DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica women's soccer team will face the University of Wisconsin-River Falls on Tuesday at Saints Field to see who will take home the Chalice this season.
Game Time:
Tuesday @ 3 p.m. (Saints Field)
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Last Action: The Saints are coming off a pair of wins over Bethany Lutheran and Martin Luther over the weekend.
Kelsey Kehtel (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) recorded the hat trick in Friday's 5-0 victory over the Vikings and a
Casey Mitchell (St. Cloud, Minn./St. Cloud Tech) goal with less than three minutes to play was the difference in the 1-0 win over the Knights on Saturday.
St. Scholastica Saints (11-4-1, 9-0-1 UMAC)
The Saints will enter Tuesday's contest on a program record 11-game shutout streak … The Saints have not allowed a goal in the last 1,027 minutes and eight seconds of game action … CSS has 12 shutouts this season, which is four shy of a program record … They have also only allowed eight goals, which is currently a program record with 10 being the current mark …
Kelsey Kehtel (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS)'s hat trick vs. Bethany Lutheran on Friday was her second of the season … The last time a Saint had multiple hat tricks in one season was Robin Johnson during the 2007 season.
UW-River Falls Falcons (6-12-0, 3-5-0 UMAC)
The Falcons will enter Tuesday's game on a three-game losing streak … This may be the last game for UW-River Falls this season, pending the UW-Stevens Point result on Saturday … This is the regular season finale for the Falcons and they are currently tied for the sixth and final WIAC Tournament spot with the Pointers … 10 of the 12 losses by the Falcons this season have come by just one goal … UWRF is led by Eryn Lansverk with nine goals and 21 points … Janae Baron and Alyssa Manor are tied with the team lead with six assists … Rachel Thompson has seen the majority of action in net and has a 1.67 goals-against-average on the year.
Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. UW-River Falls: 3-2-2)
The Saints and Falcons played to a 2-2 draw last year in rainy and windy conditions in River Falls.
Andrea Beatt (Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove HS) and
Claire Lubansky (Chaska, Minn./Chaska HS) each had goals for the Saints. The Falcons captured the Chalice in penalty kicks by a score of 3-2. The Chalice was brought into the series in 2009 with the winner of the annual UWRF and CSS contest taking the trophy until the following year.