LINK TO ACHA POLL
MINOT, N.D. - The Minot State women's hockey team takes on the Jacks of Dakota College of Bottineau for a two-game, home-and-home series this weekend.
The series gets underway Friday at 3:45 p.m. at the Maysa Arena, then wraps up at 7 p.m. in Bottineau on Saturday night.
Recently, the Minot State Beavers (13-6-1 overall) won two of their last four games, splitting wins with 2nd-ranked Adrian College and 4th-ranked Indiana Tech.
Coming off those two big weekend series, the Beavers play a Jacks team that's played just eight games this season. The Jacks (6-2-0) also have not played since the first weekend of December.
The Beavers are led by solid defense and goaltending with a goals against average of 2.07 this season, led by career shutout leader Jordan Ivanco (17 career shutouts, 3 this season).
Minot State also is getting a balanced offensive attack led by Jordan Kulbida and Megan Norris, who each have 22 points each.
With Kulbida leading the team in goals with 12, and Norris leading in assists with 15, the Beavers will look to score two wins against Jacks this weekend.
TOP 5 UNCHANGED IN LATEST ACHA POLL
The Top 5 remained the same in this week's ACHA Division I poll, with Liberty holding onto the No. 1 spot, followed by No. 2 Adrian (Mich.), No. 3 Midland (Neb.), No. 4 Indiana Tech, and Minot State checking in at No. 5.
