ST. JOSEPH, Minn. -- The College of Saint Benedict hockey team (7-8-2, 3-5-1 MIAC), will host (RV) Augsburg (11-5-0, 7-3-0 MIAC) in a home-and-home series in MIAC action at 7 p.m., on Friday, Jan. 26 at Ritsche Arena.
 
After the home game on Friday, Saint Benedict will travel to Augsburg for a game at 4 p.m., on Saturday (Jan. 27) at Ed Saugstad Arena in Minneapolis, Minn. CSB is 3-5-2 in the MIAC and sit in seventh place with 11 league points. The Auggies, which handed No. 2 Gustavus a 5-4 overtime loss on Jan. 20, sit in fourth at 7-3 with 19 MIAC points. No. 2 Gustavus has 27 MIAC points and sits in first with a 9-1-0 record, including 12-3-0 overall with (RV) Hamline a point back at 26 points and a 9-1-0 overall mark. The Pipers are 14-3-0 overall.
 
Inside Look at Saint Benedict 
Saint Benedict, which lost two straight games to (RV) Hamline last weekend, has totaled 45 goals (2.65 per game, fifth, MIAC, 26th in DIII) and allowed 45. CSB has 52 assists (8th in the MIAC, 39th in DIII). The Bennies have a 51.5 percent success rate on face-offs for sixth in the MIAC. CSB has 97 team points for sixth in the MIAC while sitting fifth in the MIAC  and 32nd in NCAA DIII in shutouts with five on the season. By allowing 2.62 goals per game CSB is sixth in the MIAC.
 
In team stats, CSB has 471 saves to 469 for their opponents. In power plays, CSB has gone 8-of-55 while opponents are 10-of-59. CSB has won 541 face offs and lost 510 (51.5 percentage). CSB's eight power play goals ranks ninth in the MIAC and 44th nationally while its 0.145 power play percentage is ninth in the MIAC and 42nd in DIII.
 
Senior forward Corrine Brown is sixth in the MIAC and 51st in NCAA DIII with 0.59 assists per game. With four game-winning goals, junior forward Aurora Opsahl is second in DIII and first in the MIAC. She ranks 11th in DIII and third in the MIAC with 0.75 goals per game with 12 overall goals for third in the MIAC. Opsahl is 53rd in DIII and 15th in the MIAC with 0.94 points per game and has two power play goals. Junior center Ava Stinnett ranks fifth in DIII and first in the MIAC with 219 face-off wins with her 0.59 goals per game (ten total) placing her 21st in DIII and eighth in the MIAC.  Junior goalie Kate Moffat ranks sixth in the MIAC and 65th in DIII with a 0.913 save percentage. Also of note, CSB's Aurora Opsahl and Kate Moffat were named MIAC Athletes of the Week on Jan. 8.  
 
About the Auggies
Augsburg, which sits 7-3-0 in league play, is directed by head coach Michelle McAteer. The Auggies, which are listed in receiving votes (4) in the USCHO DIII Poll, have opened with an overall 11-5 record. The Auggies are led offensively by Emily Cronkhite with eight goals and 10 assists while Kennedy Stein has eight goals with five assists this season. In the net, Chloe Stockinger has 250 saves on the season with a .919 SV%.
 
Series History
In the all-time series, Augsburg holds an overall 35-9-11 all-time record. The Bennies fell, 5-2, on Feb. 25, 2023 in the last match-up. At home vs. the Auggies, CSB is 3-18-4 and have a 9-30-11 MIAC record in games with the Auggies. In the first match-up, the Bennies fell (4-1) on Nov. 22, 1998. CSB has gone 0-8-2 in the past 10 match-ups and last recorded a win vs Augsburg by a 3-2 score on Dec. 5, 2014 in Minneapolis.
 
Player Notes
Junior center Ava Stinnett  tallied five goals in a pair of shutout wins over Dubuque, 8-0 and 6-0 on Dec. 8-9 at home. Stinnett tied the program mark with four goals in a game against Dubuque on Dec. 8 in an 8-0 home win. She also had a goal and an assist against Dubuque in the 6-0 win on Dec. 9.
 
Stinnett, who has played in 66 career games, has 197 shots on net with 22 goals and 21 assists in her career. A year ago, she was third in the MIAC for face-off wins against total face-offs (261-of-558). She also tied for fifth in the MIAC with four game-winning goals of the seven goals she scored last year. Stinnett has six career-game-winning goals. She has 43 career points, including 13 in 2023-24, with 17 a year ago a career-high.
 
