DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica baseball team will once again compete in arguably the toughest NCAA Regional Tournament in the country this week in Whitewater.
Game Time:
Wednesday vs. Hamline – 4 p.m. (Prucha Field at James B. Miller Stadium)
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The Saints cruised through the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Tournament last week, going 3-0 and winning the tournament title for the 15th time in a row. CSS defeated Bethany Lutheran College 26-2 in the championship game.
No. 3 Seed-St. Scholastica Saints (35-5, 20-1 UMAC)
The Saints enter the regional tournament playing their best ball of the season, having won 21 of their last 22 games, including their last eight in a row … CSS is ranked seventh in National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA)/D3baseball.com poll … This will be the program's eighth NCAA Tournament appearance and the seventh consecutive … The Saints went undefeated through the UMAC Tournament last week for the first time since the 2008 season, which was when the Saints made it all the way to the regional final … Four of the Saints' five losses this season have come by just one run … In three of those four losses, the game-winning run was unearned … CSS has outscored teams 399-122 this year and have scored 10 or more runs 22 times … The Saints are 11-0 when they hit at least one home run …
Kyle Moody (Maple Grove, Minn./Osseo HS ) leads the team with a .462 batting average and is currently on a eight-game hitting streak …
Brian Marshik (Arden Hills, Minn./Mounds View HS ) still has reached base all 35 games that he's played in this year … Sophomore
Kyle Flagstad (Hinckley, Minn./Hinckley-Finlayson HS) is tied with Moody with 12 multi-RBI games this season and since May 4th is batting .621 with 12 RBIs and 12 runs scored … He also has an .897 slugging percentage during that span … The Saints have stolen 25 consecutive bases without being thrown … The last time a Saint was caught stealing on the bases was on April 29th …
Joe Link (Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury HS) broke the single-season program record with his 41st stolen bases in the UMAC Championship game … Link is 41-for-41 on the base paths this year … Freshman
Andy Davis (Chippewa Falls, Wis./McDonell HS ) is starting to come on after being slowed by injury for most of the season … Davis has won his last two decisions, including pitching six scoreless innings in the UMAC Tournament Championship game … With Davis, the Saints have four quality starters.
Notable NCAA Leaders: Team: 2nd in Scoring (9.6), 4th in batting average (.350), 4th in ERA (2.53), 6th in Runs (356), 9th in slugging percentage (.505), 10th in doubles per game (2.54), 16th in doubles (94), 16th in Walks Allowed per Nine Innings (2.66), 18th in sacrifice flies (25);Joe Link (Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury HS): 2nd in stolen bases per game (1.05), 3rd in stolen bases (39); Kyle Moody (Maple Grove, Minn./Osseo HS ): 9th in batting average (.462), 18th in RBIs per game (1.32).
No. 4-Hamline University Pipers (28-13, 15-5 MIAC)
Location: Saint Paul, Minn.
Conference: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Notables: Hamline is in the NCAA Tournament by way of the MIAC automatic qualifier for winning the postseason tournament on Sunday … The win was the first conference championship in program history … After starting the season 5-9, the Pipers have won 23 of their final 27 games … Tony Rogers leads the team with a .345 batting average and has eight triples with 34 runs batted in … Rogers has a team-high 15 multi-hit and 11 multi-RBI games … Ben Richardson will enter the regional with an eight-game hitting streak … Andy King leads the Pipers with three home runs and 36 RBIs … Cass Kreitlow has won a team-high eight games this year.
Notable NCAA Leaders: Team: 10th in Hit by Pitch (65); Tony Rogers: 4th in triples (8), 5th in triples per game (0.22); Andy Powell: 5th in Hit by Pitch per game (0.54), 7th in Hit by Pitch (20); Jordan Buck: 14th in Sacrifice Flies (6).
Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Hamline: 4-0)
The Saints swept the Pipers to open the 2010 season in the Metrodome.
Tom Juberian (Park Rapids, Minn./Park Rapids HS) had five hits in the doubleheader.
No. 1-University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers (32-8, 20-4 WIAC)
Location: Stevens Point, Wis.
Conference: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Notables: The Pointers won the WIAC regular season title and postseason title to get the conference automatic berth … UWSP won the Whitewater Regional last season and advanced to the College World Series … This is the seventh straight NCAA appearance for the Pointers … Stevens Point has won 20 of its last 21 games, including the last 13 games … UWSP is led at the plate by Cody Koback, who enters the regional on a 15-game hitting streak … Koback leads the Pointers with 24 multi-hit games and seven home runs and is tied for the team lead with 46 RBIs … Dan Douglas has a team-lead in batting average of .455 and at one point had a 27-game hitting streak … Koback, Scott Williams, and Joel Delorit lead the Pointers pitching staff … Delorit has defeated the Saints in the last two NCAA meetings between the two.
