St. Cloud State
Wisconsin
11/20/2019 12:52:00 PM | Women's Hockey
St. Cloud, Minnesota --- After a couple road trips and an off weekend, the St. Cloud State Women's hockey team returns home to host No. 2 Wisconsin in conference play Nov. 22-23. Friday's game will be at 6:07pm with Saturday's series finale being held at 3:07pm. Both games will be at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. Friday's game is Faculty Night, where professors of the players will be attending to celebrate the appreciation of our faculty at St. Cloud State.
Scouting the Badgers
The Badgers are coming off of a pair of conference wins against Minnesota State - Mankato. In the series, the Badgers defeated the Mavericks 3-2 and 6-1. The series before that, the Badgers tied and lost to No. 1 Minnesota.
Leading point scorers for Wisconsin this season are Daryl Watts (12g, 22a), Sophie Shirley (12g, 16a) and Abby Roque (12g, 16a). Goaltender Kristen Campbell has played and started in 13 games this season and has a 10-1-1 record. Her SV% is .928 while holding a 1.32 GAA. Campell also has three shutouts this year.
Wisconsin has an all-time series leading record of 78-10-2 against St. Cloud State.
Huskies' Weekend Recap
The SCSU Huskies come off the weekend with a win and a tie against Lindenwood University. The Huskies tied game one 2-2 and won game two 5-1. The Huskies poured 64 shots on goal throughout the weekend (36 in game one, 28 in game two).
In game one, McKenna Wesloh notched her first career goal as a Husky. Olivia Cvar assisted Wesloh, and also scored the game tying goal for the Huskies. In Saturday's victory, three of the five goals were scored on the powerplay as the Huskies went 3-4 for power-play opportunities. Eight different Huskies tallied a point in the 5-1 victory of game two. Goals came from Emma Bigham, Klara Hymlarova, Dana Rasmussen, Jenniina Nylund and Olivia Hanson (first career goal). Klara Hymlarova scored the game-winning goal and also tallied three assists for a total of four points. Senior Abby Thiessen also notched 4 assists over the weekend. Goaltender Emma Polusny made a weekend total of 52 saves.
For complete ticket information regarding any SCSU home games in 2019-20, please visit www.scsutickets.com or call 1-877-SCSUTIX. All St. Cloud State students get in FREE to all Huskies home events!
