DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – For the seventh straight time, The College of St. Scholastica and the University of Minnesota Morris will meet for the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Men's Soccer Tournament championship. The game is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Saints Field.
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St. Scholastica Saints
Record: 16-2-3 (14-0-0 UMAC)
Head Coach: Barry Chastey |
-The Saints will be in search of their second consecutive UMAC Tournament title and fourth in the last five years. The Saints have been crowned tournament champions six times overall.
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Joe Watt (London, England/North West Kent College) was involved in all four goals in Wednesday's semifinal victory over Bethany Lutheran. Watt scored two and assisted on the other two.
-Watt first assist from the NCAA Division III record for assists in a season. He currently has 32 assists this year. He sits just one point shy of Neil Runbeck's program record 157 career points.
-The Saints continue to lead all of NCAA Division III in goals, assists and points. The team set program record for the second consecutive year as it went over 100 goals for the first time in program history (108) and has 116 assists on the year. CSS is two goals shy of the NCAA Division III record for goals in a season. (110-Medaille-2006).
-The Saints have outscored teams by nearly 100 goals this season (108-9).
-Sophomore
Sean Morgan (Belfast, Ireland/St. Patrick’s Grammar School) is second in the nation with 21 assists (Watt-32) and fellow sophomore
Tom Corcoran (Warrington, England/Great Sankey HS, Priestley College) is second in the nation with 26 goals (
Andrew Jenkins (Cardiff, Wales/Whitchurch HS)-31).
-Senior goalkeeper
Adam Hewitt (Richmond Hill, Ontario/St. Theresa of Lisieux Catholic HS) is 10th in the country with a 0.46 goals-against-average.
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University of Minnesota Morris Cougars
Record: 12-8-1 (10-3-1 UMAC)
Head Coach: Scott Turnbull |
-The Cougars rallied from a goal down on the road to defeat the University of Northwestern 2-1 in Tuesday's semifinal. That semifinal was played on Tuesday due to the snow threat in the Twin Cities area.
-Morris has won the UMAC Tournament title three times, all coming against St. Scholastica. The most recent title was in 2011 on Saints Field.
-Ebrima Badgie is the highest-ranked non-Saint in the UMAC in points with 27 this season. He has 10 goals and five assists.
-Freshman Austin Keller is second on the team with eight goals and 19 points.
-The Saints have seen both of Morris' goalkeepers in Jacob Borash and Matt Yost. Borash has a 1.12 goals-against-average and a .682 save percentage. Yost has a 1.15 GAA and a .783 save percentage.
-The Cougars have scored the second-most goals in the conference (44). They are only sixth in the league with 66 corner kicks.
Series History: (CSS is 16-3-3 vs. Minnesota Morris)
-In the previous six championship meetings, the Saints have claimed the title three times and the Cougars have won the championship three times.
-Two of the last four meetings have gone to shootouts with the Saints winning one in 2009 at Morris and the Cougars winning one in 2011 at CSS. |
