The Lake Forest College women's hockey team used a 2-0 minigame triumph on Saturday to advance to the semifinals of the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association Slaats Cup Playoffs. Their next game will be at Adrian College, the fifth-ranked team in the nation, this Saturday at 7:00 p.m. (ET).

The Foresters defeated visiting Concordia Wisconsin 3-1 in Friday's quarterfinal series opener but fell 4-2 in game two on Saturday. Goals by defensemen Sophia Chapman and Abby Meyer in the decisive 20-minute minigame broke the series tie and sent Lake Forest to the semifinal round for the 10th time in the last 11 seasons. The #4 seed in the tournament is now 14-13-0 on the season.

Adrian, the league's regular season champion, advanced in less dramatic fashion, sweeping Lawrence University 4-1 and 4-0 to improve to 25-2-0 this year. The Bulldogs are ranked fifth in the country in this week's USCHO Division III Top 15 Poll.

These teams played three times in Lake Forest this season with Adrian taking each meeting. Their series during conference play included a 5-0 decision in the opener and a 2-1 final in game two.

This weekend's other NCHA Slaats Cup semifinal will be played Friday night and features second-place St. Norbert College hosting third-place Aurora University. The semifinal winners will play in the final at the highest remaining seed on March 2.

The Slaats Cup is named after current Lake Forest College Vice President for Athletics Jackie Slaats, a major contributor to the formation of the conference during her tenure as the Foresters' athletic director.