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PREVIEW: Volleyball Heads to Ashland Wednesday for Final Road Match of the Regular Season

| By: Jesse Robinson
DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica volleyball team will travel and face Northland College on Wednesday night in an Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) contest.

Match Schedule: (Game Day Media)
Wednesday – 7 p.m. (Live Video)

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About the Saints
Record: 14-11, 9-2 UMAC

  • With three matches left this regular season, the Saints are currently in second place in the UMAC, a game behind leader Northwestern College and a game up on Minnesota Morris and two games on Martin Luther College.
  • The Saints own the tiebreaker over Minnesota Morris, but lose the tiebreaker to Northwestern.
  • Anna Zyvoloski (Sauk Rapids, Minn./St. Cloud Cathedral HS (Minn.-Duluth)) continues to lead the conference with 372 kills and a .299 hitting percentage.
  • Freshman Danielle Benusa (Shakopee, Minn./Shakopee HS) is fourth in the league in digs per set (3.79).
  • Setter Erika Birkeland (Prior Lake, Minn./Prior Lake HS) is third in the UMAC in assists per set (8.88).
  • As a team, the Saints lead the conference with 56 solo blocks and 17.01 digs per set.
  • CSS has 60 more service aces than its opponents on the year.
  • One more victory would be the 14th straight season for head coach Dana Moore of at least 15 wins.


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About the LumberJills
Record: 9-17, 5-6 UMAC

  • The LumberJills have a non-conference game Tuesday evening against the University of Wisconsin-Stout.
  • The 'jills sit just two games back of Martin Luther College for the fourth and final UMAC Tournament spot.
  • Northland can be eliminated from tournament contention with a loss coupled with a Martin Luther win on Wednesday.
  • Tayler Viegut leads the team with 183 kills, while Gabby Jukkala is right behind her with 180 kills.
  • Northland leads the UMAC with 211 service aces, but has also committed the most hitting errors in the league (539).
  • Jukkala leads the conference with 0.69 service aces per set.

Series History: (CSS is 57-15 vs. Northland)
  • The Saints swept the 'jills earlier this season in Duluth.
  • That marked the sixth straight sweep in the series.
  • CSS has won 36 straight over Northland.
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