DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's soccer team opens the UMAC Tournament on Tuesday at Saints Field against Crown College in a semifinal matchup.
Where:Saints Field
When:Tuesday at 2 p.m.
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www.facebook.com/css.saints St. Scholastica SaintsStats Record: 18-2, 14-0 UMACUpper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats The Saints finished unbeaten and untied in the UMAC regular season for the third straight year and are currently sporting a program-record 15 game win streak.
Saints Exhibit Season Long Strong Defense: The Saints have only allowed their opponents to score 16 points all season long … Of CSS's 20 games, 14 of those games have been shutouts for the Saints.
Nearing History: Goalkeeper Jacob Ballheimer (Gerrards Cross, England/Chalfonts Community College) is currently tied with Sam Reed for shutouts in a season, which is 13. High Scoring Offense: St. Scholastica has already broken its own program record with 119 goals and 346 points this season … The Saints have scored at least 12 goals in a game five times …
Andrew Jenkins (Cardiff, Wales/Whitchurch HS) has scored 24 goals this season followed by teammates
Kyle Farrar (Sevenoaks, England/Kelsey Park Sports College) with 21 and
Tom Corcoran (Warrington, England/Great Sankey HS, Priestley College) with 20.
Series History: The Saints swept the Storm during the regular season … The first of the two matchups came in September on Saints Field where Scholastica came out on top by a score of 4-0 … In October the two teams met in St. Bonifacius and once again the Saints were victorious by a score of 7-0 … Overall the Saints are 31-1-1 including this season's victories.
Crown College StormCrown finished the regular season with an overall record of 9-8-2 and went 7-6-1 in the UMAC … The Storm is coming off of a loss to Northwestern on Saturday, which dropped them to the No. 4 seed in the UMAC Tournament … Truman Shetler is the leading scorer for Crown with 17 goals on the season … Shetler also leads his team with five assists.