DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's soccer team will be on the road this weekend as it takes on Crown College on Friday and follow that up with a match against Bethany Lutheran College on Saturday.
Where:St. Bonifacius, MN (Friday)
Mankato, MN (Saturday)
When:Friday @ 5 p.m. (Crown)
Saturday @ 3 p.m. (Bethany Lutheran)
Watch:http://portal.stretchinternet.com/crown/ (Friday)
Live Stats: http://www.crown.edu/fileadmin/livestats/xlive.htm (Friday)
http://www.umacstats.com/sports/msoc/2014-15/boxscores/20141018_uvrm.xml (Saturday)
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www.facebook.com/css.saintsSt. Scholastica SaintsStatsRecord: 11-2, 8-0 UMACUpper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | StatsThe Saints are going into these games on an eight game winning streak … All eight of those wins have come in UMAC play.
Morgan on Fire: Sean Morgan (Belfast, Ireland/St. Patrick’s Grammar School) is coming off a career game when he recorded seven assists in the Saints' last game against Northland … That sets a new program record … It also ties for the third-most in a game in NCAA history … He leads the nation in assists with 22 this season … Morgan also added a goal in the Northland game.
Scorers Everywhere: The Saints have three players with 15 or more goals so far this season …
Andrew Jenkins (Cardiff, Wales/Whitchurch HS) has 19, which is also tied for first in the nation …
Kyle Farrar (Sevenoaks, England/Kelsey Park Sports College) has 16 goals, which is tied for third in the nation …
Tom Corcoran (Warrington, England/Great Sankey HS, Priestley College) has 15 goals, which is tied for sixth in the nation … As a team, the Saints lead the country with 6.31 goals per game.
The Defense is Also Strong: The Saints have only allowed two goals in UMAC play this season …
Jacob Ballheimer (Gerrards Cross, England/Chalfonts Community College) has registered a UMAC-best seven shutouts and a 0.81 goals against average, also tops in the UMAC.
Series History: CSS leads the series with Crown 30-1-1 … The Saints won the first matchup against the Storm by a score of 4-0 ... CSS leads the series with Bethany Lutheran 21-3 … The Saints beat the Vikings 13-0 in their first game against each other.
Crown College StormThe Storm are coming off a 3-2 win on Tuesday over Bethany Lutheran … They go into the weekend with a 7-4-2 overall record and they are 5-2-1 in the UMAC, which is good for third in the conference … Truman Shetler leads the team in goals with 15 on the year, which also ranks him tied for third in the conference … The Storm have used two goalies this season and Tanner Fisher has been the better of the two, having a 4-0-2 record and he leads the UMAC with a .822 save percentage.
Bethany Lutheran College VikingsThe Vikings go into the weekend having a 3-8-2 overall record and a 3-3-2 UMAC record … They lost their last game on Tuesday to Crown … Before the loss to Crown, they had won three of their last four games … Benjamin Moldstad leads the team in goals with four with Chan Park not far behind with three of his own … Matt Bitter is the goalkeeper for the Vikings and he has had a rough year so far, coming into the weekend with a 2.66 goals against average and a .673 save percentage.