DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) - The St. Scholastica women's hockey team will host Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) leader Adrian College (Mich.) on Friday night and then second place Lake Forest College (Ill.) on Saturday.

Where:
Mars Lakeview Arena – Duluth, Minn.

When:
Friday vs. No. 5 Adrian – 7 p.m.
Saturday vs. Lake Forest – 4 p.m.

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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 8-8-2, 6-4-2 NCHA
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association: Standings | Stats
 
The Saints snapped a four-game losing streak last weekend, defeated Concordia University Wisconsin 3-2 on Friday night and settling for a 2-2 tie on Saturday.
 
Nice Weekend for Johnston: Senior defenseman Kaitlin Johnston (Lake Elmo, Minn./Stillwater HS) recorded three points over the weekend against Concordia … She had two assists in the team's win on Friday and then scored her first goal of the season in the team's tie on Saturday.
 
Freshmen Coming Through: Zahn Thompson (Fairbanks, Alaska/West Valley HS) scored her first collegiate goal in Saturday's tie vs. Concordia … Abby Sawyer (Owatonna, Minn./Owatonna HS) scored the game-winning goal Friday night with less than two minutes to go in regulation … Amanda Broman (Mankato, Minn./Mankato East HS) has recorded a point in three straight games
 
Rallying From Behind: For the first time in the last two season, the Saints won a game, while being down after two periods when they scored three third period goals in Friday's 3-2 win.
 
Top Scorers Square Off: CSS senior Nina Waidacher (Arosa, Switzerland/Wirtschaftschule KV Chur (ZSC Lions/Swiss U18 National)) is fourth in the nation, scoring 0.94 goals per game … Adrian senior Kelsey Kusch is third in the country, averaging 1.00 goals per game … Lake Forest's Michelle Greeneway is eighth in the country at 0.79 goals per game.
 
Where they Stand: The Saints are in fourth place in the league standings, one point behind St. Norbert College, three points behind Lake Forest College (Ill.) for second … Adrian is up eight points on the Saints with six games to play.
 
Power-Play Success: The Saints have moved up to fourth in the country on the power-play with a success rate at 29 percent (19-for-66) … Adrian leads NCAA Division III on the power-play, converting 35 percent of its chances (30-for-87) … Lake Forest is fifth at 24 percent (15-for-62).
 
Rallying From Behind: For the first time in the last two seasons, the Saints won a game while being down after two periods when they scored three third period goals in Friday's 3-2 win.
 
Finishing Strong: The Saints are second in the NCHA with a +12 goal-differential in the third period this season … The only team better is Adrian at +19.
 
Series Histories:  
-Adrian leads CSS 7-3-1
-Lake Forest leads CSS 8-3-4
 
Last Meetings: Adrian swept the Saints earlier this season in Michigan by scores of 7-4 and 4-2 … The seven goals allowed were the second-most in program history (8 is the record also by Adrian) … The weekend before the Saints tied Lake Forest 2-2 and then fell 3-1.
 
No. 5 Adrian College Bulldogs
Record: 15-0-3, 10-0-2 NCHA
The Bulldogs are one of two remaining unbeaten teams in NCAA Division III (Plattsburgh State) … The Bulldogs have outscored teams by an average of 3.2 goals per game, which ranks third in the nation … The Adrian offense is ranked fourth in the nation (4.50), while the defense is second (1.28) … Adrian's special teams units lead the nation with a 60 percent success rate … Jade Walsh has seen all of the action in net and is seventh in NCAA Division III with a .945 save percentage … The aforementioned Kelsey Kusch has nine power-play goals, which is second in the country … Kusch is fourth in the country averaging 1.78 points per game … Sophomore teammate Kristin Lewicki is second in the nation averaging 1.22 assists per game … Adrian has scored the first goal in 14 of its 18 games … The three ties have all come on the road.
 
Lake Forest College Foresters
Record: 9-5-2, 8-3-1 NCHA
The Foresters are just outside the USCHO.com Top 10 poll … Lake Forest is 2-2 in its last four games, but both losses have against ranked opponents in Gustavus Adolphus and UW-Stevens Point … The Foresters are 2-4-1 on the road this season and in conference road games are narrowly being outscored 12-11 … The Foresters have the fifth-best scoring offense in the nation (3.81) … 2014 NCHA Player of the Year Michelle Greeneway leads the team with 11 goals … Fellow senior Morgan Pope has 12 assists and 17 points … Junior Holly Lesperance also has 12 assists and 16 points … Defenseman Kayla Griffith is the top freshman scorer in the league with 11 points … Allie Carter and Casey Hartfiel have split time in goal … Hartfield has six wins and a .924 save percentage … Hartfiel is second on the conference with a 1.64 goals-against-average.