DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's hockey team travels to Lake Forest College (Ill.) for a pair of games this Friday and Saturday against the defending Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) regular season and tournament champions.
 
Where:
Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse - Lake Forest, Illinois
 
When:
Friday at 7 p.m.
Saturday at 4 p.m.
 
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 5-1-0, 5-1-0 NCHA
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association: Standings | Stats
 
St. Scholastica had opened its season with four strong wins before dropping its first game last weekend against St. Norbert College ... CSS rebounded on Saturday with its fifth win of the year ... So far, all of St. Scholastica's games have been within the NCHA Conference, including this weekend's upcoming games … St. Scholastica has a 2-0 record on the road and look to keep that perfect record this weekend.
 
Active Offense: The Saints' offense has been quite active early this season … The Saints are fourth in the country, averaging 4.8 goals per contest … The offense seems to be the hottest in the third period of games according to its 13 goals scored during the final 20 minutes of play  … St. Scholastica has more than doubled its shots on goal at 204 in comparison to the 99 from opponents.
 
Strong Defense: The Saints have had strong backup on the defensive end of the game … Each of the Saints' goalies have already recorded a shutout, both of them against Finlandia … St. Scholastica is sixth in NCAA Division III, allowing only 1.2 goals per game.

Frosh in Net: Freshman goaltender Kristen Hunt (Winnipeg, Manitoba/West Kildonan) is 3-0-0 this season and is tied for the conference lead with a 0.67 goals-against-average and is second in the league with a .964 save percentage.

National Rankings: Nina Waidacher (Arosa, Switzerland/Wirtschaftschule KV Chur (ZSC Lions/Swiss U18 National)) is fifth in the nation in points per game (2.17) and is tied for fifth with Sierra Hanowski (Warroad, Minn./Warroad HS) in goals per contest (1.17) ... Alex Blair (Drake, Saskatchewan/Lanigan Central HS) is seventh in NCAA Division III among defenseman with 1.17 points per game.
 
Series History: Last year in the first meet-up with Lake Forest, the two teams tied the Friday night game at six goals a piece ... The Saturday game resulted in a win for the Saints by a score of 8-2 … Later in the season, the Saints lost to the Foresters 4-2 … Overall, the Saints are 3-7-3 against Lake Forest.
 
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest enters the weekend with a record of 3-3-0 overall and in conference play ... The Foresters are coming off a weekend at Concordia Wisconsin where they won Friday night and lost Saturday by shutout … Lake Forest has recorded all three of its wins at home (3-0-0) … Expect of full dose of Michelle Greeneway, the reigning NCHA Player of the Year, this weekend ... Greeneway had missed two games already this season due to her soccer commitment ...  Greeneway scored a goal against the Saints in the  NCAA Division III Women's Soccer First Round game last weekend ... Senior forwards Morgan Pope and Emily Wybo each leads the team with seven points ... In the pipes, junior Allie Carter has recorded two of the team's three wins and has a .918 save percentage ... Carter is third in the NCHA with 101 saves.