WOMEN'S HOCKEY: UMD (0-0) AT NORTH DAKOTA (1-1)
SERIES AT A GLANCE
What: WCHA SERIES OPENER
WHEN: 7:07 P.M. TODAY; 2:07 P.M. SUNDAY
WHERE: RALPH ENGELSTAD ARENA (11,634), GRAND FORKS, N.D.
RANKING: UMD IS NO. 1 AND NORTH DAKOTA NO. 10 IN U.S. COLLEGE HOCKEY ONLINE POLL.
RADIO/TV: WWW.FIGHTINGSIOUX.COM
SERIES: UMD LEADS NORTH DAKOTA 31-2.
COACHES
r SHANNON MILLER IS 291-78-31 IN 11 YEARS AT UMD.
R BRIAN IDALSKI IS 134-89-25 IN NINE YEARS, THE PAST THREE AT NORTH DAKOTA.
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UMD UPDATE
THE BULLDOGS TIED AND WON IN AN EXHIBITION HOME SERIES LAST WEEKEND AGAINST THE MINNESOTA WHITECAPS, SCORING NINE GOALS. UMD IS 10-1 IN SEASON-OPENING GAMES. SENIOR G KIM MARTIN WILL START. THE BULLDOGS, DEFENDING DIVISION I CHAMPIONS, ARE PICKED TO REPEAT AS WESTERN COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONS.
NORTH DAKOTA
THE FIGHTING SIOUX WERE LAST IN THE EIGHT-TEAM WCHA LAST SEASON AND 8-22-4 OVERALL. THE ADDITION OF TWINS MONIQUE LAMOUREUX-KOLLS AND JOCELYNE LAMOUREUX, TRANSFERS FROM MINNESOTA, 2010 U.S. OLYMPIANS AND NATIVES OF GRAND FORKS, ARE EXPECTED TO TURN AROUND NORTH DAKOTA'S FORTUNES. THE FIGHTING SIOUX SPLIT HOME GAMES LAST WEEKEND AGAINST NO. 6 BOSTON UNIVERSITY TO OPEN THE SEASON. THE LAMOUREUX TWINS COMBINED FOR FOUR GOALS. THE SIOUX HAD A TOTAL 4,069 FANS FOR THEIR OPENING WEEKEND, A PROGRAM RECORD.
KEVIN PATES, NEWS TRIBUNE
