The No. 10 Bemidji State University women’s hockey team continues Western Collegiate Conference Hockey Association play this week with a home-and-home series with University of North Dakota. The Beavers (4-3-1, 2-3-1 WCHA) hope to improve in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings after falling to sixth going 0-1-1 at No. 4 University of Minnesota Duluth.

North Dakota holds the all-time series record at 38-22-5 since the teams started play in 2002. Bemidji State took the season series in 2015 with a 2-1-1 record and the Beavers are 4-3-1 in the last eight meetings. Bemidji State snapped the Fighting Hawks longest unbeaten streak (13-0-1) of the series Nov. 14, 2014. Head coach Jim Scanlan is 4-3-1 in his career against UND while Fighting Hawks head coach Brian Idalski is 28-11-5 against the Beavers.

The Beavers spent last weekend on the road in Duluth, Minn., with Bemidji State going 0-1-1 against the fourth ranked Bulldogs. Bemidji State fell 2-1 in game one with senior Brittni Mowat making 39-of-41 stops in the loss. The Beavers then rallied back from down two to tie the Bulldogs, 3-3, in the final game of the series. Junior Emma Terres led the Beavers with three points (2g-1a) over the weekend after tallying all three points on Saturday. The three points for Terres is a career high for the New Hope, Minn., native and her first career two-goal game. Senior Madison Hutchinson finished the weekend with a goal and assist for the Beavers while Alexis Joyce added a goal and assist as well. Sophomore Natalie Stanwood recorded two assists over the weekend to round out Beavers with multiple points over the weekend. Mowat finished with 77 saves over the weekend, second-most in the NCAA and posted a .939 save percentage, third in the WCHA.