DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's hockey team will play its final games of the regular season this weekend with a two-game Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) series at Finlandia University (Mich.).
Where:
Houghton County Arena – Hancock, Mich.
When:
Friday – 7:15 p.m. (ET)
Saturday – 2 p.m. (ET)
Live Video Friday: http://www.fulions.com/watch/?Live=262
Live Video Saturday: http://www.fulions.com/watch/?Live=263
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 11-10-2, 8-6-2 NCHA
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association: Standings | Stats
Last Action: The Saints fell to third-ranked University of Wisconsin-River Falls 5-3 on Tuesday night in non-conference play … The Saints fell behind 4-0 in the first period, only to rally and make it a 4-3 game … However, the Falcons tacked on another goal to make the final 5-3 …
Abby Sawyer (Owatonna, Minn./Owatonna HS) scored for the second straight game, while freshman
Greta Nundahl (New Brighton, Minn./Irondale HS) scored her first collegiate goal … Goaltender
Lexi Thomeczek (St. Louis, Mo./St. Joseph Academy (St. Louis AAA Blues)) made a season-high 41 saves.
Game No. 100: Senior captain
Sierra Hanowski (Warroad, Minn./Warroad HS) became the ninth player in program history play in at least 100 games on Tuesday … Hanowski has appeared in every game the last three seasons.
Postseason Bound: The Saints have already clinched a spot in the NCHA Slaats Cup playoffs for the fifth straight season … CSS knows it will be the No. 3 seed and will be on the road for the semifinal round of the four-team tournament … The Saints will either face Lake Forest College (Ill.) or Adrian College (Mich.) in the semifinals … The Foresters and Bulldogs face each other this weekend.
Tough Sledding: The Saints have played the third-ranked team in the country in three of the last five games … In the last 11 games, St. Scholastica has played five contests against top seven teams.
Freshman Distributor: Freshman
Greta Nundahl (New Brighton, Minn./Irondale HS) has 11 assists this season, which is the most by a freshman defenseman in program history … The program record for assists by a freshman is 23 by Isabel Waidacher during the 2013-14 season.
Upcoming Opponents
Finlandia Lions
Record: 1-22-0, 1-15-0 NCHA
The Lions snapped a 70-game losing streak with Saturday's 2-1 overtime victory over St. Norbert College (Wis.) … Finlandia has been outscored 133-28 on the year … Junior Sierra Meiners has scored 11 of the team's 28 goals … Senior Alena Fiala has a team-high eight assists … Freshman goaltender Annah Smiddy was the winning goaltender on Saturday, making 37 saves … For the year, Smiddy has the best goals-against-average (5.13) of the three goaltenders that have seen time.
Series Record: CSS leads 16-0-0
(Last Meeting: 3-1 CSS – 11/1/2016)
Series History: The Saints defeated the Lions early this season 3-1 … The two-goal margin was as close as it have been since St. Scholastica's inaugural season … CSS has scored at least seven goals in nine of the 16 meetings.
Looking Ahead: The Saints will be on the road for the NCHA Slaats Cup semifinals next weekend.
