459 saves.
About the Blugolds
Record: 6-10-3, 5-7-2 NCHA
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UW-Eau Claire enters this weekend in eighth place in the league, two points behind the Saints.
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The Blugolds are winless in their last five games, including four straight losses.
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Sam Knutson leads the team with eight goals and 13 points.
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Knutson and Tory Heller are tied for the team lead with five assists.
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Freshman goaltender Paige Turner has seen the majority of action in net this season and has a .912 saves percentage and a 3.04 goals-against-average.
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The Blugolds are eighth in the conference in scoring offense (2.0) and ninth in scoring defense (3.0).
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Eau Claire is just 1-for-20 on the power-play in road games this season.
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UWEC is 1-8-1 this season when the opponents scored the first goal.
Series History: (CSS is 2-1-1 vs. UW-Eau Claire)
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The Saints swept the Blugolds to open the 2011-12 season in Eau Claire winning a pair of 4-3 games.
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Nina Waidacher (Arosa, Switzerland/Wirtschaftschule KV Chur (ZSC Lions/Swiss U18 National)) had six points in the two games.
