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I&#8217;ll pick the road sweep. <strong>St. Cloud State 3-2, 4-2<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Matthew:<\/strong> Western is fresh off a pretty good weekend against Miami, having been swept by the RedHawks a week earlier. At the risk of inviting wrath from SCSU fans, let&#8217;s go with a split here. <strong>Western Michigan 2-1, St. Cloud State 4-1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday-Monday, Jan. 17-18<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>North Dakota at Denver<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Candace:<\/strong> Denver finally beat North Dakota a month ago, but the Pioneers really struggled after that. Plus, they are coming off a missed weekend of games against CC due to COVID. Eh, I&#8217;ll go for a Fighting Hawks sweep. <strong>North Dakota 3-2, 3-2<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Matthew:<\/strong> I like what UND has done lately and am tempted to pick a sweep here, but I struggle to think of the last time I went on a limb here where it worked out. <strong>North Dakota 3-1, Denver 3-1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday-Tuesday, Jan. 18-19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Omaha at Colorado College<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Candace:<\/strong> Unlike Matthew, I think the Mavericks can get a split, even after missing weeks due to COVID. The wildcard is this will be Omaha&#8217;s first series away from home, as all the pod games were played in Omaha, and I wonder how much that helped their strong start. <strong>Colorado College 4-2, Omaha 3-2<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Matthew:<\/strong> Even with these games being pushed back a few days, Omaha will likely have a shortened bench for this series. The Mavericks will also be rusty anyway, having not played in nearly a month. They&#8217;d do well to get a split here, but I don&#8217;t that it happens. <strong>Colorado College 4-2, 3-2<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, I went one-up on Matthew in our season picks race, thanks to North Dakota. I was 3-2-1, while Matthew was 2-3-1. On the year, I am 20-12-6, while Matthew is 19-11-6. 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