DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's hockey team will officially open the second half of play this weekend when it travels to face No. 7 Lake Forest College (Ill.) in a two-game Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) series.
Where:
Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse – Lake Forest, Ill.
When:
Friday at 4 p.m.
Saturday at 1 p.m.
Live Video: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/lfc/
Live Stats Friday: http://www.goforesters.com/sports/wice/2016-17/boxscores/20170113_tcs7.xml
Live Stats Saturday: http://www.goforesters.com/sports/wice/2016-17/boxscores/20170114_rxln.xml
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 6-5-1, 3-2-1 NCHA
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association: Standings | Stats
Last Action: The Saints played an exhibition game on Sunday against the Korean National Team and prevailed by a score of 3-0 …
Alexia Klaas (Duluth, Minn./Duluth Denfeld HS (Minnesota-Duluth)),
Emily Stegora (Red Wing, Minn./Red Wing HS (Minnesota State-Mankato)) and
Amanda Broman (Mankato, Minn./Mankato East HS) all had goals in the victory …
Tessa Lowry (Calgary, Alberta/Edge School) assisted on two of the goals … The last official game was also a 3-0 victory against Bridge Rival University of Wisconsin-Superior on December 10 … Freshman goaltender
Lexi Thomeczek (St. Louis, Mo./St. Joseph Academy (St. Louis AAA Blues)) recorded her first collegiate shutout in the victory.
Hartfiel Approaching 2,000: Senior goaltender
Lindsey Hartfiel (Big Lake, Minn./Buffalo HS) enters the weekend 34 saves shy of the 2,000 mark for her career … Hartfiel already is the winningest goaltender in program history (27) and has the most saves (1966) and shutouts (6) in the program's seven-year history.
Better Away from Home?: The Saints are 3-1-1 away from Mars Lakeview Arena this season with the lone loss coming against Adrian College (Mich.) … CSS was only 3-11-2 away from home last season.
Who's Leading at Intermission: St. Scholastica 3-0-0 when leading at the first intermission and 4-0-1 when leading at the second intermission … However, they are 0-3-0 when trailing at the first intermission and 0-4-0 when trailing at the second intermission this season.
Upcoming Opponents
#7 Lake Forest Foresters
Record: 12-2-0, 6-1-0 NCHA
The Foresters enter this weekend's series on a seven-game win streak (second-longest in the nation) after sweeping Saint Mary's University both by shutout this past weekend … However, the combined record of the four opponents during the win streak is only 8-44-2 … The last loss by the Foresters came at Adrian College (Mich.) by a 3-0 score on November 13 … Lake Forest is unbeaten at home this season with a 6-0-0 record … The Foresters, the highest scoring offense in the country (5.14 goals/game), feature three players that are over 20 points led by sophomore Amy Budde, who has a conference-high 12 goals with 12 assists for 24 points … Freshman Sydney Simone leads NCAA Division III with 18 assists and is second in the conference with 23 points … Junior Olivia Spellmire has 10 goals and 11 assists for 21 points … Spellmire has three short-handed goals on the year, which also leads the nation … Junior Kayla Griffith leads all defensemen in the country with 16 points … Freshman goaltender Jacque Rogers leads the conference with a 1.28 goals-against-average … The Foresters also have the best power-play unit in NCAA Division III, converting 30.6 percent on their opportunities … Lake Forest is 11-0-0 this season when leading after two periods.
Series Record: LFC leads 14-3-5
(Last Meeting: 4-3 LFC – 11/5/2016)
Series History: The Foresters swept the Saints earlier this season at Mars Lakeview Arena by identical 4-3 scores … Only one of the two games counted towards the NCHA standings … CSS is winless in its last 10 tries against Lake Forest (0-8-2), but has two of its three wins in the series at Alumni Fieldhouse.
Looking Ahead: The Saints will be at home for a two-game NCHA series against St. Norbert College (Wis.) on Friday, January 20 and Saturday, January 21.
