DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica baseball team will travel to face the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in a battle of Midwest regional rivals on Saturday.
Schedule: (Game Day Media)
Saturday at UW-Stevens Point (DH) – 1 p.m.
(Live Stats)
***Crown Series Update***
The Saints and Storm are hoping to play either Monday or Tuesday next week.
About the Saints
12-5, 2-0 UMAC
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The Saints have yet to play a home game this season due to snow.
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The Saints are coming off of a split with UW-LaCrosse, losing game one 7-3 but taking game two 7-5.
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This will be the third and fourth games for the Saints in the last 14 days.
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Offensively, Jordan O'Neill (Blaine, Minn./Totino-Grace HS) paces the bats with a .375 average on 15 hits.
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Austin Colvard (Little Canada, Minn./Roseville HS) leads the Saints with 21 hits and 16 runs scored to go along with a .328 batting average.
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Three other Saints bat above .300 from the plate.
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As a team the Saints are batting .252 and are 22-of-27 on stolen bases.
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The CSS pitching staff boasts a 2.89 earned run average, while holding opponents to a .252 batting average.
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Aces Kyle Jensen (Wyoming, Minn./Forest Lake HS) and Michael Swenson (Scandia, Minn./Forest Lake HS) have a combined ERA of 0.69 and have amassed 32 strikeouts.
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The Saints have .955 fielding percentage compared to .938 by opponents.
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CSS has outscored its opponents 15-5 in the first inning.
About the Pointers
15-6, 7-3 WIAC
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UWSP is coming off of a sweep of UW-Stout on Wednesday and the previous week battled perennial power UW-Whitewater to a 19-inning affair in a 5-4 victory.
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The Pointers sit in second place in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC).
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The Pointers have six players batting above .333 on the year and as a team hit for .328 from the plate.
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The UWSP pitching staff currently holds a 3.98 ERA, but holds opponents to a .237 batting average.
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Jacob Herbst leads the staff with 41 strikeouts on the year.
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The Pointer defense has a .967 fielding percentage.
Series History: (CSS is 5-8 vs. UW-Stevens Point)
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The last meeting between the teams was in the 2011 NCAA Regional Tournament as the No. 6 ranked Pointers were upset by the Saints 3-2. CSS's Kyle Jensen (Wyoming, Minn./Forest Lake HS) earned the win, pitching 7.2 innings allowing only one earned run.
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The will be the first time the two program meet outside of postseason action since 2007 in the Metrodome, 7-6 Pointers victory.
