UMD (12-6) AT WISCONSIN (9-5-2)
SERIES AT A GLANCE
What: WCHA GAMES
WHEN: 2:07 P.M. TODAY AND SUNDAY
WHERE: KOHL CENTER (15,237), MADISON, WIS.
RANKING: UMD IS NO. 5 AND WISCONSIN NO. 7 IN U.S. COLLEGE HOCKEY ONLINE POLL.
RADIO/TV: WGEE-AM 970; WWW.BIGTENNETWORK.COM; BLOG AT UMDBULLDOGS.COM
SERIES: UMD LEADS 23-18-8.
COACHES
r SHANNON MILLER IS 272 -76-29 IN 11 YEARS AT UMD.
R INTERIM COACH TRACEY DEKEYSER IS 9-5-2 THIS SEASON AT WISCONSIN.
UMD UPDATE
FRESHMAN G JENNIFER HARSS IS TIED FOR THE MOST DIVISION I WINS (12). UMD IS NO. 6 IN OFFENSE IN DIVISION I AT 3.22 GOALS A GAME, NO. 4 IN PENALTY KILLING (91.2 PERCENT), AND SENIOR W EMMANUELLE BLAIS IS TIED FOR SECOND IN TOTAL POINTS (26). JUNIOR LW LAURA FRIDFINNSON IS ONE POINT AWAY FROM 100 CAREER POINTS (51 GOALS, 48 ASSISTS IN 94 GAMES). FRESHMAN C KATIE WILSON LEADS IN TEAM PLUS-MINUS AT PLUS-15, AND IS SECOND AMONG DIVISION I ROOKIE SCORERS (20). THE BULLDOGS ARE 6-1 THE PAST SEVEN GAMES.
WISCONSIN UPDATE
WISCONSIN HEAD COACH MARK JOHNSON IS TAKING A SEASON OFF TO COACH THE 2010 U.S. OLYMPIC WOMEN'S TEAM. THE BADGERS, DEFENDING DIVISION I CHAMPIONS, ARE THE ONLY TEAM TO BEAT NO. 2-RANKED MINNESOTA THIS SEASON (4-2 AND 5-2 IN MADISON), WHICH MARKS WISCONSIN'S ONLY SWEEP. THE BADGERS HAVE SPLIT FIVE OF EIGHT SERIES. FRESHMAN G BECCA REUGSEGGER HAS A .918 SAVE PERCENTAGE AND 2.07 GOALS-AGAINST AVERAGE. SOPHOMORE RW BROOKE AMMERMAN LEADS IN SCORING AT 11-7-18. THE BADGERS ARE 4-1-2 THE PAST SEVEN GAMES.
UMD PROBABLE LINEUP
LINES
LAURA FRIDFINNSON-SAARA TUOMINEN-EMMANUELLE BLAIS, AUDREY COURNOYER-KATIE WILSON-JESSICA WONG, VANESSA THIBAULT-GINA DODGE-KACY AMBROZ, LIBBY GUZZO-JUSTINE FISHER-STEPHANIE LENZ
DEFENSIVE PAIRS
JAIME RASMUSSEN-TARA GRAY, MARIIA POSA--SARAH MURRAY, KIRSTI HAKALA
GOALIES
JENNIFER HARSS, LANA STECK
KEVIN PATES, NEWS TRIBUNE
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