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Men's Soccer

PREVIEW: Men's Soccer Hosts Crown in UMAC Semis Tuesday

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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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 18-2, 14-0 UMAC
Upper 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 Storm
Crown 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.
 
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Players Mentioned

Tom  Corcoran

#8 Tom Corcoran

D
6' 0"
Junior
Andrew  Jenkins

#9 Andrew Jenkins

F
5' 10"
Senior
Jacob  Ballheimer

#1 Jacob Ballheimer

GK
6' 2"
Freshman
Kyle Farrar

#24 Kyle Farrar

F
6' 1"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Tom  Corcoran

#8 Tom Corcoran

6' 0"
Junior
D
Andrew  Jenkins

#9 Andrew Jenkins

5' 10"
Senior
F
Jacob  Ballheimer

#1 Jacob Ballheimer

6' 2"
Freshman
GK
Kyle Farrar

#24 Kyle Farrar

6' 1"
Sophomore
F