DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – For the first time since November, the St. Scholastica women's hockey team will be on home ice when it welcomes No. 5 Lake Forest College (Ill.) to Mars Lakeview Arena this weekend for a Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) two-game series.
 
Where:
Mars Lakeview Arena – Duluth, Minn.
 
When:
Friday at 4 p.m.
Saturday at 2 p.m.
 
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St. Scholastica Saints
2015-16 Stats
Record: 5-7-0, 4-2-0 NCHA
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association: Standings | Stats
 
Last Action: The Saints led No. 8 University of Wisconsin-River Falls at both the first and second intermissions, but allowed five third period goals to fall to the Falcons 7-5 on Tuesday night … Sierra Hanowski (Warroad, Minn./Warroad HS), Mac Johnson (Monticello, Minn./Monticello HS (St. Cloud State)) and Abby Sawyer (Owatonna, Minn./Owatonna HS) all had a goal and an assist in the loss … The five goal surrendered in the third period was the most in the single period in program history.
 
Where They Stand: The Saints get back to conference play this weekend as they sit fourth in the league with eight points … CSS is two points behind third-place St. Norbert College (Wis.), but have played two less conference games … The Saints are four points ahead of fifth place Concordia University (Wis.) and have a four-game edge in the loss column … Only the top four teams in the league make the postseason.
 
Tough Stretch: With Lake Forest coming in this weekend with a 13-1-1 overall record, the Saints' first three opponents of the second half of the season will have a combined record of 36-4-2 … River Falls was ranked eighth in the USCHO.com Division III poll and Lake Forest is ranked fifth.

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Upcoming Opponents
#5 Lake Forest Foresters
Record: 13-1-1, 8-0-0 NCHA
 
The Foresters enter this weekend on a three-game winning streak … The only loss this season for Lake Forest was a 2-1 decision to then No. 8 Middlebury College on January 5 … The Foresters also tied St. Catherine University in the second game of the season … The squad is led by senior forward Michelle Greeneway, who ranks third in NCAA Division III averaging 1.87 points per game … Her 1.33 goals per game ranks second in the country … Sophomore forward Olivia Spellmire ranks second in the country with 1.13 assists per game … In goal, senior Allie Carter and freshman Abby Cooper rank third and fourth, respectively, in NCAA Division III in goals-against-average … Carter also ranks fourth in the nation with a .959 save percentage … The Foresters have the top power-play unit in the country with a 34.6 percent conversion rate … Lake Forest also ranks second in scoring offense and scoring defense.
 
Series History: Lake Forest leads 10-3-5
 
Last Meeting: The Foresters defeated the Saints twice in early November in Illinois by scores of 5-2 and 3-0 … Only one of those games was a NCHA contest … In the last three meetings in Duluth, the Saints are 1-0-2 against the Foresters.
 

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Looking Ahead: The Saints will be at St. Norbert College for a two-game series on January 22 and 23.