DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica volleyball team will continue Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) play this weekend as Martin Luther and Bethany Lutheran come visit the Saints on Homecoming.

Match Times
Friday vs. Bethany Lutheran – 7 p.m.
Saturday vs. Martin Luther - Noon

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St. Scholastica Saints (13-5, 2-0 UMAC)
The Saints are coming off a loss Tuesday night at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point …Good news for the Saints is that they have not lost back-to-back matches this season … This weekend's home matches for the Saints since the season opening CSS Mini-Tournament on Sept. 1st … The Saints have had at least two players earn UMAC Player of the Week accolades the past three weeks … #Sarah Kurtovich# has been named the setter of the week all three weeks, and #Paige Hardy# has been named the offensive player of the week for two of those weeks … Hardy also has eight double-doubles this season in kills and digs.

Bethany Lutheran Vikings (5-7, 1-1 UMAC)
The Vikings were picked to finish sixth in the UMAC in this years preseason poll … BLC has opened up to a just under .500 record at 5-7 and have split their two games in the conference … Emily Schrupp and Vanessa Harkins are both averaging over two kills per set with 2.26 and 2.03 respectively … Nicole Jones is the teams leading setter with 6.77 assists per set … Harkins is leading the team in service aces with 17 … Five Vikings have over two digs per set with Tayler Kahlow leading the team with 3.71 per set … Laura Holt is the teams leading blocker through 12 games with .66 per set.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. BLC: 7-7)
Last season in mid-October, the Saints beat Bethany Lutheran 3-1. Paige Hardy (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS) had 10 kills.

Martin Luther Knights (8-7, 1-1 UMAC)
The preseason pick to finish fourth in the UMAC, MLC has opened up the year with an 8-7 record and a 1-1 record in the UMAC with a win against Crown and a loss against last year's regular season conference champions in Northwestern … The Knights have two women averaging over two kills per set with Rebecca Engelbrecht at 2.88 and Emily Boldt at 2.14 … Three other Knights are over 1.5 kills per set … Mackenzie Krentz is averaging 8.81 assists per set to lead the team in that category … Engelbrecht and Krentz are also the teams leading servers with 23 and 20 aces respectively … Jaime Eternick is the leading the team in digs with 3.12 per set. Engelbrecht and Krentz are two and three in that category with 2.83 and 1.94 respectively … Rachel Hein is the team's leading blocker with 1.10 blocks per set.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. MLC: 25-13)
The Saints defeated Martin Luther already this season at the Gustavus Classic, winning in three sets. #Anna Zyvoloski# led the Saints with 17 kills.