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DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica women's soccer team claimed its third straight Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Tournament Championship today on Saints Field as they edged out the Northland College LumberJills by a 1-0 final. 

The Saints scored the lone goal of the game just 13 minutes in to the match as #Angie Groh# (Sr.-Andover, Minn.) scored her eleventh of the season with assists from #Beth Flesvig# (Sr.-Proctor, Minn.) and #Melisa Entinger# (Sr.-Mound, Minn.). 

From there, the game became a defensive struggle as both Saints goalkeeper #Erin Olejnicak# (So.-Brainerd, Minn.) and the Jills' Katie Mahoney each made three saves to keep the score at 1-0 entering the final minutes. 

The game became chippy in the 85th minute , as three yellow cards and one red card were assessed in 29 seconds, but the Saints held on to their one-goal lead to clinch the victory and their sixth overall UMAC Tournament champion. 

With the loss, The LumberJills fall to 15-4-1 on the season, while the Saints, now 17-3-2 on the season, will wait and see their fate for their third straight NCAA Tournament appearance. The teams will be announced Sunday evening in ncaa.com. The bracket will follow on Monday.