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Ryan Coleman

PREVIEW: Baseball to Head to Ashland for a Doubleheader on Tuesday

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DULUTH, Minn. – The 12th-ranked St. Scholastica baseball team will be at Northland College on Tuesday for weekday Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) doubleheader.

Game Time:
Tuesday @ 2 p.m.

Last Action:
The Saints took two out of three games at conference rival Bethany Lutheran College over the weekend. The Saints overcame a four-run deficit to win 7-6 on Friday night. CSS then jumped on the Vikings for a 11-1 victory in game one on Saturday, before defensive lapses hurt the Saints in game a two 3-2. #Kyle Moody# had six RBIs in the series, while #Andy Manos# had five runs batted in.

#12 St. Scholastica Saints (14-4, 5-1 UMAC)
The Saints' four losses this season have come by a total of four runs … In the four losses, the Saints have committed a total of seven errors and six unearned runs … The offense also hasn't helped the Saints in the defeats as in three of the four losses, opponents only scored three runs and CSS recorded eight hits or less. … According to the latest NCAA Division III statistical rankings, the Saints are ranked 11th in the nation in scoring with 9.1 runs per game … #Brandon Peterson#, Kyle Moody (Maple Grove, Minn./Osseo HS ), #Brian Marshik#, and #Chad Peterson# have all reached base in every game they have played this season … Moody is tearing it up at the plate, batting .466 and driving in a tem-high 21 RBIs … #Joe Link# is a perfect 27-27 on stolen base attempts this year and is ranked second in Division III with 1.53 per game … Link also leads the conference with 26 runs scored … #Matt Lewis# and #David Vogelgesang# are both 4-0 this season on the mound … #Kyle Jensen# has the team's lowest earned run average (1.45) and opponents are batting just .138 against him … As a team the Saints pitching corps has an earned run average of 2.60, while their opponents have an ERA of 8.36 … The Saints are ranked seventh in the country, allowing just 7.4 hits per nine innings.

Northland LumberJacks (3-11, 1-5 UMAC)
The LumberJacks are guided by new head coach Stein Rear this season … Rear was previously an assistant at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater … The 'Jacks were able to snap a nine-game losing streak with a 10-6 victory over Martin Luther College on Friday … Casey Herr leads the team with a .347 batting average and .469 slugging percentage … Ryan Johnson's 10 RBIs is a team-high … Pitching has struggled early for Northland with a team ERA of 7.32 … Brandon Bodart leads the team with 17 strikeouts … Only 16-percent of the team's innings pitched returned from last season … The 'Jacks were picked to finish seventh in the conference this season, according to the preseason coaches' poll.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Northland: 46-0-1)
The Saints swept the 'Jacks in three games lat year by a combined score of 43-14.
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