DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica men's soccer team continues Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) action as it closes out the regular season home schedule this weekend against Bethany Lutheran and Martin Luther.

Game Times:
Friday vs. Bethany Lutheran – 1:30 p.m.
Saturday vs. Martin Luther – Noon

GameDay Media:
Live Video | Live Stats

Last Action:
In the Saints' last game; they faced off against their toughest competition in Minnesota-Morris. The Saints and Cougars dueled to a 0-0 tie earlier in the year. It would be another low scoring game as #Jermaine Dacres# netted the only goal of the game in the 87th minute to give the Saints the 1-0 victory.

St. Scholastica Saints (12-3-1, 9-0-1 UMAC)
The Saints have five players who have four goals or more on the year … Senior captain Jermaine Dacres (Nottingham, England/Haywood School) is CSS's leading point getter with 12 goals and six assists to give him 30 points. Dacres is also tops in the UMAC in points and goals … #Cody Sveiven# has nine goals and six assists for 24 points … Sveiven is second in the UMAC in points, goals and assists… #Brandon Stemwedel# is the conference leader in assists with nine … Goalkeeper #Sam Reed# has given up only six goals in 15 games played, and has a goals-against-average of 0.40 to put him first in the UMAC in that category... Reed has 10 shutouts on the year, one shy of the program record … Nine seniors will playing their final regular season game on Saints Field on Saturday.

Bethany Lutheran Vikings (9-6-0, 6-3-0 UMAC)
The Vikings are off to a 9-6 start on the season and are currently on a four-game winning streak … CK Pock is the team's leading scorer with seven goals…Evans Tackie-Yarboi is leading the team in assists with five on the year so far, to put him seventh in the UMAC … Pock, Tackie-Yarboi and Joe Nuah are the only Vikings with more then ten points, with 15, 11 and 12 respectively ... Cameron Koopman has already logged over 1000 minutes in net so far this year, and has a goals against average of 0.93 … The Vikings have outscored their opponents 10-3 on their current four-game wining streak.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Bethany Lutheran: 12-1-0)
In a match-up between the Saints and the Vikings early on in the season, CSS' #Rob Johnson# scored the lone goal in the second minute of play to give the Saints the victory. There were only five shots on goal the entire game.

Martin Luther Knights (4-8-2, 1-6-2 UMAC)
Martin Luther was picked to finish seventh in the UMAC for the preseason poll, and that is right where they lie in conference standings as of right now. The Knights are off to a 1-6-2 start in conference with their lone UMAC win coming against Northland…Kaleb Buch is the team's leading scorer with four goals … Buch leads the team in points with nine … Steve White and Levi Dunsmoor are leading the team in assists with two apiece … Benjamin Zietlow is the primary goalkeeper for the Knights with a 1.47 goals against average.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Martin Luther: 20-9-0)
In an early season match-up between CSS and Martin Luther, the Saints bested the Knights by a score of 5-1… Rob Johnson (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) and #Toby Peter# each had two goals to lead the Saints in scoring...Nathan Gurgel scored the lone goal for the Knights.