PREVIEW: First Long Bus Trip Ahead for Football Team

9/26/2012 10:47:00 AM | By: Jesse Robinson

Game Notes vs. MacMurray
CSS 2-Deep vs. MacMurray

DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica football team will be out of the state on Saturday when they face MacMurray College (Ill.) in Jacksonville, Ill. in an Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) affair. Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m.

Game Day Media:
Live Audio on Saints Sports Net

About the Saints
Record: 3-1, 3-0 UMAC

The Saints are coming off their first road win of the season last week in a 21-7 defeat of Martin Luther College.
The 21 points scored in last week's win were the second-fewest scored in a victory in program history.
This will be CSS's first trip to Jacksonville, Illinois.
The Saints lead the UMAC in total defense, allowing just 257.8 yards per game, while MacMurray is at the bottom of the league, allowing 424 yards per game.
This is the first of two long bus trips for the Saints in the next three weeks. It is over 10 hours to Jacksonville, Illinois and in two weeks, they will make the 11-hour trip to Fulton, Mo. to play Westminster.
The CSS defense hasn't allowed an offensive touchdown in two straight games.
Jake Church (Homestead, Wis./Florence HS), filling in for the injured Justin Bosman (Rush City, Minn./Rush City HS) at punter, tied a program record last week with five punts downed inside the 20-yard-line. For that he was named the UMAC Special Teams Player of the Week.
After failing to convert on their first red zone attempt of the season, the Saints have converted their last 13 straight.
The Saints failed to convert their first five fourth down attempts last week, but were successful on the sixth, a five-yard game-sealing touchdown with 30 seconds left.

About the Highlanders
Record: 0-4, 0-3 UMAC

MacMurray is coming off a 54-14 defeat at Northwestern College last Saturday.
In the two home games this season, MacMurray has lost by a combined 10 points (35-28 to Crown and 24-21 to Minnesota Morris).
In the season opener at Wartburg College (Iowa), the Highlanders were held to -5 yards of total offense in a 73-0 loss.
Quarterback Cody Hussey, who played well towards the end of last season, was not expected to be the starter this year, but has thrown for 701 yards and six touchdowns already this season.
The Highlanders lead the conference in passing yards per completion at 9.8 yards per catch.
Leo Coronado leads the Highlander defense with 29 tackles, including 3.5 for a loss.
Defensive back Raymond Smith has seven breakups and one interception this season.

Series History: (CSS is 2-0 all-time vs. MacMurray)

The Saints defeated MacMurray at Public Schools Stadium last year by a score of 49-10.
CSS was ahead 42-0 at halftime in that contest.
Alex Thiry (Cambridge, Minn./Braham HS (Minn.-Duluth)) had a program record five touchdown passes in the win.
It was the Saints' highest scoring output at that time.
The CSS defense recorded seven sacks and 15 tackles for a loss.
The Saints defense also had two touchdowns in the victory.

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