Notable NCAA Leaders: Team: 7th in Fielding Pct. (.971), 8th in Sacrifice Flies (28), 12th in Hits (464), 12th in Double Plays per game (1.0), 13th in Batting Average (.341), 15th in Hit by Pitch (62), 18th in Scoring (8.3), 20th in Runs (317), 20th in Double Plays (38); Cody Koback: 1st in Runs per game (1.74), 1st in Runs (66), 7th in Hit by Pitch (20), 7th in Hit by Pitch per game (0.53), 9th in Triples (7), 13th in triples per game (0.18), 15th in total bases (109), 16th in Hits (65); Scott Williams: 8th in Victories (9), 10th in Strikeouts (83); Ryan Iverson: 6th in Saves (9); Bryan Clark: 14th in Sacrifice Flies (6).
Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. UW-Stevens Point: 4-7)
The Pointers defeated the Saints in the opening game of the regional tournament last year and eliminated the Saints from the regional tournament in 2009.
No. 2-University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks (32-11, 18-6 WIAC)
Location: Whitewater, Wis.
Conference: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Notables: The Warhawks received an at-large bid into the NCAA Regional Tournament … Whitewater advanced to the regional championship game last year before falling to the Pointers … The Warhawks are 6-4 in their final 10 games of the season, including losing their last two games at the WIAC Tournament last weekend … Daniel Putnam leads the team with 25 multi-hit games and a .438 batting average … Jeff Donovan has a team-high seven home runs and 47 RBIs … Rob Coe leads the team with 13 multi-RBI games … Donovan and Riley Tincher each have nine victories on the mound … CSS did not face Tincher or Donovan when the teams met at the beginning of the month.
Notable NCAA Leaders: Team: 5th in Hit by Pitch (70), 5th in Sacrifice Flies (30), 11th in Doubles (96), 11th in Doubles per game (2.53), 12th in Walks Allowed per nine innings (2.51); Daniel Putnam: 6th in Hits (72), 11th in Runs (53), 11th in Runs per game (1.39), 14th in Batting Average (.456), 15th in On-Base pct. (.540); Jeff Donovan: 8th in Victories (9), 9th in Doubles (19), 13th in Doubles per game (0.5).
Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. UW-Whitewater: 1-5)
On May 3rd, the Saints and Warhawks split a doubleheader in Whitewater. The Warhawks won game one 3-1, while
Kyle Jensen (Wyoming, Minn./Forest Lake HS) pitched the Saints to a 2-1 victory in game two. The win was the first against Whitewater in program history. The Warhawks eliminated the Saints from the regional tournament last season.
No. 5-University of St. Thomas Tommies (27-16, 16-4 MIAC)
Location: St. Paul, Minn.
Conference: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Notables: The Tommies, who struggled at the beginning of the season, won 19 of their final 22 games … St. Thomas had to get an at-large bid into the NCAA Regional Tournament after falling to Hamline in the MIAC Tournament on Sunday … J.D. Dorgan leads the team with a .390 batting average … Dorgan and Drew Cremisino both have a team-high five home runs … Taylor Rahm leads with 36 RBIs … Kris Edwards is the ace of the Tommie staff, but has been primarily been used out of the bullpen until recently … Bryce Gapinski has a team-high six victories.
Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. St. Thomas: 13-19)
The Saints swept the regular season series for the first time since 1999.
Matt Lewis (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep) pitched five innings of scoreless relief in the most recent victory at Wade Stadium on the Monday after Easter. The teams last met in the 2009 regional, the Tommies coming out on top.
No. 6-Aurora University Spartans (30-12, 18-4 NAC)
Location: Aurora, Ill.
Conference: Northern Athletics Conference
Notables: For the second consecutive season, the Spartans earned the automatic qualifier for winning NAC Tournament and will be making their 19th NCAA Regional appearance overall … Aurora is led by core of veterans, including junior outfielder Josh Davidson, senior second baseman Anthony Amedei and sophomore pitcher Drew Gay … Davidson leads the Spartan offense with a .435 batting average with 70 total hits, a school-record 62 singles, 35 runs batted in and a school record 37-of-42 in stolen bases … Adams is hitting .379 with nine doubles, and 36 RBIs … Amedei is hitting .330 with 40 runs scored, 34 RBIs, 11 doubles, three triples and three home runs … Gay is the leader of the Spartan pitching staff with a 7-2 record and a 2.82 earned run average … In 70-1/3 innings pitched, he has struck out 56.
Notable NCAA Leaders: Team: 5th in Batting Average (.349), 5th in Stolen Bases (133), 6th in Scoring (9.3), 6th in Stolen Bases per game (3.5), 9th in Runs (353), 9th in Hits (473), 19th in Slugging pct. (.482); Ryan Adams: 7th in Base on Balls per game (0.92), 14th in Base on Balls (33); Josh Davidson: 6th in Stolen Bases (34), 10th in Stolen Bases per game (0.89); Anthony Amedei: 12th in Stolen Bases (32), 12th in Stolen Bases per game (0.84).
Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Aurora: 0-0)
The two programs have never met.
