Notables:
-Hartfiel is now holds the single-season program record for most saves with 742
-This was the first postseason meeting between the two programs
-Hanowski now has 20 points on the season

ADRIAN, Mich. (csssaints.com) -- The St. Scholastica women's hockey team was beat out 4-1 Saturday night after No. 2 Adrian College (Mich.) scored two late goals in the third period to take game one of the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) Slaats Cup semifinals.

First Period Action:
The Saints struggled, having only four shots on goal compared the Bulldogs' 17 shots.

Adrian had many opportunities to score, but goaltender Lindsey Hartfiel (Big Lake, Minn./Buffalo HS) stopped all 17 shots to keep the game scoreless.

Holding on in the Second:
St. Scholastica's Sierra Hanowski (Warroad, Minn./Warroad HS) put CSS on the board seven minutes into the period with a powerplay goal, making the score 1-0. It stayed that way until Adrian's Shelly Czarnowczan scored her first goal of the year to tie up the game 1-1 with 5:41 to go. The score was 1-1 at the second intermission.

Third Period:
Only 50 seconds into the period, the Bulldogs' Kristin Lewicki took advantage of a power play and scored to give Adrian the 2-1 lead. The Bulldogs would go onto score two more goals this period, both empty netters within a minute of each other, to solidify the win 4-1.

Goaltending/Shots on Goal:
Hartfiel faced 41 shots and made 37 saves in the loss for the Saints. Adrian College's Jade Walsh had 19 saves.

Players with the most shots on goal for CSS were Taylor Guzzo (Silver Bay, Minn./William Kelley HS (UW-River Falls)) with four shots and Katie Josephson (Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove HS) and Sierra Hanowski (Warroad, Minn./Warroad HS) both with three shots on goal.

Game Two Tomorrow:
The Saints and the Bulldogs face off for the second part of the two-game semifinal series tomorrow starting at 2 p.m. (ET). The Saints need to win to force a mini-game.