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PREVIEW: Volleyball Back in the Twin Ports on Tuesday

| By: Jesse Robinson
DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica volleyball team will cross the border on Tuesday night to face Bridge Rival University of Wisconsin-Superior at Mertz Mortorelli Gymnasium at 8 p.m.

*Note: The Saints will also have a exhibition match against Lakehead University (Ont.) at 6 p.m.

Game Day Media:
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About the Saints
Record: 5-6, 0-0 UMAC

  • Anna Zyvoloski (Sauk Rapids, Minn./St. Cloud Cathedral HS (Minn.-Duluth)) was named to her third all-tournament team of the season at Saturday's UW-River Falls Invitational.
  • Zyvoloski has recorded 1,138 kills in her career at CSS up to this point, which puts her three kills out of the top five. If you include her kills at UMD, she has 1,460 in her collegiate career.
  • Even though the conference season doesn't start until Friday, Zyvoloski leads the UMAC with 3.77 kills per set.
  • Megan Windschitl (Sartell, Minn./St. Cloud Cathedral HS) is second in the conference, averaging 1.05 blocks per set.
  • The Saints are below .500 for the first time since October 14, 2009
  • All five of CSS's wins have come in three sets.
  • The Saints are 0-5 when the match goes beyond three sets.
  • In all but one of its losses, CSS's has dropped the opening set.


About the Yellowjackets
Record: 11-2, 0-0 WIAC

  • The Yellowjackets will enter Tuesday's contest on a three-match winning streak.
  • Over the weekend, Superior defeated UMAC school Minnesota Morris and former UMAC program Presentation College. The 'jackets have also defeated Northland, Bethany Lutheran and Crown College.
  • The lone losses this season for UWS have been both in four sets to Wartburg College (Iowa) and Carleton College.
  • Kitty Tynen leads the team with 87 kills this season.
  • Keely Deadrick leads the squad with 289 assists and Farrah Wirtz with 132 digs.
  • The Yellowjackets have been predicted to finish seventh in the WIAC, according to the preseason poll.

Series History: (CSS is 27-31 vs. UW-Superior)
  • The Saints have won four straight against the 'jackets.
  • The last three meetings have taken place in Duluth.
  • CSS has swept UWS in each of the last four wins.
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