DULUTH, Minn. – The 10th-ranked St. Scholastica baseball team will travel to ninth-ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater for a doubleheader on Tuesday. The Saints have also re-scheduled one, nine-inning game against Northland College on Wednesday night at Wade Stadium.
Game Times:
Tuesday @ UW-Whitewater – 1 p.m. (DH)
Wednesday vs. Northland – 6 p.m.
GameDay Media:
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Last Action:
The Saints are coming off a dominating weekend, sweeping Minnesota-Morris in three games and then defeating Bethany Lutheran 18-6 on Sunday in an impromptu non-conference game in Mankato.
#10 St. Scholastica Saints (27-4, 16-1 UMAC)
The Saints will enter Tuesday on a 13-game winning streak … The six home runs against Bethany Lutheran on Sunday are tied for the second-most hit in a game by CSS since 2003 …
Brian Marshik (Arden Hills, Minn./Mounds View HS ) has reached base in every game that he has played this season (27) …
Joe Link (Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury HS) had a solid week in five games last week as he was 10-for-16 at the dish with a home run, six RBIs, and nine runs scored … He also stole six bases and is now 36-for-36 on the year and is four away from the single-season program record … According to last week's NCAA Statistical rankings, Link was ranked second in the nation in stolen bases per game (1.2) … The CSS offensive was ranked second in the country in scoring (9.8 runs per game) and fifth in team batting average (.355) …
David Vogelgesang (Hastings, Minn./Hastings HS) joined
Matt Lewis (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep) at 7-0 on the year with a victory on Sunday … Expect Lewis to throw against the Warhawks on Tuesday…As a whole, the CSS pitching staff is ranked seventh in the country in team ERA (2.53).
#9 UW-Whitewater Warhawks (25-7, 13-5 WIAC)
The Warhawks are coming off a four-game series split at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh over the weekend … Prior to the two losses on Saturday, Whitewater had won eight straight games … The Warhawks are outscoring teams 284-141 this season, including 59-21 in the first inning … UWW is ranked 11th in the nation in scoring and second in Division III in doubles per game (2.8) … Daniel Putnam, who is ranked second in the nation in batting average, finally fell below .500 last week and is at .489 … Rob Coe is will enter Tuesday's games on a 10-game hitting streak as he leads the team with 42 RBIs … Jeff Donovan leads the team with four home runs and is fifth in Division III in doubles per game (0.58) … Donovan also has an 8-0 record on the mound … Riley Tincher has a 7-2 mark and a team-best 2.95 earned run average … As a staff, the Warhawks do not walk many batters as they are ranked sixth in the nation with just 2.41 walks allowed per nine innings.
Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. UW-Whitewater: 0-4)
The Warhawks eliminated the Saints from last year's NCAA Midwest Regional with a 6-2 victory.
Brandon Peterson (Burnsville, Minn./Apple Valley HS) drove in two runs in the loss for the Saints.
Northland LumberJacks (5-23, 1-16 UMAC)
The LumberJacks were swept over the weekend by Presentation College … Today, the 'Jacks have a non-conference doubleheader at Finlandia University … Northland has won just three games since its spring trip, two of which coming out of conference … The lone conference victory was against martin Luther College … Casey Herr leads Northland offensively with a .366 batting average and 18 RBIs … Colin Moberly has drove in 18 runs this season … Shane Ellias and Travis Hendrickson lead the pitching staff with a pair of wins … Brandon Bodart has a team-high 26 strikeouts and Hendrickson has the best earned run average at 4.13.
Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Northland: 46-0-1)
The Saints swept the 'Jacks in a doubleheader a couple of weeks ago in Ashland 22-0 and 11-5, respectively. In game one,
Brandon Peterson (Burnsville, Minn./Apple Valley HS) tied a program record with three home runs. CSS hit six home runs combined in the doubleheader.