DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica Volleyball team is scheduled to play three matches this Saturday in the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Fall Classic.
                                                  
Where:
McPhee Physical Education Center in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
 
When:
Saturday
Saint Mary's at 12:15 p.m.
UW-Oshkosh at 2:30 p.m.
UW-Eau Claire at 5 p.m.
 
Live Stats:
Saint Mary's: http://www.uwec.edu/athleticslive/vb3/xlive.htm
UW-Oshkosh: http://www.uwec.edu/athleticslive/vb3/xlive.htm
UW-Eau Claire: http://www.blugolds.com/sports/wvball/2014-15/boxscores/20141018_z9o7.xml
 
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats 
Record: 11-10, 6-3 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
 
CSS is 3-3 in the month of October posting a 3-2 conference record in that span … The last win for the Saints came vs. North Central University that saw St. Scholastica sweep the Rams 25-10, 25-14, 25-7 … Noelle Elvehjem (Mora, Minn./Mora HS), Kortney Morrin (Grantsburg, Wis./Grantsburg HS (Northern State)), and Nikki Kienzle (Hermantown, Minn./Hermantown HS) had eight, seven, and six kills respectively to lead CSS in the Win vs. North Central … The Saints are currently third in the UMAC with a 6-3 record behind the University of Minnesota-Morris (9-1) and the University of Northwestern (10-0) with just five conference matches left in the regular season.
                      
Spread the Wealth: CSS is currently third in the conference in assists with 10.59 helpers per game behind Minnesota-Morris and Northwestern … The Saints are also third in the conference in kills per set with 11.61.
 
Dynamic Duo: Morrin and Elvehjem have combined for 54 kills in the last three matches with Morrin taking the slight advantage over Elvehjem 29-25.
 
Neutral Sites: St. Scholastica is 5-2 in neutral site matches which will be the case for two of the three matches this weekend.
 
Series History:
Saint Mary's: CSS is 1-5 all-time vs. Saint Mary's with the lone win coming back in 2006 with a 3-1 victory.
UW-Oshkosh: CSS is 1-2 all-time vs. UW-Oshkosh with CSS taking the win in their last meeting back in 2010 3-2.
UW-Eau Claire: CSS is 5-22 all-time vs. UW-Eau Claire … The Saints and the Blugolds have split the last two meetings dating back to 2011.
 
Saint Mary's University Cardinals:
The Cardinals are 15-8 overall with a 3-3 record in their conference the MIAC … Their last four matches came last weekend in the North Central (Ill.) Invitational tournament and saw the Cardinals go 3-1 on the weekend including defeated #25 University of Chicago 3-1 … Alex Peterson and Macki Fadness are currently leading the team in kills with 187 and 174 respectively with Tayler MacVey and Brittney Hanson running away with the set assists with 464 and 402 respectively.
 
UW-Oshkosh Titans:
The Titans are 19-3 overall on the season while posting a 2-2 conference record … The squad started out quite impressively with 15 straight wins, but since then have gone just 4-3 … The team as a whole has recorded 985 kills and 1,391 digs on the season with Kayelyn Malcheski leading the way in kills with 250 and Mandy Trautmann leading the team in digs with 456 … CSS is the final team that UW-Oshkosh will play in a weekend where they have four matches.
 
UW-Eau Claire Blugolds:
The Blugolds are currenty 11-13 on the season with a 1-3 conference record … They are 2-4 in their last six matches losing by a total of 15 matches to 10 in that span … Before the 2-4 span UW-Eau Claire put together a dominating run winning four straight matches with sweeps in three of those four … The Blugolds have a balanced attack in kills with three players recording 200 or better thus far … The same cannot be said for set assists with Jenna Smits accounting for 826 of the teams 963 on the season