The Forester women's hockey team blanked visiting Finlandia University 7-0 on Sunday (February 28) to finish off its Northern Collegiate Hockey Association O'Brien Cup quarterfinal series sweep of the Lions. Lake Forest, the seventh-ranked team in the nation, is now 19-2-4 on the season while Finlandia fell to 5-21-1. The Foresters also earned the right to host next weekend's (March 5-6) O'Brien Cup semifinals and final.

Lake Forest junior Sam Herron (Clinton Township, Mich./Victory Honda) scored the first of three goals on the day at the 5:53 mark of the opening period. She was assisted by classmate Lynn Switaj (Avon Lake, Ohio/Ohio Flames) and sophomore Kim Herring (Dover, N.H./Groton School). Despite being out-shot 10-9 in the period, the Foresters led 2-0 after sophomore Mira Trebilcock's (South Porcupine, Ontario/Trinity College School) sixth goal of the year at 15:06. Junior Melissa Kravich (Wilmette, Ill./Gustavus Adolphus College) assisted on the score.

Sophomore Molly Wallner (Chatham, Ill./Chicago Young Americans) scored for the first time this season at the 3:06 mark of the second period and Herron recorded her first career hat trick with tallies at 13:05 and 15:25. she now has nine goals on the year. Herring assisted on all three goals and Switaj helped set up the first two. The Foresters out-shot the Lions 12-2 in the period.

After lightly more than 20 minutes of scoreless play, freshman Angie Chronis (Ann Arbor, Mich./Victory Honda) netted the first goal of her career at the 15:38 mark of the third period and classmate Chelsea Thompson (Anchorage, Alaska/Team Alaska) accomplished the same feat on the power play at 16:37. Herring assisted on both scores and Kravich also set up Thompson's goal. Lake Forest put 13 shots on goal in the final period, compared to six for Finlandia.

Forester junior Brittany Lemke (St. Charles, Ill./St. Mary's University) recorded 18 saves in her third shutout of the season. She is now 8-1-0 on the season with a 1.43 goals against average and .909 save percentage.

Herring's second assist of the game was her team record 22nd of the season, her fifth set a new team record for assists in a game, and by setting up the final goal she recorded the first six-point game in team history. The Foresters also extended their unbeaten streak to 10 games, matching the program record they set at the start of this season.

Lake Forest will host next weekend's (March 5-6) NCHA O'Brien Cup semifinals and final. The top-seeded Foresters will take on UW-Superior, the #4 seed, in the first semifinal Friday at 3:30 p.m. and #2 Adrian College will face #3 UW-River Falls at 7:30. The tournament championship game will be at 2:30 Saturday afternoon.