A returning All-MIAC performer, Opsahl has a team-best 12 goals (T-2nd, MIAC) this season, including four on Jan. 4 against Lake Forest, when she secured her first career hat trick.  Opsahl, who has played in 61 career games, has 29 career goals, which ranks ninth all-time (tied with Molly Wise, 2016-20). With four goals, she can move into sixth place all-time. She has 22 assists and 51 points, which ranks 10^th all-time at CSB. She is just four points from ninth (Erin Baldwin, 55, 2003-07). In her career, she has seven-game winning goals, which is tied for second all-time (Paul Vogt, 1998-01; Elli Marvin, 2013-17) and one away from first all-time at CSB (Susan Engel, 2001-05). She had a run of goals in five straight games earlier this year. Last year, she played in 26 games, with a career-high of two goals against UW-Eau Claire on Oct. 29, 2022. Opsahl tallied a goal in seven straight games as a sophomore. With a season-career-high 14 goals a year ago, she tied for 10^th all-time for a season at CSB.
  
Senior forward Corrine Brown, has scored two goals this season, including one against nationally-ranked UW-Eau Claire on the road. She also had the game-winning overtime goal in the 5-4 decision over Concordia on Nov. 11. She now has 13 career goals, 28 assists, 195 shots and has played in 70 games. With 28 career assists, she and teammate Jenna Timm are tied for 10^th all-time in career assists (Jenna Timm, Kari Dykhoff, 2000-04; Katie Ponsolle, 2001-05). Brown has one multi-goal performance at CSB as she tallied two goals as a junior against UW- Superior on November 22, 2022. 
 
Junior forward Emma Rooks tallied two goals against Bethel, and one on Jan. 19 against Hamline bringing her total to 15 career goals. The Bethel series was Rook's second multi-goal performance as she scored a hat trick against St. Scholastica on November 19, 2022. 
 
Senior forward Jamie Benzie recorded her first multi-point game of her career against Concordia-Moorhead on November 9, 2023. This was Benzie's first two goal game of her career. Benzie also registered her first assist of the season on November 18, 2023, at St. Scholastica in a 1-1 decision.
 
Blue Liners Making Impact for Bennies
A pair of defenders are leading the Bennie blue line this season by example. Jenna Timm and Emily Wendorf lead all CSB defenders with 17 total points. Wendorf has two goals and eight assists (16^th, MIAC) for 10 points (4^th, CSB) in her first season of collegiate hockey. Timm has seven assists in her junior season and 28 in her career. With teammate Corrine Brown, she is tied for 10^th all-time in career assists (Corrine Brown, Kari Dykhoff, 2000-04; Katie Ponsolle, 2001-05, 28 assists). She has 11 career goals.
 
Macy Leads CSB Hockey 
Head coach Lindsay Macy  has started her second year as head coach at Saint Benedict. In her first year, Macy directed the Bennies to a program-best 11 conference wins and tied the program-mark for total wins with 14. CSB, who had a 14-12 overall and 11-9 record for third in the MIAC in 2022-23, directed the Bennies into the conference semifinals. Two players were named All-MIAC (Jenna Timm, Aurora Opsahl). At CSB she has a career record of 21-20-2 and 14-13-2 in the MIAC. 

2023-24 - Game Results (for game recap, click on game link below) 
Game 1  - No. 10 UW-Eau Claire 4 Saint Benedict 3 
Game 2 -  No 10 UW-Eau Claire 7 Saint Benedict 1
Game 3 - No. 1 UW-River Falls 5 Saint Benedict 0
Game 4 - Saint Benedict 5 Concordia 2
Game 5 - Saint Benedict 5 Concordia 4 (OT)
Game 6 - Saint Benedict 5 St. Scholastica 2
Game 7 - Saint Benedict 1 St. Scholastica 1 (CSS wins shootout, 1-0)
Game 8 - Saint Benedict 0 Bethel 0 (CSB wins shootout, 2-1)
Game 9 - Bethel 3 Saint Benedict 2 
Game 10 - Saint Benedict 8 Dubuque 0
Game 11 - Saint Benedict 6 Dubuque 0
Game 12 - Saint Benedict 4 Lake Forest 0
Game 13 - Saint Benedict 1 Lake Forest 0
Game 14 - No. 2 Gustavus 4 Saint Benedict 1
Game 15 - No. Gustavus 6 Saint Benedict 1
Game 16 - (RV) Hamline 3 Saint Benedict 1
Game 17 - (RV) Hamline 4 Saint Benedict 1