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PREVIEW: Women’s Hockey Back at Home on Tuesday

| By: Christopher Doran
DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's hockey team will be back at home for the first time in 2013 when it hosts St. Catherine University Tuesday night at Mars Lakeview Arena. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Game Day Media:
Live Video on Saints Sports Net | Live Stats

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About the Saints
Record: 6-4-2, 4-3-1 NCHA

  • The Saints are coming of a weekend split, falling to St. Olaf 4-0 on Friday night, but responding to defeat St. Catherine on Saturday 2-1.
  • In non-Saturday games this season, CSS is just 2-3-2. That means the Saints are 4-1-0 in Saturday games.
  • The Saints were shutout for the first time this season against St. Olaf.
  • The Saints are 3-0 this season in one-goal games.
  • Michelle Fischer (St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall) scored the game-winner against the Wildcats on Saturday, marking the sixth different CSS player to record a game-winning goal this season.
  • The Saints are eighth in NCAA Division III in scoring offense. The NCHA features four of the top eight scoring offenses in the nation.
  • Goaltender Teraysa White (Belgrade, Maine/Brewster Academy (New England College)) has made 268 saves this season and has a 2.86 goals-against-average.


About the Wildcats
Record: 7-4-0, 5-1-0 MIAC

  • The loss on Saturday for the Wildcats marked the first time they lost in a one-goal decision this season.
  • St. Kate's is outscoring teams 22-12 in the first and second periods but are being outscored 9-5 in the final period.
  • St. Kate's is ninth in the country on the power-play with a 23.4 conversion percentage.
  • The Wildcats are also sixth in the penalty kill, allowing only three power-play goals in 29 opportunities.
  • Bailey Rasmussen leads the team with five goals this season.
  • Megan Killmer has a team-high seven assists and nine points.
  • Killmer's seven assists is tied for the MIAC lead.
  • In goal, Samantha Geissler and Alex Hall have split time with Hall registering four wins and a .938 saves percentage, while Geissler has a 1.50 goals-against-average.
  • Geissler picked up the loss on Saturday.

  
Series History: (CSS is 1-0-0 vs. St. Catherine)

  • Jordy Klimek (Hastings, Minn./Hastings HS) and Michelle Fischer (St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall) scored both goals in the 2-1 victory over the Wildcats on Saturday in St. Paul.
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