New Hampshire Wildcats at St. Thomas Tommies

MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. (Interstat) — New Hampshire will visit St. Thomas for a women’s NCAA Division I hockey game on Saturday at St. Thomas Ice Arena. The Wildcats are the visiting team, and the Tommies are the home team.

St. Thomas enters the game 1-0. New Hampshire is 0-1. The teams’ most recent meeting ended with St. Thomas beating New Hampshire 7-2. In that game, Cara Sajevic recorded one goal and two assists for the Tommies, Kenleigh Fischer had one goal and two assists, and Whitney Horton scored twice. New Hampshire got one goal from Aurora Kahlert, one goal from Courtney Lilley and one assist from Nina Rossi.

Fischer also had one shot on goal for St. Thomas, and Horton added six shots on goal. Rossi had one assist and three shots on goal for New Hampshire, while Lilley scored one goal and recorded four shots on goal. St. Thomas opened the season with the win over New Hampshire, and New Hampshire opened with the loss.

Kahlert is a player to watch for New Hampshire. In the previous matchup against St. Thomas, she scored one goal on two shots on goal. Sajevic is a player to watch for St. Thomas. She posted one goal, two assists and four shots on goal in the Tommies’ win over the Wildcats.

St. Thomas Ice Arena in Mendota Heights will serve as the site. New Hampshire is looking for its first win of the season, while St. Thomas aims to remain unbeaten. Kahlert, Rossi and Lilley are among New Hampshire’s players to watch. Sajevic, Fischer and Horton are among St. Thomas’s players to watch.

New Hampshire’s schedule continues with games at Long Island on Oct. 2 and Oct. 3, home against Boston University on Oct. 9, at Northeastern on Oct. 11, home against Saint Lawrence on Oct. 15 and Oct. 16, home against Stonehill on Oct. 23, at Harvard on Oct. 24, at Merrimack on Oct. 30 and home against Merrimack on Oct. 31.

St. Thomas will host Ohio State on Oct. 2 and Oct. 3, play at Minnesota-Duluth on Oct. 9 and Oct. 10, host Saint Cloud State on Oct. 16 and Oct. 17, host Minnesota State on Oct. 30, play at Minnesota State on Oct. 31, and play at Wisconsin on Nov. 14 and Nov. 15.

Interstat’s game simulator projects New Hampshire 2, St. Thomas 1. Interstat’s ELO system gives New Hampshire a 58.3 percent probability to win.