This Week in the Forest: February 27-March 5

Photo by Kyra Vidas
Photo by Kyra Vidas

The top two women's teams in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association will face off on Saturday with an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament at stake.

The Forester women's hockey team advanced to the 2017 NCHA Slaats Cup final on a goal by sophomore forward Amy Budde late Saturday night in the second overtime of what was supposed to be a 20-minute minigame against visiting College of St. Scholastica. Lake Forest, the seventh-ranked team in the nation, will now travel to #2 Adrian College trying to capture the program's third Slaats Cup title in the last four seasons. The Foresters are 21-5-1 overall this season with three of the losses coming against the Bulldogs, who swept Marian University in last weekend's semifinals to improve to 25-2-0 on the year.

The Lake Forest men's tennis team will also be in action on Saturday. The Foresters are 4-3 on the season after falling 5-4 to Calvin College and winning 9-0 at Wisconsin Lutheran College last weekend. They will travel to the The Tennis and Fitness Centre in Oak Park, Illinois, to take on host Concordia University Chicago (0-0) and Principia College (3-2).

The only other Forester team in action this weekend is handball, which will compete in the Illinois Handball Association State Doubles Tournament Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The Lake Forest men finished second and the women fourth at the United States Handball Association National Collegiate Championships last weekend with juniors Leo Canales and Kyra Vidas earning All-America honors.

DATE SPORT OPPONENT/EVENT TIME LINKS
Fri, March 3 Handball at I.H.A. Men's & Women's Doubles
(Glass Court Swim & Fitness Club - Lombard, Ill.)
 
Sat, March 4 Handball at I.H.A. Men's & Women's Doubles
(Glass Court Swim & Fitness Club - Lombard, Ill.)
 
Sat, March 4 Men's Tennis at Concordia University Chicago
(The Tennis and Fitness Centre) 
10:00 a.m.
Sat, March 4 Women's Hockey at Adrian College
(NCHA Slaats Cup Final) 
2:00 p.m. ET Video | Live Stats | Tickets
Sat, March 4 Men's Tennis
vs. Principia College
(The Tennis and Fitness Centre) 
3:00 p.m.
Sun, March 5 Handball at I.H.A. Men's & Women's Doubles
(Glass Court Swim & Fitness Club - Lombard, Ill.) 
 

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