DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica volleyball team will host both Northland College and the University of Wisconsin-Superior on Wednesday night at Reif Gymnasium.
Match Times:
Wednesday (Reif Gym):
6 p.m. – vs. Northland
7:30 p.m. – vs. UW-Superior
GameDay Media:
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Live Stats
Last Action:
The Saints swept both Martin Luther College and Bethany Lutheran College over the weekend at home.
Anna Zyvoloski (Sauk Rapids, Minn./St. Cloud Cathedral HS (Minn.-Duluth)) led the Saints in kills in both matches with 20 against the Knights on Friday and 13 against the Vikings on Saturday.
St. Scholastica Saints (20-6, 10-1 UMAC)
Including Wednesday night's matches, the Saints have four matches left in the regular season … The Saints have won 12 of their last 13 matches, since losing three straight in mid-September … Of their 10 conference victories, eight have come by sweeps … The have won 15 matches in three sets, but are just 5-5 in four or five set matches … Opponents continue to struggle to hit the ball against the Saints with a .151 attack percentage and over 150 more hitting errors than the Saints … CSS has won nine straight regular season matches at Reif Gym dating back to last season … Zyvoloski leads the Saints with 349 kills and 34 services aces, while being second on the team in digs (326) and blocks (62) … Zyvoloski ranks 36th in nation in points per set (4.47).
Northland LumberJills (1-22, 0-11 UMAC)
The LumberJills have lost 22 straight matches since opening the season with a 3-0 victory over North Central University … All but five of the losses have come by sweeps … Gabby Jukkala leads the team with 131 kills … Erin Roembke is second with 120 kills … The 'Jills have a team attack percentage of .053 for the season.
Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Northland: 55-15)
The Saints swept Northland in Ashland two weeks ago. Zyvoloski had 11 kills to lead the Saints.
UW-Superior Yellowjackets (15-15, 1-5 UMAC)
The Yellowjackets have won three of their last four matches entering Wednesday night's match … UWS started out the year with five straight wins … Just like their .500 record indicates, they are 7-7 in three set matches and 8-8 in four and five set matches … Nikki Gosson leads the team with 255 kills … Kitty Tynen is next with 240 kills … Freshman Keely Deadrick leads the team with 844 assists and 43 service aces.
Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. UW-Superior: 26-31)
The Saints took down the 'Jackets in straight sets to open the season last year. Zyvoloski and
Paige Hardy (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS) had 11 and 10 kills, respectively.