The St. Scholastica men's and women's hockey teams were ranked third in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association preseason coaches' polls released Wednesday.
The Saints men are coming off a 13-13-1 season and fell to St. Norbert College in the Harris Cup semifinals.
Adrian and St. Norbert earned the 1-2 spots in the men's poll.
CSS has to replace three of its top four scorers from a season ago, but returns Brett Radford as well as All-NCHA defenseman Mark Whiteley.
The Saints women finished third in the conference last season and lost to Lake Forest College in the Slaats Cup semifinals.
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CSS returns 11 of the top 12 scorers and its goaltender but must replace last season's leading point scorer Sierra Hanowski.
Both teams open the season Oct. 27.
