DULUTH, Minn. – The 11th-ranked St. Scholastica baseball team will play four road games this weekend, starting Saturday with a doubleheader at Martin Luther College, weather permitting, and then two games Sunday against 16th-ranked St. Olaf College and Carleton College.

Game Times:
Saturday @ Martin Luther (DH) – 2 p.m.
Sunday @ St. Olaf – 12 p.m.
Sunday @ Carleton – 3 p.m.

Last Action:
The Saints swept Northland College in a doubleheader this past Tuesday night. CSS outscored the LumberJacks 33-5 in the two games. #Brandon Peterson# blasted three home-runs in game one to tie a CSS single game record for homers in a game. CSS combined for six home-runs in the two games.

#11 St. Scholastica Saints (16-4, 7-1 UMAC)
The Saints have a busy weekend ahead of them with critical out of conference games against St. Olaf College and Carleton College, in addition to a doubleheader against Martin Luther … According to the latest NCAA Division III statistical rankings, the Saints are ranked 14th in the nation in scoring with 8.7 runs per game … Brandon Peterson (Burnsville, Minn./Apple Valley HS), #Kyle Moody#, #Brian Marshik#, and #Chad Peterson# have all reached base in every game they have played this season …Moody leads the team batting .452 and has drove in 21 runs … Brandon Peterson (Burnsville, Minn./Apple Valley HS)'s performance against Northland gave him the team-RBI lead with 24 … #Joe Link# is a perfect 29-29 on stolen base attempts this year and is ranked first in Division III with 1.5 per game … The 29 stolen bases are tied for fifth-most in a season by a Saint and he just needs 11 more to tie the record held by Greg Young during the 2001 season … Link also leads the conference with 29 runs scored … #Matt Lewis# and #David Vogelgesang# are both 4-0 this season on the mound … #Jake Snyder# and #Kyle Jensen# have the team's lowest earned run average (1.37 and 1.45 respectively) … As a team the Saints pitching corps has an earned run average of 2.62 and are ranked 11th in the country in that category, while their opponents have an ERA of 8.39.

Martin Luther Knights (2-11, 2-4 UMAC)
The Knights have only two wins on the year with both wins coming against the Saints' most recent opponent, Northland … MLC opened the season on an eight-game losing streak with seven of those losses coming on their spring break trip to Florida … The UMAC preseason pick to finish fifth in the conference is led by Greg Holzheuter with a .388 batting average … Joe Janke's seven RBIs lead the Knights in that category … Pitching is where the Knights are struggling the most … Opponents are batting .343 against the Knights pitching corps, while MLC is batting only .233 … The Knights have a team ERA over 11, while their opponents are slightly over three.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Martin Luther: 54-8)
The Saints swept Martin Luther last season in three games by a combined score of 46-9.

#16 St. Olaf Oles (17-6, 5-3 MIAC)
The 16th ranked Oles have lost three of four, including a two-game sweep this past weekend at the hands of Macalester College where they were outscored 12-3 in two games … St. Olaf is scheduled to play Hamline for a doubleheader on Saturday … The Oles are 2-1 against ranked opponents this year … St. Olaf split with No. 6 UW-Whitewater and defeated No. 7 UW-Stevens Point 10-6 … Sean Dube and Jim Blissenbach both lead the team in batting average (.400) … Andy Bartz has a team-high 17 RBIs … The Oles are batting .315 while their opponents are at .258 … Ben Hughes is a perfect 4-0 on the mound as a starter with 50 strikeouts in just 34 innings … Joey Voss is 2-0 as a reliever and leads the Oles with a 1.04 ERA … Anders Dzurak is first in the nation with .33 walks per nine innings … St. Olaf has a team ERA of 4.00 while their opponents are at 5.89.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. St. Olaf: 6-4)
The Saints have won three of the last four meetings between these two teams, including both games last year as they outscored the Oles 22-6.

Carleton Knights (8-14, 3-5 MIAC)
Carleton has lost three of their last four coming into this weekend and will play St. John's before they face-off against the Saints on Sunday … The Knights opened up their season on a eight-game losing streak … Senior Captain Alex Wirta leads the Knights with a .448 batting average … Ray Yong has the team lead in RBIs with 12 as well as 10 doubles on the year … Carleton is batting .271 overall as a team while their opponents are batting .301 overall … As a team the Knights have a ERA of 5.69 while their opponents are at 3.72.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Carleton: 1-0)
The Saints defeated the Knights 17-0 in their first-ever meeting back in 2007.