DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica volleyball team will be in search of its ninth consecutive victory on Wednesday night when it takes on Northland College in Ashland, Wis.

Match Time: 7 p.m.

Last Action:
The Saints had another 3-0 weekend, defeating both Martin Luther and Bethany Lutheran in conference play and then going out of conference to defeat Coe College (Iowa).

St. Scholastica Saints (24-6, 11-0 UMAC)
The Saints have only won nine in a row one other time since the 1989 season and that was in the 2001 season … With a win the Saints can move to 12-0 in the conference for the first time since the 1984 season … The Saints have 17 sweeps already this season, the most since the 2003 season… #Anna Zyvoloski# and #Paige Hardy# are one and two in the UMAC in kills with 428 and 358 respectively … Zyvoloski is also second in the conference with .281 attack percentage … #Sarah Kurtovich# leads the league with 10.55 assists per set and #Nikki Hughes# is on top with 4.62 digs per set … Hughes needs just 32 digs to reach 1,000 for her career … #Kayla Horbacz# is third in the conference with 0.84 blocks per set.

Northland LumberJills (8-23, 3-8 UMAC)
The LumberJills are in the midst of a four-match losing streak, including the last three by sweeps … Of the three conference wins this season, two have come against Presentation and one against Crown … Laura Fisher leads Northland with 288 kills … The 'Jills have lost 32 straight to the Saints, dating back to the 1997 season.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Northland: 40-1)
The Saints swept the 'Jills on Oct. 6th at Reif Gym. Paige Hardy (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS) led the way with 11 kills.