DULUTH, Minn. – The St. Scholastica baseball team will play four, nine-inning games this weekend in St. Louis  with two against Buena Vista University (Iowa) and two vs. Washington University-St. Louis.

Game Times:
Saturday:
Buena Vista – 9 a.m.
Washington University – Noon
Sunday:
Buena Vista – 10 a.m.
Washington University – 1 p.m.

GameDay Media:
Live Audio | Live Stats (Wash U Games Only)

Last Action:
The Saints were swept by the University of St. Thomas on Monday night at Mall of America Field. The Tommies won the first game 3-2 after a three-run fourth inning. They then scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh to win game two 4-3.

#13 St. Scholastica Saints (0-2)
The Saints opened the season on Monday night with a pair of tight one-run losses to regional rival St. Thomas … The Saints led by two runs in each game … In the first D3baseball.com regular season poll, the Saints moved up one spot to 13th, due to the fact that the St. Thomas games were not included … The Saints went to St. Louis last year for the first time and split with the Bears … They were also originally scheduled to face St. Thomas in St. Louis, but those games were moved to junior college in Illinois due to weather … In the season-opening doubleheader vs. St. Thomas both starting pictures went the distance as Jake Nystrom (Fargo, N.D./Fargo North HS) went a career-best seven innings, strikeout out seven … In game two, Kyle Jensen (Wyoming, Minn./Forest Lake HS) struck out six … Senior Tom Juberian (Park Rapids, Minn./Park Rapids HS) and sophomore Parker Olson (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS (Minn.-Duluth)) each led the team with three hits … Kyle Moody (Maple Grove, Minn./Osseo HS ) had a pair of RBIs.

#16 Buena Vista Beavers (1-1)
The Beavers also started their season in the Metrodome on Sunday night, splitting a doubleheader with Saint John's … The first game went scoreless into the eighth inning until the Beavers got a game-winning single … In game two, Buena Vista held a two-run lead going into the seventh, but Saint John's plated three in the bottom half to win … The Beavers are coming off their first-ever NCAA Division III World Series appearance last season and defeated the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in their first-ever World Series game …  Buena Vista is ranked 16th in the current D3baseball.com poll … The Beavers lost four all-region performers from a year ago, but look to be led by their pitching staff this season … Left-hander Michael Dirk is back after going 5-1 last season, with two wins taking place in the postseason … Reggie Kock and Jon Ringblom are also expected to the toe the rubber … A big loss for the Beavers in the field is second team All-American shortstop Brad Blum, but do bring back all-region gold glover Ryan Scheetz at first base … The Beavers had only six hits in the two games vs. Saints John's with Jesse Munsterman, recording two … Weston Foxx had two of three RBIs … The Beavers were eighth in NCAA Division III last season in sacrifice bunts and 11th in triples.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Buena Vista: 6-0)
The Saints last played the Beavers at the Metrodome in 2008 … The Saints won both games by a combined scored of 20-6. All six meeting have taken place since 2000 and all have been at a neutral site.

Washington University Bears (1-3)
The Bears began their season last season with three straight losses against DePauw University … The first game was a close 4-2 contest, but the last two games the Bears gave up 34 runs … Wash U got its first win of the season on Tuesday with a 6-5 victory over Greenville College (Ill.) … The Bears scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth to win that game … Wash U went 29-17 last season … The Bears return preseason first team All-American outfielder Brandon Rogalski … Last season Rogalski broke a number of Washington University school records, including setting new single-season marks for hits (74) and RBIs (60) while batting .438 and slugging .722 … Over the final six games of the 2011 season, he hit .583 with 17 RBIs and 11 runs scored … He finished the season ranked ninth in Division III in RBIs, 12th in doubles (20), 14th in total bases (122) and hits, 21st in batting average, 26th in stolen bases (28) and 41st in runs scored (49), while also tallying six home runs and five triples … Rogalski has the lone home run hit this season for the Bears … Zack Kessinger and Dylan Reid each have four RBIs in the first four games.

Last Meeting: (CSS All-Time Record vs. Washington-St. Louis: 1-1)
The Saints split with the Bears last season in the first meetings between the two programs … The Saints won game one 10-5, but fell in game two 3-2. David Vogelgesang (Hastings, Minn./Hastings HS) picked up the win for CSS.