DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's soccer team will play its final pair of regular season home matches this weekend when it takes on The University of Northwestern on Friday, followed by North Central University on Saturday.
Where: Both matches will be played in Duluth at Saints Field
When:FridayNorthwestern at 1 p.m.
SaturdayNorth Central at 12 p.m.
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www.facebook.com/css.saints St. Scholastica SaintsStats Record: 14-2, 10-0 UMACUpper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats CSS is coming off of a fantastic win over UW-Superior where the game winning goal was scored by
Andrew Jenkins (Cardiff, Wales/Whitchurch HS) to give the Saints the 4-3 victory … Jenkins scored two goals in the game to increase his UMAC lead to 23 goals on the season … With the win over UW-Superior the Saints are currently on an 11 game winning streak with just four matches to go until the UMAC tournament in early November
Offensive Onslaught: The Saints have four out of the top five goal scorers in the UMAC while sweeping the top five in assists … Jenkins leads the league in goals with 23,
Kyle Farrar (Sevenoaks, England/Kelsey Park Sports College) and
Tom Corcoran (Warrington, England/Great Sankey HS, Priestley College) are in second with 17, and
Shawayne Folkes (Toronto, Ontario/Maxwell Heights) is fourth with 10 …
Sean Morgan (Belfast, Ireland/St. Patrick’s Grammar School) is leading the UMAC in assists with 23 while
Ben Cullen (Clough, Northern Ireland/Shimna Integrated College), Farrar, Corcoran, and Jenkins come in places two through five with 12, 11, 9, and 7 respectively.
Conference Excellence: CSS is currently undefeated in conference play at a perfect 10-0 … Its closest contest in the conference was a 1-0 victory vs. Bethany Lutheran where Folkes scored the only goal of the game in the first half … The Saints have to win just four more conference games to complete their fifth undefeated UMAC season in a row ... With two wins this weekend, the team will capture its fifth straight outright UMAC regular season title.
Great in Goal: Jacob Ballheimer (Gerrards Cross, England/Chalfonts Community College) currently leads the conference in goals-against average allowing 0.85 goals per game which is just 0.01 better than The University of Minnesota-Morris goalkeeper Cody Christ … Christ currently leads the conference in goals allowed with 10, which is three better than Ballheimer who has allowed just 13 this season.
Series History: CSS is currently 45-12-16 all-time vs. Northwestern with their last loss coming all the way back in 2006 … The Saints have gone 12-0-3 since that loss ... CSS is currently 11-0 all-time vs. North central allowing just four goals in the rivalry dating back to 1993.
University of Northwestern Eagles:The Eagles are currently posting a record of 5-10-1 with a conference standing of 4-4-1 … The lone tie came vs. Bethany Lutheran with the match ending with a 0-0 final on October 4
th … Northwestern had been on a three game winning streak until their most recent 0-1 loss to Minnesota-Morris … Matthew McCann currently leads the team in goals with five while teammate Eric Fast is right behind with five on the year.
North Central University Rams:The Rams are currently 1-12 on the year with a winless conference record at 0-10 … Earlier in the year CSS defeated the North Central by a final score of 13-0 … Andrew Eliason is currently second in the conference with 101 saves on the season.