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Men's Soccer

PREVIEW: Last Weekend of Regular Season for Men's Soccer

DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) - The St. Scholastica men's soccer team will play its final regular season games this weekend as they take on the University of Minnesota Morris on Friday and Martin Luther College on Saturday.

Where:
Morris, Minn. (Friday)
New Ulm, Minn. (Saturday)

When:
1 p.m. (Friday)
Noon (Saturday)

Watch:
http://csn.morris.umn.edu/ (Friday)

Live Stats:
http://csn.morris.umn.edu/ (Friday)

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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 16-2, 12-0 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats

CSS is coming off another impressive weekend as they defeated Northwestern by a score of 1-0 and North Central by a score of 13-0… Andrew Jenkins (Cardiff, Wales/Whitchurch HS) scored the lone goal in the win over Northwestern… Charlie Crane (Southampton, England/Brockenhurst College), Shawayne Folkes (Toronto, Ontario/Maxwell Heights), and Logan Tamke (Ashland, Wis./Ashland HS) each netted two goals in the win over North Central… The Saints winning streak is now at a program record 13 games.

UMAC Champions: With the win over North Central last Saturday, the Saints secured their fifth straight UMAC Regular Season Championship, which is the 15th overall championship in program history… If CSS wins its next two games, they will finish undefeated in the conference for the fifth straight season.

UMAC Players of the Week: Ben Cullen (Clough, Northern Ireland/Shimna Integrated College) and Jenkins were recently named UMAC Players of the Week… Cullen was awarded the Defensive Player of the Week as he had three assists and a goal in the win against North Central, while also helping the defense to a pair of shutouts last weekend… Jenkins was awarded the Offensive Player of the Week… Last Tuesday, Jenkins was part of all four goals with two goals and two assists in a 4-3 victory over Bridge rival University of Wisconsin-Superior… Jenkins also had the game winner against UWS…  Jenkins' goal early vs. the University of Northwestern on Friday also was a game winner as it proved to be the lone goal of the game.

Offensive Power: CSS is five goals shy of their program record for goals in a season… The Saints have four players in the top five in goals scored and occupy the top five spots in assists… Jenkins leads the way with 24 goals, with Tom Corcoran (Warrington, England/Great Sankey HS, Priestley College) and Kyle Farrar (Sevenoaks, England/Kelsey Park Sports College) following with 18 and 17 goals respectively… Folkes is fifth in the conference with 12 goals… Sean Morgan (Belfast, Ireland/St. Patrick’s Grammar School) leads the conference in assists with 23 with Cullen second at 15 assists, while Farrar, Corcoran, and Jenkins following with 11, 10, and seven assists respectively.

Great Goalkeeping: Jacob Ballheimer (Gerrards Cross, England/Chalfonts Community College) currently leads the conference with a 0.75 goals against average… He has a .776 save percentage, which is third in the conference… He has only allowed 13 goals this season, which is also third in the conference… Ballheimer has registered a shutout in all but two UMAC games this season.

Series History: CSS is 18-3-3 all-time vs. Minnesota Morris… The Saints won the first meeting this season by as score of 3-0… CSS is 27-9 all-time vs. Martin Luther… The Saints won the first meeting this season by a score of 7-2.

Minnesota Morris Cougars
The Cougars are coming off a big weekend as they secured a home field playoff game… They defeated Crown 3-2 in overtime and went on to beat Bethany Lutheran by a score of 2-0… Morris is going into the game on a seven-game winning streak… Their last loss came to the Saints back in early October… Shingo Yamane leads the team with seven goals on the season… Michael Schuweiler has five assists on the year to lead the team… Cody Christ has been stellar in net for the Cougars, he has a 0.82 goals against average which is second in the UMAC and has a .810 save percentage while allowing only 12 goals this season, both UMAC bests.

Martin Luther College Knights
The Knights come into the weekend after splitting their pair of games the weekend before… They lost to Bethany Lutheran 2-0 but came back the next day by defeating Crown by a 3-2 score… With their win over Crown, the Knights are still in the hunt for a playoff spot… Stephen Roekle had two goals in the win over Crown… Aaron Markgraf leads the team in goals with eight on the year… Goalkeeper Caleb King has had a busy season in net as he has made 98 saves on the season which is fourth in the UMAC and has a 2.15 goals against average which is fifth in the conference. 
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Players Mentioned

Tom  Corcoran

#8 Tom Corcoran

D
6' 0"
Junior
Ben  Cullen

#3 Ben Cullen

D
5' 10"
Senior
Shawayne  Folkes

#17 Shawayne Folkes

F
6' 1"
Sophomore
Andrew  Jenkins

#9 Andrew Jenkins

F
5' 10"
Senior
Sean  Morgan

#11 Sean Morgan

M
5' 10"
Junior
Charlie  Crane

#19 Charlie Crane

M
5' 10"
Freshman
Jacob  Ballheimer

#1 Jacob Ballheimer

GK
6' 2"
Freshman
Kyle Farrar

#24 Kyle Farrar

F
6' 1"
Sophomore
Logan  Tamke

#29 Logan Tamke

F
5' 9"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Tom  Corcoran

#8 Tom Corcoran

6' 0"
Junior
D
Ben  Cullen

#3 Ben Cullen

5' 10"
Senior
D
Shawayne  Folkes

#17 Shawayne Folkes

6' 1"
Sophomore
F
Andrew  Jenkins

#9 Andrew Jenkins

5' 10"
Senior
F
Sean  Morgan

#11 Sean Morgan

5' 10"
Junior
M
Charlie  Crane

#19 Charlie Crane

5' 10"
Freshman
M
Jacob  Ballheimer

#1 Jacob Ballheimer

6' 2"
Freshman
GK
Kyle Farrar

#24 Kyle Farrar

6' 1"
Sophomore
F
Logan  Tamke

#29 Logan Tamke

5' 9"
Freshman
F