LENNOXVILLE, Que. – Undefeated against ACHA Division 2 opponents so far this season, the Bishop's Gaiters women's hockey team travels to Frisco, Tx., in search of a National Championship. To hoist the banner, Bishop's must play five games in five days, starting on Mar. 27 and cumulating with the championship on Mar. 31. The event takes place at the StarCenter McKinney and Comerica Center in the Dallas suburbs.
 
Nationals Media Guide:
The complete tournament website is available at: http://pointstreaksites.com/view/achanationals/womens-d2
 
The Gaiters enter the event as the No.1 seed from the East and will take on Adrian College (6^th West), Iowa State (5^th West) and North Dakota State (4^th West) in the preliminary round. All games are at 1 p.m. CST at the StarCenter McKinney.
 
The top team in each pool will advance to a semifinal set for Saturday then the Championship puck drop is on Sunday at the Comerica Center at 12 noon CST.
 
The Gaiters have not played since Feb. 9, nor have they seen any of their preliminary round opponents.
 
"We are very excited to play a game," said Gaiters' head coach Dominic Desmarais. "Our expectations are not on outcomes but on the process. Right now, we are filling up the tank to get ready to go. Once the puck drops, we will focus on five minutes at a time.
 
"I'm sure we will be nervous and we need to manage that. We want to keep it simple and keep improving with each shift.  We have not played in a while but have worked on a number of game situations in practice.
 
"I think it is a good thing for us that we don't know any of our opponents in the preliminary round.  It will be easier for us to focus on ourselves."
 
Bishop's posted an 11-3-0 record this season, 11-0-0 against Division 2 opponents.  Their three blemishes came at the hands of the top-ranked Division 1 team, the Liberty Flames.
 
Leading the way for Bishop's are sophomore Arianne Charette (Ste-Agathe, Que./Winchendon School) and rookies Katie Locke (Tiny, Ont./Dr. G.W. Williams S.S.) and Hayley Robitaille (Ottawa, Ont./Sir Wilfred Laurier S.S.) who each have 22 points.  Jess Belanger (Sherbrooke, Que./Champlain College-Lennoxville) has tallied 21. Robitaille is Bishop's leading scorer with 16 goals.  Maude Russell (Boucherville, Que./Andre Laurendeau) and Jade Shushu Saulnier-cry split time between the pipes. Russell posted a 6-2-0 record while Saulnier-cry was 5-1-0. Expect both goalies to see playing time in Dallas.
                                                                                                       
Follow the Gaiters' run to the nationals on the official Bishop's Gaiters social media accounts.
Twitter: @BishopsGaiters
Instagram: @BishopsGaiters
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