DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's hockey team will have its final two games of the regular season this week, beginning with a non-conference matchup with Bridge Rival University of Wisconsin-Superior on Wednesday and finishing Saturday at home against St. Norbert College.
 
Where:
Wednesday
Wessman Arena – Superior, Wis.
Saturday
Mars Lakeview Arena – Duluth, Minn.

When:
Wednesday at UW-Superior – 7 p.m.
Saturday vs. St. Norbert – 3 p.m.

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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 10-10-3, 8-6-3 NCHA
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association: Standings | Stats
 
The Saints won its lone contest of the weekend with a 4-0 victory over Finlandia University (Mich.) Saturday night … Four different Saints scored in the victory … The Saints out-scored the Lions in the three games 16-0 … Those three shutouts are the only ones this season for CSS … Lindsey Hartfiel (Big Lake, Minn./Buffalo HS) had two of the three, including on Saturday.
 
Where they Stand: One week of conference games remaining a lot has yet to be decided when it comes to the six-team Slaats Cup playoff seedings … We know that Adrian College (Mich.) has clinched the regular season title and will be the No. 1 seed and that Marian University (Wis.) will be the No. 6 seed … With one conference game remaining the Saints are fourth, only one point behind third place Lake Forest College (Ill.) and two points behind second place St. Norbert … However, both of those teams have two conference games remaining … As does fifth place Concordia University Wisconsin, who is three points behind the Saints.
 
Who's Streaking: Sophomore forward Sierra Hanowski (Warroad, Minn./Warroad HS) has recorded an assist in five straight games, including two in Saturday's win … Nina Waidacher (Arosa, Switzerland/Wirtschaftschule KV Chur (ZSC Lions/Swiss U18 National)) has recorded at least one point in five straight games.
 
Distributing: Taylor Guzzo (Silver Bay, Minn./William Kelley HS (UW-River Falls)) matched a Saints season on Saturday assisting on three of the team's four goals … Alex Blair (Drake, Saskatchewan/Lanigan Central HS) also had three assists in the season opener vs. Marian.
 
Waidacher Hits 150: On Saturday, senior Nina Waidacher (Arosa, Switzerland/Wirtschaftschule KV Chur (ZSC Lions/Swiss U18 National)) recorded her 20^th goal of the season, marking her second consecutive 20-goal year … The goal was also her 150^th career point … She becomes the 23^rd NCAA Division III player to reach 150 career points and only the third West Region player to do so.
 
Must Win the Close Ones: In each of the last three seasons, the Saints had a winning record in games decided by one goal … CSS had a combined record of 16-7 during that span … This season, the young Saints have a record of 2-5 in games decided by a goal.
 
Special Teams: CSS is fifth in NCAA Division III with a combined special teams success rate of 55 percent … The Saints have the third-best power-play unit in the country at 30 percent (25-for-84).
 
Third Period Success: The Saints have outscored teams by 16 goals in the third period this season, which is second-best in the league (Adrian-18).
 
Series Histories:  
-UWS leads CSS 6-2-1
-St. Norbert leads CSS 8-5-0
 
Last Meetings: The Saints fell to the Yellowjackets in January 2-1 … Waidacher had the lone goal for the Saints … CSS is 2-0-1 in its last three trips to Wessman Arena … The Saints split with St. Norbert back in November … The Green Knights won the opener 4-3, while the Saints took game two 3-1 … Hanowski had three goals in the series.
 
University of Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets
Record: 15-9-0, 5-7-0 WIAC
 
The Yellowjackets have dropped four of their last five and are coming off a series split with UW-Stevens Point over the weekend … They have wrapped up conference games for the regular season and Wednesday's matchup will be their final regular season game before entering the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Tournament … UWS has the sixth-best scoring offense in NCAA Division III, averaging 3.5 goals per game … They are also fifth in the country in penalty minutes (11.5 per game) and are sixth in combined special teams success (54.9) … Senior forward Haley Olmstead leads the team with 14 goals … Sophomore forward Hailey Adair has a team-high 16 assists … Senior forward Dani Schultz leads the team with 24 points on 10 goals and 14 assists … Junior Megan Leikkari and sophomore Kim Kobar have split time in goal … Both have below a .900 save percentage.
 
St. Norbert College Green Knights
Record: 14-6-3, 9-4-3 NCHA
 
St. Norbert will face Finlandia University on Friday before playing the Saints on Saturday … The Green Knights control their own destiny for the No. 2 seed in the NCHA Slaats Cup and a spot in the semifinals … The Green Knights are unbeaten in the their last nine contests, which is the fifth-longest streak in NCAA Division III … St. Norbert has the fifth-best power-play unit in the country with a conversion rate of 24 percent (26-of-107) … Senior forward Ali Parker leads the team with 12 goals, but junior forward Lauren Roethlisberger has a team-high 18 assists and 25 points … Freshman goaltender Leigh Grall has seen over 60 percent of the action in net and has a .932 save percentage and a 1.97 goals-against-average … Both of those rank third in the NCHA.