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Jack Rendulich

PREVIEW: Soccer Teams to Wrap up Regular Season on the Road

DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's and women's soccer teams will face Martin Luther College on Friday in New Ulm and then close the regular season at Bethany Lutheran College on Saturday in Mankato.

Game Schedule: (Game Day Media)
Friday:
Men's Soccer at Martin Luther – 1 p.m.
Women's Soccer at Martin Luther – 3:30 p.m.
Saturday:
Men's Soccer at Bethany Lutheran – Noon (Live Video & Live Stats)
Women's Soccer at Bethany Lutheran – 2:30 p.m. (Live Video & Live Stats)

Men:

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About the Saints
Record: 14-4-0, 12-0-0 UMAC

  • St. Scholastica has already clinched the UMAC regular season title and top seed for next week's UMAC Tournament.
  • The Saints are coming off a 3-2 loss to Bridge Rival University of Wisconsin-Superior on Wednesday night.
  • The Saints have already set program records for goals scored (81), assists (91) and points (253) in a season.
  • The Saints continue to lead all NCAA Divisions in goals, assists and points.
  • Joe Watt (London, England/North West Kent College) leads NCAA Division III with 22 assists, while Rob Johnson (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) is fifth with 11 assists.
  • Andrew Jenkins (Cardiff, Wales/Whitchurch HS) is third in the nation with 20 goals this season.
  • Jenkins was named the UMAC Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week after recording his third hat trick of the season against Crown on Saturday. He also added an assist in the victory.
  • Caleb Yurek (Northfield, Minn./Northfield HS) was named the UMAC Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week. Yurek scored twice against Crown College on Saturday, and led a defense that held Minnesota Morris scoreless for the final 25 minutes of Friday's contest as the Saints played a man down.



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About the Knights
Record: 2-14-0, 1-11-0 UMAC

The Knights have not won in their last seven games, and are currently seventh in the conference.
While Kaleb Buch is fourth in the UMAC in shots, Martin Luther has been led by Ryan Lemke's 13 points. He is the only member of the Knights in double figures for points on the season.
'Keeper Eric Hahm is third in the UMAC in saves (116) and save percentage (.748) on the season.
The Knights defense has struggled this season, having been outscored 43-15 and outshot 210-329 on the year.
Martin Luther has tallied 15 goals on nine assists thus far this season.
Martin Luther has struggled to keep up with opponents in the second half this year, scoring half as many goals in the second half as in the first (10-5), while opponents have scored 21 goals in each period.

Series History: (CSS is 24-9-0 vs. Martin Luther)
  • The Saints have won the last 11 contests and have outscored the Knights 29-1 in the last four matches.

About the Vikings
Record: 8-9-1, 7-4-1 UMAC

  • The Vikings look to build off of their 2-0 victory over North Central as they host Northland Friday before hosting CSS Saturday.
  • The Vikings have been led by Joseph Perez and Benjamin Molstad, who have combined for 35 of the 87 points on the year. Both Perez and Molstad have eight goals on the year.
  • Bethany Lutheran has five players with ten or more points on the season, and is tied for third in the conference with 19 assists on the season.
  • Keeper Ryan Bolte is third in the UMAC with 17 goals against and is fourth with a 2.56 goals against average.
  • The Vikings are currently fourth in the UMAC, just a point behind Northwestern, who is 7-3-2 in UMAC play.
  • Michael Loguercio leads the Vikings with four assists on the season. Four others are tied for second with two.
  • Bethany Lutheran has a higher shots on goal percentage (.506) than opponents (.456), but has been outscored by opponents 46-34.

Series History: (CSS is 16-3 vs. Bethany Lutheran)
  • The Saints have defeated the Vikings in 16 consecutive contests and have not lost to Bethany Lutheran since 2004.


Women

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About the Saints
Record: 13-4-1, 11-1-0 UMAC

  • The Saints can clinch the regular season title with one victory this weekend. The Saints hold a three-point lead over Minnesota Morris.
  • The Saints are coming off wins against Minnesota Morris (1-0) and Crown (8-0).
  • Shannon Carlson (Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury HS) recorded a hat trick against Crown and has 11 goals on the year to go along with a team-high 15 assists.
  • Kelsey Kehtel (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) paces the Saints' scoring attack with 18 goals and also leads the UMAC.
  • 15 different players have scored for the Saints on the year.
  • Kelsey Reeves (Eagle River, Alaska/Eagle River HS ) leads the UMAC with a .866 save percentage.
  • CSS owns three of the top five spots in the UMAC in total points on the season.  Kehtel (43), Carlson (37), and Andrea Beatt (Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove HS) (31).
  • The Saints outshoot opponents by an average of 209-72 in each half.


Martin Luther College Logo story
About the Knights
Record: 5-11-0, 4-8-0 UMAC
  • The Knights are coming off an 8-1 loss to Northwestern College.
  • Lauren Maertz paces the Knights with eight goals.
  • Bethany Schultz leads the team in points with 17.
  • Keely Keese has started 12 games as the goalkeeper this season.
  • Three different keepers have shared goalkeeping duties and have a combined .588 save percentage.
  • Martin Luther has only committed 40 fouls on the season compared to opponents with 89.

Series History: (CSS is 22-10-4 vs. Martin Luther)
  • The teams met back in late September with the Saints dominating play and winning 12-0 at Saints Field. 
  • Casey Mitchell (St. Cloud, Minn./St. Cloud Tech) had four goals in that game.

About the Vikings
Record: 11-6-1, 9-3-0 UMAC

  • Bethany Lutheran is currently riding a three-game conference win streak and most recently defeated North Central 2-0.
  • The Vikings have already clinched a spot in the UMAC Tournament.
  • Paige Taylor leads the Vikings with total points scored (33).
  • Maggie Laplante has a team-high 11 goals and is second on the team with 27 total points.
  • Alexa Mowery has started all 18 games in net and boasts a .748 save percentage.
  • Bethany Lutheran averages 17.7 shots per game compared to 14.9 by their opponents.

Series History: (CSS is 15-0-1 vs. Bethany Lutheran)
  • The two teams met back in late September with Saints coming out victorious by a score of 8-1. 
  • Andrea Beatt (Maple Grove, Minn./Maple Grove HS) had a hat trick in the game for the Saints.
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