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PREVIEW: VOLLEYBALL GEARS UP FOR UW-STEVENS POINT

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DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica volleyball team will go on the road one more time before returning home this weekend when they play at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Tuesday night.

Game Time:
Tuesday – 7 p.m.

GameDay Media:
Live Video

Last Action:
The Saints began Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) action over the weekend by sweeping both Presentation College on Friday night and the University of Minnesota-Morris on Saturday. #Paige Hardy# and #Anna Zyvoloski# each led the Saints with 30 kills between the two games.

St. Scholastica Saints (13-4, 2-0 UMAC)

The Saints already have eight three-set sweeps in the first 17 matches this season. The last time they had eight sweeps this early in the season was 2003 when they had eight in the first 13 matches … The Saints are 2-0 already this season against Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) schools, winning both in three games … Anna Zyvoloski (Sauk Rapids, Minn./St. Cloud Cathedral HS (Minn.-Duluth)) leads the Saints with 246 kills this season …

UW-Stevens Point Pointers (12-5, 1-2 WIAC)

The Pointers started the season 7-0, but are .500 in their last 10 contests … The Pointers are 3-0 against teams the Saints have also played this season, defeating UW-Superior twice and UW-River Falls in five sets … The Pointers were picked to finish seventh in the nine-team WIAC, according to the preseason poll … Sophomore Morgan Bartkowiak leads the team with 162 kills this season.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-time vs. UW-Stevens Point: 2-3)
The Saints hosted the Pointers last season at Reif Gym and won 3-0. Paige Hardy (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS) had 10 kills and 15 digs in the contest.

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