The St. Scholastica volleyball team hopes to extend its regular season win streak against conference opponents when it travels to Bethany Lutheran College and Martin Luther College on Friday and Saturday.
Match Times:
Friday vs. Bethany Lutheran College – 7 p.m.
Saturday vs. Martin Luther College – 1 p.m.
GameDay Media:
Bethany Lutheran
Live Video | Martin Luther
Live Video
Last Action:
The Saints beat Presentation College in four sets to close out their home opener weekend. The Saints took down the Presentation (2-13) by scores of 25-9, 23-25, 25-15 and 25-19 to end the weekend 2-0 at Reif Gym.
Paige Hardy (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS) led the Saints with 19 kills.
St. Scholastica Saints (12-5, 2-0 UMAC)
After losing three straight, the Saints have won their last three matches, including winning their first two UMAC matches of the season last weekend … The Saints have won 16 straight UMAC regular season matches, dating back to last season … CSS has received a huge lift from
Anna Zyvoloski (Sauk Rapids, Minn./St. Cloud Cathedral HS (Minn.-Duluth)) who leads the Saints with 227 kills, and 213 digs, and the next closest to those numbers are
Paige Hardy (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS) who has 186 kills, and 146 digs … Zyvoloski is 47th in NCAA Division III, averaging 3.72 kills per set … Hardy, who went over 1,000 career digs over the weekend, needs only 54 more kills to reach 1,000 for her career … Once she hits that mark, Hardy will be the third Saint reach 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs under Coach Moore … The Saints have swept eight opponents this season and that's a good thing as CSS has struggled in the fourth set this season, going just 2-6 in the set.
Bethany Lutheran Vikings (5-11, 1-1 UMAC)
The Vikings haven't quite found their rhythm this season … The Vikings just ended their longest losing streak of the season of four games last weekend when they defeated Crown College in five sets … Amanda Edmison leads the Vikings with 129 kills and 161 digs … Shelby Wiederhoeft is too far off with 121 kills … The last time the Vikings had a winning streak of more then two matches was back in 2009 when they won three straight …
Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Bethany Lutheran: 9-8)
The Saints defeated the Vikings in straight sets in Mankato to continue their seven-match winning streak late last year. Zyvoloski had a team-high 14 kills
Martin Luther Knights (7-9, 1-1 UMAC)
The Knights will enter the weekend on a two-match losing streak … After hosting Northland College on Friday night, the Knights will face the Saints on their homecoming on Saturday … The Knights only carry four upperclassmen…Kayla Schoeneck leads Martin Luther in kills with 130… Emily Boldt is next with 114 kills … Jennifer Draeger is the team leader in digs with 219.
Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Martin Luther: 42-29)
CSS swept Martin Luther in New Ulm towards the end of last season as Hardy led the Saints with 21 kills.
