Notables:
-Head Coach Jackie MacMillan hits 100 career coaching victories
-Johnson has now scored 14 points in 16 games
-Kadijevic recorded her fifth goal of the season

DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) -- The St. Scholastica women's hockey team took care of Finlandia University (Mich.) on Saturday winning 5-1, completing a two-game series sweep and completing the regular season on a high note.

First Period Domination:
The first goal of the game came from the Saints' Mac Johnson (Monticello, Minn./Monticello HS (St. Cloud State)), assisted Kaleigh Hamann (St. Michael, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville HS) and Nikki Logergren (Duluth, Minn./Duluth Denfeld HS (Northern Stars)), to take advantage of a powerplay to bring the score to 1-0. 

CSS commanded this period, with the Saints totaling 14 shots compared to Finlandia's two.

Second Period Single Goal:
The only goal of this period came with two minutes remaining, with St. Scholastica's Anja Kadijevic (Zagreb, Croatia/General HS (Lindenwood)) getting the assist from Ivy Smith (Rice Lake, Wis./Rice Lake HS (St. Cloud State)) to make the score 2-0 going into the third.

High Scoring Third Period:
Four goals were scored in a span of five minutes, with about seven minutes remaining. St. Scholastica's Lindsey Wright (Anchorage, Alaska/Grace Christian HS (Team Alaska U19)), with help from Nikki Logergren (Duluth, Minn./Duluth Denfeld HS (Northern Stars)), would get her first goal of the season, putting the Saints up 3-0. The Saints' would score 19 seconds later, with Abby Sawyer (Owatonna, Minn./Owatonna HS) scoring and assists coming from Brandi Malwitz (Thief River Falls, Minn./Lincoln HS) and Katie Josephson (Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove HS) to make the score 4-0.

It took Finlandia three minutes to respond, with a goal coming from the Lions' Sierra Meiners to put the team on the board, 4-1.

St. Scholastica's Taylor Guzzo (Silver Bay, Minn./William Kelley HS (UW-River Falls)), with the assist from Sami Anderson (Roseville, Minn./Roseville HS), would help seal Finlandia's fate with 2 minutes and 22 seconds left on the board, putting the final score of 5-1.

Goaltending:
The Lions' Breanna Merriam saved 33-of-37 shots in the 53 minutes she played. Finlandia would then put in Taylor Gustafson for the last seven minutes of play, who would go on to save 7-of-8 shots faced.

The Saints' Lindsey Hartfiel (Big Lake, Minn./Buffalo HS) saved 20-of-21 in almost 58 minutes of play.St. Scholastica also had a change of goalies, with the Saints' Kelsey Reeves (Eagle River, Alaska/Eagle River HS ) being put in with almost 2 minutes left in the game. She saved the one shot she faced.

Up Next:
St. Scholastica will travel to Adrian College (Mich.), who swept Lake Forest College (Ill.) to capture the league title, next weekend for the semifinals of the NCHA Slaats Cup playoffs.