DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's hockey team will face No. 2 Adrian College (Mich.) in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) Slaats Cup semifinals on Saturday and Sunday.
 
Where:
Arrington Ice Arena – Adrian, Mich.
 
When:
Saturday at 7 p.m. (ET)
Sunday at 2 p.m. (ET)
 
?Live Video Saturday: http://www.adrianbulldogs.com/links/md0xd7?
Live Stats Saturday: http://www.adrianbulldogs.com/sports/w-hockey/2015-16/boxscores/20160227_ylej.xml

?Live Video Sunday: http://www.adrianbulldogs.com/links/kxkfs0?
Live Stats Sunday: http://www.adrianbulldogs.com/sports/w-hockey/2015-16/boxscores/20160228_iawv.xml
 
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St. Scholastica Saints
2015-16 Stats
Record: 9-14-2, 8-8-2 NCHA
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association: Standings | Stats
 
Last Action: The Saints swept Finlandia University (Mich.) to cap the regular season winning 7-1 on Friday and 5-1 on Saturday … CSS out-scored the Lions a combined 8-1 in the third period in the series … Backup goaltender Kelsey Reeves (Eagle River, Alaska/Eagle River HS ) also saw her first action in net each game.
 
Postseason History: The Saints have lost three straight NCHA playoff games entering this weekend … The last victory for CSS was at Lake Forest College (Ill.) in 2013 … The Saints are 2-5-0 all-time in postseason play.
 
Two-Game (Mini-Game) Format: If the teams split the possible four points in the two games, a 20 minute mini-game will be played, immediately following game two … If the mini-game is tied after 20 minutes, sudden-death overtime will determine the winner … CSS has never played in a mini-game.
 
Hartfiel Approaching Saves Record: Hartfiel is five saves shy from tying the single-season program record … The program record for saves in a season is 710 set by Teraysa White during the 2012-13 season … Hartfiel ranks third in save percentage (.930).
 
Another 50: Sierra Hanowski (Warroad, Minn./Warroad HS) became the third Saint this season to record her 50^th career point last weekend … Hanowski has 23 goals and 28 assists in 75 career games.
 
MacMillan Hits 100: Saturday's victory over Finlandia gave Head Coach Jackie MacMillan her 100^th career coaching victory … MacMillan recorded 31 wins at New England College in three seasons prior to arriving to CSS and has recorded 69 victories in her six seasons guiding the Saints.
 
Player of the Week Streak: The Saints have been honored by the NCHA in each of the last three weeks … Lindsey Hartfiel (Big Lake, Minn./Buffalo HS) was named NCHA Defensive Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks and then Abby Sawyer (Owatonna, Minn./Owatonna HS) earned NCHA Offensive Player of the Week accolades this week … Sawyer had five points over the weekend against the Lions, including setting the single-season program record for game-winning goals (5).

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Upcoming Opponents
#2 Adrian Bulldogs
Record: 22-2-1, 16-1-1 NCHA
 
The Bulldogs enter the postseason with longest unbeaten streak in NCAA Division III at 19 games … Adrian swept Lake Forest College (Ill.) last weekend to capture the regular season title … Junior forward Kristin Lewicki leads the team and ranks fourth in the nation with 1.80 points per game … Her 45 points are tied for second in the country … Lewicki has 29 goals, which also ranks second in the nation, but 10 of those goals came on the power-play, which leads NCAA Division III … Senior Logan Taylor is tied for the nation's lead with 29 assists … Sydney Smith leads all defensemen with 29 points, including 22 assists … Brooke Lupi is tied amongst all freshmen with 32 points … Goaltender Jade Walsh, who was named the NCHA Defensive Player of the Week on Tuesday, is sixth in the country with a 1.28 goals-against-average … Adrian last won the NCHA postseason Tournament was in 2011.
 
Series History: Adrian leads 10-3-2
 
Regular Season Meetings: The Bulldogs went 2-0-1 during the regular season against the Saints … However, both games played in Adrian went to overtime with one resulting in a tie and the other a Bulldog comeback and then a late overtime goal to win … Lindsey Hartfiel (Big Lake, Minn./Buffalo HS) set a program record with a combined 108 saves in the series.
 
Playoff History: This will be the first postseason meeting between the two programs.

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Looking Ahead: The winner of this weekend's series will advance to the NCHA Slaats Cup Championship game on Saturday, March 5 at the highest remaining seed.