DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica women's soccer team will arguably be in one of the toughest four-team pods in the country this weekend when it takes part in its fourth NCAA Tournament
Game Times:
Saturday
at Trinity University (Texas) – 5 p.m.
Sunday (if win on Saturday)
vs. winner of Hardin Simmons/University of Texas-Dallas – 5 p.m.
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Last Action:
The Saints defeated Minnesota-Morris 2-1 to capture the UMAC Tournament Championship on Saturday at Saints Field.
Kelsey Kehtel (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) scored the first goal for the Saints and
Taylor Cunningham (Eau Claire, Wis./Eau Claire Memorial HS) added the game winner.
St. Scholastica Saints (16-4-1, 11-0-1 UMAC)
The Saints won their eighth UMAC Tournament championship on Saturday and will be in search of its second-ever NCAA Tournament victory on Saturday … In its last two NCAA Tournament games against Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) opponents the Saints have been shutout by a combined score of 5-0 … However, the last time the Saints defeated Minnesota-Morris in the UMAC Title game, they won their first round NCAA game against Carroll University (Wis.) … CSS is led by UMAC Offensive Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year
Kelsey Kehtel (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS), who has 18 goals and 40 points …
Andrea Beatt (Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove HS) leads the team with 10 assists and is second with 22 points … Beatt was named first team All-UMAC … Defensively,
Megan Flesvig (Duluth, Minn./Proctor HS) was named UMAC Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight season and she joined on the back line with sophomore
Maggie Dolan (Minneapolis, Minn./St. Anthony Village HS), who was also a first team selection … At one point this season, the Saints did not allow a goal in 11 consecutive games … In net,
Bailey Mahlum (Bismarck, N.D./Bismarck HS) and
Molly Bergmann (Walker, Minn./Walker-Hackensack-Akeley HS) have split time with Bergmann recording seven shutouts and Mahlum with five. Mahlum was a first team All-UMAC selection
#3 Trinity Tigers (20-0-0, 8-0-0 SCAC)
The Tigers are coming off a 4-0 victory over Centre in the SCAC Tournament Championship game on Sunday … Trinity has outscored teams 103-4 this season … The Tigers have been forced to overtime three times this season, with two coming against the other two teams playing in San Antonio this weekend, Hardin Simmons and UT-Dallas … The Tigers rank second in the country in scoring, averaging just over five goals per game … They are second in goal-against-average at 0.20 … All four goals Trinity has allowed this season have come in the first half … The Tigers are led in scoring by Stephanie Segovia, who has 23 goals and 52 points … Segovia is ranked seventh in the nation in goals and ninth in points … Abigail Loar is second on the team with 18 goals and 46 points … She is also tied for the team lead with 10 assists … Loar is fourth in Division III with seven game-winning goals … In net, Katie Garrett and Devan Oseguada have split time. Garrett has recorded 13 wins and Oseguada with seven … The Tigers have shutout 17 teams this season.
Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Trinity: 0-0-0)
First-ever meeting.
#7 Hardin-Simmons Cowgirls (19-1-0, 13-0-0 ASC)
Hardin-Simmons is the defending NCAA Division III National Champions, defeating Messiah 2-1 in the title game in its first Final Four appearance … Since falling in the season opener this season to Trinity, the Cowgirls have rattled off 19 in a row and lead the nation in scoring, averaging 5.65 goals per game … Hardin-Simmons defeated the University of Texas-Dallas in the ASC Championship game 2-0 on Sunday to receive the automatic qualifier … Other than Trinity, UT-Dallas has been the only team to play close with the Cowgirls this season … Katie Kuykendall leads the team with 18 goals and 50 points this season … Taylor Thigpen leads the team with 16 assists and is second in the country overall … In net Rebecca Roth has allowed just four goals all season and is third in Division III with a 0.26 goals-against-average.
Texas-Dallas Comets (16-4-0, 12-1-0 ASC)
The Comets received an at-large bid into its second-ever NCAA Tournament after falling to Hardin-Simmons in the ASC Championship game … However, they will get a rematch with the Cowgirls in the first game of the NCAA Tourney … Three of the four losses this season by UT-Dallas have come against either Hardin-Simmons or Trinity … Unlike the other two Texas teams in this pod, the Comets do not score as much, but rely heavily on their defense … UT-Dallas is ranked seventh in the nation with a 0.35 goals-against-average … Goalkeeper Brittany Best has 12 shutouts this season and is fifth in the country with a 0.29 GAA … Leah Bower has been the main scorer for the Comets with a team-leading 19 goals, 10 assists and 48 points.
