DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica volleyball team will host Crown College on Friday night and then take on conference leader Northwestern College on Saturday afternoon in the regular season finale at Reif Gymnasium.

Match Times:
(Reif Gym)
Friday vs. Crown – 7 p.m.
Saturday vs. Northwestern – 1 p.m.

GameDay Media:
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UMAC Tournament Scenarios:
Assuming both Northwestern and CSS win on Friday, the Saints can clinch the No. 1 seed for the UMAC Tournament with a win over Northwestern in less than five sets on Saturday. If the Saints win in five sets then it is determined by point differential in head-to-head meetings.

Last Action:
The Saints quickly swept both Northland College and the University of Wisconsin-Superior on Wednesday night. Anna Zyvoloski (Sauk Rapids, Minn./St. Cloud Cathedral HS (Minn.-Duluth)) had 31 kills combined in the two matches. Paige Hardy (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS) tied Zyvoloski with a team-high 16 kills against the Yellowjackets.

St. Scholastica Saints (22-6, 11-1 UMAC)
The Saints enter the weekend on an eight-match winning streak … During the streak, CSS has swept all but one opponent … The Saints are coming off their best hitting performances of the season with a season-best .487 attack percentage vs. Northland and then following that up with a .440 attack percentage vs. UW-Superior … CSS had a season-low five hitting errors against Northland … Zyvoloski has 16 double-doubles on the year and leads the team with 380 kills … Hardy is second on the team with 308 kills and has nine double-doubles on the year … Recently, Taylor Tyllia (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) recorded her 500th career kill, Megan Windschitl (Sartell, Minn./St. Cloud Cathedral HS) her 200th career block, and Nikki Hughes (Lake Nebagamon, Wis./Northwestern HS) her 1,400 career dig … Sarah Kurtovich (Andover, Minn./Andover HS) is five assists away from 2,600 for her career … In the latest NCAA Division III regional rankings, the Saints are ranked sixth.
    
Crown Storm (7-15, 2-10 UMAC)
The Storm has equaled their win total that they had in the last two seasons combined … Four of the seven wins have come against North Central University and Macalester College … Crown is led by Shelby Vischer with 231 kills … Vischer also leads the team with 204 digs.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Crown: 22-0)
The Saints swept the Storm three weeks ago in St. Bonifacius. Zyvoloski had 15 kills and 13 digs to lead the Saints. CSS has only lost two sets against Crown all-time.

Northwestern Eagles (25-4, 12-0 UMAC)
The Eagles come in controlling their own destiny to capture the conference regular season title and the No. 1 seed in the UMAC Tournament … Earlier this week, Northwestern had an 18-match winning streak come to an end with a five-set loss to St. Olaf on Tuesday … On Wednesday, the Eagles defeated Crown, but then fell to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire … In the most recent NCAA Division III regional rankings, the Eagles were ranked fourth … The Eagles have only played outside of the Twin Cities this year for conference games … All of their non-conference matches have either taken place at home or at another institution in the Twin Cities area … The Eagles and Saints are either ranked one or two in every offensive category in the conference … Chelsea Koth leads the team with 400 kills … Greta King is second on the team with 330 kills and has a team-high 34 service aces … Krista Stoltz is second in the country, averaging 11.29 assists/set.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Northwestern: 41-41-1)
The Eagles defeated the Saints on their Homecoming earlier this month in five sets in St. Paul. Paige Hardy (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS) led the Saints with 17 kills.