DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's hockey team has its final two games of the regular season this weekend, only a point out of first, but also only two points ahead of its opponent Lake Forest College (Ill.).
Where:
Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse – Lake Forest, Ill.
When:
Friday at 7 p.m.
Saturday at 2 p.m.
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 15-4-4, 13-1-2 NCHA
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association: Standings | Stats
What You Need to Know about the Saints:
-The Saints matched a program record with their 15
th win of the season in a 5-1 victory over Bridge Rival University of Wisconsin-Superior on Tuesday.
-The five goals scored against the Yellowjackets were the most in that series' history.
-It also marked the first time the Saints defeated UWS at Mars Lakeview Arena.
-CSS has also set a program record for conference wins in a season at 13; the previous record was 12 in 2013-14.
-The Saints are a point back of Adrian College (Mich.) for first and two points clear of Lake Forest.
-CSS needs two points this weekend to clinch the No. 2 seed.
-Adrian plays at Marian University (Wis.) to close the regular season; Marian is hoping to hold the sixth-and-final postseason spot.
-CSS would lose the tiebreaker to Adrian.
-Senior
Abby Sawyer (Owatonna, Minn./Owatonna HS) has four goals in the last three games.
-Sawyer leads the team with 17 goals and 26 points on the year.
-Her 17 goals are second in the NCHA.
-She is two points shy of moving into a tie for third on the program's career points list.
-Freshman
Rachel Anderson (Shoreview, Minn./Mounds View HS) has five points in the last three games.
-Anderson and teammate
Taylor Thompson (Buffalo, Minn./Buffalo HS) rank third and fourth among league freshmen in scoring.
-Senior
Mac Johnson (Monticello, Minn./Monticello HS (St. Cloud State)) has four points in the last three games.
-Senior
Kaleigh Hamann (St. Michael, Minn./St. Michael-Albertville HS) has a team-best 15 assists.
-The Saints have the ninth-best scoring offense in NCAA Division III, averaging 3.65 goals per game.
-Goaltenders
Lexi Thomeczek (St. Louis, Mo./St. Joseph Academy (St. Louis AAA Blues)) and
Lori Huseby (Babbitt, Minn./Northeast Range HS) have averaged 29.0 saves per game, which currently second-most in program history.
-The team's save percentage is currently the best in program history at .928.
-CSS has allowed only one power-play goal in the last 23 chances.
-The Saints are 14-0-2 when they record the first goal and are 14-0-4 when leading or tied at the first intermission.
-The Saints are only two wins shy of 100 in their program's eight seasons.
What You Need to Know about Lake Forest:
-The Foresters enter the weekend with an overall record of 15-8-0 and 13-3-0 NCHA play.
-They are riding a six-game win streak, having scored at least four goals in five of those wins.
-10 of Lake Forest's 15 wins have come at home as it is only 5-5 on the road.
-The Foresters have the second-best scoring offense in NCAA Division III, averaging 5.17 goals per game.
-The Foresters have the top four point scorers in the conference.
-Senior Olivia Spellmire leads the way with 37 points and is tied with sophomore teammate Sydney Simone with a league-high 21 assists.
-Sophomore Lexi Morgan leads the NCHA with 20 goals.
-Simone, Morgan and junior Amy Budde are tied for second in the conference with 29 points.
-Budde leads the league with three short-handed points.
-Megan Lyke leads all conference freshmen with 11 goals and 22 points.
-Sophomore Kayla Griffith is tied for second among NCHA defensemen with 22 points.
-Sophomore goaltender Jacque Rogers is second in the conference with a 1.46 goals-against-average.
-Rogers has five shutouts this season.
-LFC's power-play unit ranks fourth nationally with a 28.7 percent success rate.
-The Foresters have out-scored teams 41-11 in the first period.
-Lake Forest is only 2-6 in games decided by two goals or less.
Series Record: LFC leads 16-4-6
(Last Meeting: 2-0 CSS – 2/25/2017)
Series History: This will be the first meeting since the Foresters ended CSS' season in double-overtime of a mini-game in last year's NCHA Slaats Cup semifinals … The Saints ended a 13-game winless streak against Lake Forest by taking game two of the semifinal series 2-0 … Three of St. Scholastica's four wins in the series have come at Lake Forest.
Looking Ahead: The Saints will host a first round NCHA Slaats Cup playoffs series next weekend at Mars Lakeview Arena. The opponent will be decided this weekend. The first round series will begin at 7 p.m. on Friday, February 23.
