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PREVIEW: Volleyball Plays Last Road Matches of the Year this Weekend

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DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica volleyball team will be on the road just one more time this weekend at the University of Minnesota-Morris on Friday, and then on Saturday in Aberdeen, S.D. against Presentation College.

Match Times:
Friday – University of Minnesota-Morris@ 7 p.m.
Saturday – Presentation College @ 1 p.m.

GameDay Media:
Live Video & Live Stats vs. Minnesota-Morris

Last Action:
The Saints swept Northland College on Wednesday night in Ashland. Anna Zyvoloski (Sauk Rapids, Minn./St. Cloud Cathedral HS (Minn.-Duluth)) led the Saints with 11 kills. Every healthy Saint saw action in the contest.

St. Scholastica Saints (16-6, 6-1 UMAC)
The Saints begin the second half of conference play this weekend and will play their final two road games of the season, concluding seven straight matches away from Duluth … In the victory against Northland College on Wednesday, the Saints matched a season-high with 10 service aces … In its last three matches CSS has had more service aces than service errors … The 'Jills had just a .000 attack percentage against the Saints on Wednesday and the only UMAC school to have higher than a .138 attack percentage against the Saints this season has been Northwestern College (.243) … Paige Hardy (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS) needs just nine more kills to reach 1,000 for her career. If she does it against Minnesota-Morris on Friday, she would become the second Saint to accomplish the feat against the Cougars this season as Anna Zyvoloski (Sauk Rapids, Minn./St. Cloud Cathedral HS (Minn.-Duluth)) in the first meeting of the year … Megan Windschitl (Sartell, Minn./St. Cloud Cathedral HS) is just 11 total blocks away from 200 for her career.
    
Minnesota-Morris Cougars (12-7, 4-3 UMAC)
The Cougars come into this match up on a two-match losing streak … Morris has not beaten the Saints in conference play in nearly two years when they did it at Morris in 2009 … However, the Cougars defeated the Saints in five sets earlier this season at the St. Ben's Invitational … Kaylie Clark has been the leader for the Cougars in both kills and digs with 175 and 203 respectively … Much like the Saints, Morris has struggled in matches that go past three sets with just a 4-5 record in four or five-set matches.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Minnesota-Morris: 19-9)
The Saints swept Morris at home in September. Zyvoloski had 18 kills to lead the Saints.

Presentation Saints (2-19, 1-6 UMAC)
The Saints come into this match up riding a seven-match losing streak … Both victories this season came against Northland College and both were sweeps … Megan Goedert has stepped up to lead the Saints in kills with 203 … The next closest one to Goedert is Tina Boldt with 100 kills.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Presentation: 21-0)
CSS defeated the Saints in four sets in Duluth earlier this season. Hardy led the Saints with 19 kills.
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