WCHA Final Faceoff at Ridder arena

Friday's semifinals

• North Dakota (20-12-3) vs. Wisconsin (32-2-2), 4:07 p.m.

• Gophers (25-8-2) vs. Minnesota Duluth (22-7-3), 7:07 p.m.

Saturday's championship • 7:07 p.m.

About North Dakota: Twin sisters Jocelyne Lamoureux (28 goals, 29 assists, 57 points) and Monique Lamoureux-Kolls (22-32--54) are the Sioux scoring leaders. They played for the Gophers as freshmen, were on the U.S. 2010 Olympic team, and then returned to their hometown of Grand Forks to lead North Dakota to its first women's WCHA semifinal.

About Wisconsin: The top-ranked Badgers have a 22-game unbeaten streak (20-0-2). Meghan Duggan (35-44--79), Hilary Knight (46-29--75) and Brianna Decker (31-41--72) lead a team that averages a nation-leading 5.42 goals per game.

About the Gophers: The top three scorers -- Sarah Erickson (18 goals), Jen Schoullis (17) and Amanda Kessel (16) -- play on the first line. Goalie Noora Raty has a 1.59 goals-against average, a .946 save percentage and nine shutouts.

About UMD: The defending NCAA champions are led by Swedes Elin Holmlov (18-34-52) and goalie Kim Martin (1.34, .947), and Canadian Olympians Haley Irwin and Jocelyne Larocque.

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