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ST. JOSEPH, Minn. – The College of Saint Benedict hockey team was scheduled to play a pair of MIAC contests this weekend, but winter weather and poor road conditions changed that to a single game this weekend.
CSB was scheduled to host Hamline Friday, Nov. 18, but that game was postponed due to deteriorating road conditions. A makeup date has not been set. The two teams are still scheduled to play at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19 in St. Paul; a final decision will be made Saturday morning.
About Hamline
The Pipers are 4-2 this season and 2-0 in the MIAC. They will be coming into this weekend off a 3-2 loss at UW-River Falls earlier this week. Bre Simon leads the team with six goals this season. She is second in the league with nine points and also second with six goals. Sadie Baker leads the league with five assists. Goalie Annie Jurgens is second in the league with a .750 win percentage and fourth with 123 saves. Hamline had an overall record of 9-13-3, and went 6-10-2 in the MIAC in 2015-16.
Last Year
Hamline beat CSB twice last season on Nov. 20-21. The Blazers lost Fridays game 5-1 and Saturdays game 1-0.
Brigette Miller scored the lone goal for the Blazers.
Who to Watch
Senior forward
Elli Marvin currently leads Division III with 1.75 goals per game, and is second in the nation with 2.75 points per game. She leads the MIAC in points (11) and goals (7). Senior defender
Hannah Esselman with a +7 +/- rating, and
Brigette Miller has three goals and four assists. First year
Amy Jost made her debut in net last weekend and made 40 saves, and sophomore
Julia Carle leads the team with 48 saves this season.
The Storyline
CSB enters this season looking to improve on its 5-10-3 MIAC finish from 2015-16, and missed out on the conference tournament. Saint Benedict was picked to finish eighth again this season in the MIAC preseason poll. The Blazers are coming off two losses against Concordia College on Nov. 11-12. After scoring 22 goals through four games, the Blazers look to keep scoring against a Hamline team that held the Blazers to one goal last year. Heading into the weekend, Hamline is the second-most penalized team in Division III and CSB comes in ninth.
