DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica men's soccer team will play its first NCAA Tournament game Saturday night in Whitewater, Wis. when it faces Augsburg College on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

Game Times:
Saturday:
Macalester vs. UW-Whitewater – 5 p.m.
St. Scholastica vs. Augsburg – approximately 30 minutes following the completion of the first match
Sunday:
Winners of each game – 6 p.m.

GameDay Media:
Live Stats | Tournament Web Site

St. Scholastica Saints (17-3-2)
The Saints enter the NCAA Tournament unbeaten in their last eight games (7-0-1) … The 17 wins are currently tied for the most a season in program history (2007) … CSS defeated Minnesota-Morris last Saturday 4-1 in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Tournament Championship game to earn the conference's automatic qualifier … The Saints are a senior laden group with nine, seven of which get consistent playing time … The 2010 UMAC Offensive Player of the Year, #Jermaine Dacres#, leads the Saints offense with 17 goals this season … The 17 goals rank him second in NCAA Division III … His 42 points also rank him second in the country … Four-time All-UMAC first team and two-time conference player of the year, #Toby Peter#, is the anchor of the attackers … Junior first team All-UMAC selection, #Brandon Stemwedel#, is the distributor after leading the conference with 10 … Junior #Sam Reed# enters this weekend with 13 shutouts this season, a program-record, and 17th in the nation in goals-against-average … His 0.43 GAA will currently break the program record, which Reed set last year.

Augsburg Auggies (15-4-1)
The Auggies made their way into the NCAA Tournament after coming from a two-goal deficit to defeat Concordia-Moorhead on Friday in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Tournament championship … Augsburg is making its second-ever appearance in the NCAA Division III national tournament, the first coming in 2008 under head coach Greg Holker … That season, the Auggies advanced to the “Sweet Sixteen” round of the tournament … The Auggies have won seven straight and their 15 wins are tied for the most in program history … Chad Gilmer leads the Auggies with eight goals and 21 points … Ahmed Gobana and Matt Bowman each have a team-high six assists … Will Morlock has started the last four games for the Auggies in net and has even shutouts this season … Augsburg is unbeaten against the Saints in its last seven meetings (6-0-1)

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Augsburg: 8-9-1)
The Saints and Auggies played last season at Augsburg under the lights and after an own goal for the Saints, the Auggies scored two in the second half, one by way of a penalty kick, to down the Saints 2-1.

UW-Whitewater Warhawks (12-2-3)
The Warhawks will be making their second consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance and 10th overall … Whitewater shared the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) regular season title with UW-Oshkosh this season … The Warhawks lost their regular season finale at Chapman University (Calif.) 1-0 last Friday … The Warhawks enter the playoffs with the school record for fewest goals allowed in sight … Whitewater, with ten shutouts, has allowed just .059 goals per game … Senior Dan Montanye has moved into eighth place with 15 career assists, thirteenth all-time with 55 points, and fourteenth with 20 goals … Sophomore keeper Matt Mikesell has a 9-1 record and 0.60 goals against average … Whitewater is 1-5-1 all-time against Macalester and 1-0-1 against the Auggies.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. UW-Whitewater: 0-0-0)
The teams have never met.

Macalester Scots (14-4-1)
The Scots earned an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament after winning the MIAC regular season crown … Macalester is making its second straight NCAA appearance and 11th overall … … The Scots lost to Concordia-Moorhead in the MIAC Tournament semifinals 3-1 … Taylor Rasmussen leads the Scots with 12 goals and 25 points … Stephen Murphy-Logue is second on the team with eight goals and is tied for a team-high with four assists … 'Keepers Matt Weyer and Mark Mullaney have split time in net with Weyer having a better goals-against-average at 0.76

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Macalester: 2-4-1)
In the season opener in September 1st, the Scots scored 1:16 into overtime to defeat the Saints at Saints Field 1-0.