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PREVIEW: UMAC TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALS

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DULUTH, Minn. – The College of St. Scholastica will host both men's and women's soccer Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Tournament semifinals on Tuesday and a volleyball semifinal on Wednesday.

Game Times:
Tuesday
Women's Soccer vs. Minnesota-Morris @ 11:30 a.m. (Saints Field)
Men's Soccer vs. Northwestern @ 2 p.m. (Saints Field)
Wednesday
Volleyball vs. Martin Luther @ 7 p.m. (Reif Gymnasium)

GameDay Media:
Men's Soccer – Live Video | Live Stats
Women's Soccer – Live Video | Live Stats
Volleyball – Live Video | Live Stats


Men's Soccer:

St. Scholastica Saints (15-3-2, 12-0-2 UMAC)
#Barry Chastey#'s Saints have won their fourth regular season conference title in his sixth year as coach and will look for their second consecutive UMAC Tournament title … The Saints played the Eagles in the tournament semifinals last season and won by a score of 6-2 … In the meeting at Saints Field this season, the Saints won 1-0, thanks to a #Jermaine Dacres# overtime goal … Speaking of Dacres, he leads the team with 15 goals this season … The Saints allowed three goals last weekend, which is something they haven't done in the previous 13 games combined.

Northwestern College Eagles (9-8-3, 8-4-2 UMAC)
The Eagles finished tied for third in the conference this season with Minnesota-Morris, but lost the third tiebreaker to the Cougars … The Eagles scored just 22 goals this season, compared to 55 by the Saints … Jeremy Stiner and Sam Mann both led the Eagles with five goals … Goalkeeper Josh Niedermayer played in all 20 games in net, stopping 78 shots, while allowing 21 goals for a 1.09 goals-against-average … Northwestern will enter Tuesday's contest with a 2-3-1 record over its last six games.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Northwestern: 36-11-4)
The Saints just played the Eagles in the regular season finale on Saturday and thanks to an #Ian Linder# goal late settled for a 1-1 tie.


Women's Soccer:

Last Action:
The Saints defeated Northwestern College in the regular season finale on Saturday by a score of 3-0. #Andrea Beatt# netted two goals, while #Taylor Cunningham# added the third.

St. Scholastica Saints (14-4-2, 13-0-1 UMAC)
CSS took home its seventh consecutive UMAC regular season championship and will look to make it four straight tournament titles this week … The Saints are unbeaten in their last 16 games, which marks the third time in the last four seasons CSS has had an unbeaten streak of at least 16 games … The Saints and Cougars met in last year's tournament semifinals with the Saints coming out on top 3-0 … CSS has had a total of six players score at least four goals and record at least 10 points this season … #Bailey Mahlum# has six shutouts this season and has three shutouts in five career starts against the Cougars.

Minnesota-Morris Cougars (8-9-2, 7-5-2 UMAC)
The Cougars took fourth place in the regular season and are coming off a loss to Bethany Lutheran College in the regular season finale … In the four losses against UMAC Tournament teams this season, all have been by one goal … Leah Parker leads the Cougars with 12 goals and 26 points … Zoe Bergstrom has a team-high six assists and is second on the team with 20 points … Emily Jacob has seen the majority of the action in net for Morris with 73 saves against 20 goals allowed.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Minn.-Morris: 15-4-0)
#Joey Moore# converted a penalty kick to break a 1-1 tie in the 80th minute to give the Saints the 2-1 victory. #Megan Stingle# also scored for the Saints in the win.


Volleyball:


Last Action:
The Saints took out Northwestern College in four sets to finish the regular season unbeaten in conference play on Saturday. #Anna Zyvoloski# had 20 kills to lead the Saints.

St. Scholastica Saints (14-0, 27-6 UMAC)
The Saints won their first outright conference championship since the 1988 season and went undefeated in the league for the first time since 1984 … CSS is currently on an 11-match winning streak, the longest since prior to the 1989 season … The Saints are the UMAC Tournament defending champions, having defeated Northwestern in the championship last season … #Nikki Hughes# went over 1,000 career digs in Saturday's win … #Paige Hardy# has 15 double-doubles, while #Sarah Kurtovich# has six this season.

Martin Luther Knights (18-12, 8-6 UMAC)
The Knights will come in to Tuesday's match winners of four of their last five … Martin Luther was picked to finish fourth in the conference, according to the UMAC preseason coaches' poll and that is exactly where they finished … The Knights went 0-6 in conference games against the other three teams in the UMAC Tournament … CSS went 3-0 against Martin Luther this season, not dropping a set in the three contests … The Knights led the UMAC in blocker per set (2.09) … Rebecca Engelbrecht leads the Knights with 320 kills this season.

Last Meeting:
(CSS All-Time Record vs. Martin Luther: 27-13)
The Saints swept the Knights in New Ulm a week and a half ago with Paige Hardy (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS) having a math-high 21 kills in the win.


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