SAINT JOSEPH, Minn. – The College of Saint Benedict hockey team (4-4), which has four wins in past five matches, will host Wisconsin-Superior (4-3) in a nonconference matchup on Tuesday, Nov. 22 at Ritsche Arena in St. Cloud, Minn. 

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On Dec. 2-3, the Bennies have a home-and-home series with Bethel with the Friday night game set for 7 p.m. at Ritsche Arena in St. Cloud and the follow up game at Bethel at 7 p.m. on Saturday in Blaine, Minn.
  
Ice notes
This season the Bennies have opened 4-4 with a 3-1 record in the MIAC. CSB is tied for second place in the MIAC with Hamline (4-3-0, 3-1-0) and St. Olaf (5-2-1, 3-1-0). Wisconsin-Superior is 4-3 with a 2-1 record in away games. CSB has outshot every opponent and own a 315-to-174 shots advantage and a 21-to-19 goals margin. The Bennies have a combined for 155 saves while opponents have 294.

In terms of individuals, sophomore Aurora Opsahl has six goals (nine in her career) and is tied for third in the league through eight games. She ranks sixth in goals per game at .75, sits third in points at 10 and fifth in points per game at 1.25. With 54 total shots, she leads the MIAC while sophomore Corrine Brown is third with 54. Sophomore Emma Rooks is second in the league in game-winning goals with two. Rooks has five goals this season for sixth in the league. She tallied her first career hat trick (three goals) in a 6-2 home win over St. Scholastica on Nov. 19.  Jenna Timm, who was named All-MIAC a year ago, has two goals and two assists and now has seven career goals. In addition, Ava Stinnett ranks second in the league in face-off wins vs. total faceoffs as she has 88 wins and 96 losses. In goal, senior Ally Frantzick, who was named the CSB Athlete of the Week on Nov. 14, has a pair of shutouts this year and a 3-3-0 record. She has allowed 2.16 goals per game with 13 total goals allowed while recording 100 saves. Sophomore Kate Moffatt has a 1-1-0 record in two starts with a 2.53 goals allowed averaged. She has 55 saves and a .917 save percentage.

Last weekend, CSB was 1-1 as a three-game winning streak ended on Friday, Nov. 18 in a 4-1 setback at St. Scholastica. On Saturday, the Bennies had a season-high in goals in a 6-2 win at home over St. Scholastica. It is the most goals in a game at home since a 6-0 win over Finlandia on Jan. 10, 2020 and the first time overall since a 6-1 win over Bethel in St. Paul, Minn., on Dec. 8, 2021. The Bennies also recorded its first win over St. Scholastica in four games.  In the win, Emma Rooks recorded the first hat trick at CSB since Mollie Wise had three goals in a win against St. Olaf on Jan. 31, 2020.

Earlier, CSB had a three-game winning streak after a 3-2 road win at Concordia College – Moorhead on Nov. 11 and a 4-0 decision over the Cobbers at Ritsche Arena on Saturday, Nov. 12. In a 1-0, over Concordia University Wisconsin on the road on Nov. 5, sophomore Jenna Timm scored the game-winning goal at 12:47 of the second period. The victory snapped a three-game losing streak and provided first-year Head Coach Lindsay Macy with her first career win at CSB. In the win, Timm scored her first goal of the year and the sixth of her career. Interestingly, she had her second career goal against CUW and scored this time on the same date as a year ago on Nov. 5 when she had her first career goal. Earlier this year the Bennies had lost to CUW, 3-2, and a 4-3 overtime decision to No. 8 UW-Eau Claire at home. The Blugolds also took a 4-1 decision in the opener. 
 
Breaking down UW-Superior
In the last game, UW-Superior dropped a 4-1 home decision to UW-Stevens Points on Nov. 19. The Yellowjackets defeated Lawrence, 5-0 and 3-2 in overtime, and also own a 5-3 win over Hamline as well as a 2-0 decision over Northland. They lost to Gustavus Adolphus, 7-3, and UW-Eau Claire, 3-0. Head Coach Dan Laughlin is in his 20^th season and has an overall record of 286-179-42. The Yellowjackets average 2.3 goals per game and allow 2.7. Jenna Hoops leads the way with three goals and five points while Lucy Drougas, Avery Schwark, C.C. Hayes and Ashton Parnell also have scored a pair of goals.
 
Series Notes
In 16 games in the series, UW-Superior owns a 13-3 advantage over CSB. In the last matchup on Jan. 11, 2014, UW-Superior took a 1-0 decision at home. CSB has lost four straight in the series. At home the Bennies stand 2-6 against UW-Superior and 1-7 on the road. The last time the Bennies won against the Yellowjackets, they recorded a 3-2 overtime win on Nov. 4, 2008 at Ritsche Arena. In the first match up, CSB dropped a 6-4 decision on Nov. 7, 1998.

MIAC Notes – Competition runs from Nov. 10 to Feb. 18
MIAC league play will run through Saturday, Feb. 18 with teams scheduled to play 18 conference matches, including two games against each MIAC opponent. The top five teams at the end of the regular season will meet in the 2023 MIAC Women's Hockey Playoffs. The quarterfinals are set Thursday, Feb. 23 with semifinals on Saturday, Feb. 25 and the championship on Saturday, March 4. The winner of the MIAC playoffs earns the league's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA DIII Hockey Championships.
 
Macy takes over hockey program
Lindsay Macy is in her first year as head coach at St. Ben's. Hired on May 2 as the program's eighth head coach, Macy, whose team has opened 4-4 overall and 3-1 in the MIAC, earned her first career win at CSB in a 1-0 decision over Concordia University Wisconsin on Nov. 5 in Mequon, Wis. The Bennies have won three of four games in MIAC play for a 3-1 mark and second place. She came to Saint Benedict after two seasons as the head women's hockey coach at Finlandia University, and she brings plenty of coaching experience as well as high-level playing experience. Prior to joining CSB, Macy served as head coach at Finlandia since May 2020, and she orchestrated a rebuild of the program in her two seasons. She earned NCHA Coach of the Year honors – a first in Finlandia women's hockey history – after guiding the Lions to their best record since the 2017-18 season. Macy also owns Relentless Hockey, a summer hockey school in Idaho that trains hockey players at all levels of the game. She started her coaching career at the Coeur D'Alene Hockey Academy in Cour d'Alene, Idaho, where she spent three seasons as the general manager and head coach of the U19 women's team that competed as the only U.S. team in the prestigious Canadian Sport School Hockey League. Macy was an assistant for both the boys' and girls' varsity hockey programs in her hometown of Owatonna, and served as the head coach of the JV boys' team. Before stepping on the ice as a coach, Macy had a successful playing career that started in high school and continued through a stint with the Minnesota Whitecaps and the U22 National Team. She started her collegiate career at the University of Wisconsin where she scored 74 points in 66 games and finished her career at MSU-Mankato where she scored 44 points in 62 games. She helped the Whitecaps win the Western Women's Hockey League championship and reach the Clarkston Cup Final in 2008-09.