DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica Saints men's soccer team will look to start the week off on the right foot Tuesday at it travels to Ashland, Wisconsin to take on Northland College in the UMAC regular season opener.
Where: Northland College Field in Ashland, Wis
When:Tuesday at 4:15 p.m.
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www.facebook.com/css.saints St. Scholastica SaintsStats Record: 3-2, 0-0 UMACUpper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats The Saints are coming off of a tough 3-0 loss to Gustavus Adolphus College last Friday … It was the first time the Saints have been shutout all season … Before the loss they had won three straight matches including a 2-0 win on the road against #21 UW-Oshkosh where the Saints scored two goals less than six minutes apart by
Tom Corcoran (Warrington, England/Great Sankey HS, Priestley College) and
Jonny Winter (Healthfield, England/Healthfield Community College)
UMAC Success: CSS has won six straight UMAC championships and has not lost a conference game in the last two seasons with the last setback coming on penalty kicks to the University of Minnesota Morris in the 2012 UMAC championship game ... The Saints enter this season unbeaten in 61 straight UMAC regular season contests
Strong Offense: The Saints have had five players score at least one goal and has four players with two including
Shawayne Folkes (Toronto, Ontario/Maxwell Heights),
Andrew Jenkins (Cardiff, Wales/Whitchurch HS), Winter, and Corcoran …
Kyle Farrar (Sevenoaks, England/Kelsey Park Sports College) has one goal on the season while taking six shots.
Stingy Defense: Before allowing three goals to GAC, the Saints had shutout their last three opponents …The only other team to score against the Saints was #5 Trinity University (Texas) in the first match of the season.
On the Road Again: This matchup will mark the sixth straight road game as St. Scholastica has not played a game at home this season … The Saints will play two more road games after this match before hosting five matches in a row all against UMAC opponents
Series History: CSS is 53-17-7 alltime against Northland and has won the last 17 matches dating back to 2006.
Northland College LumberJacksThe LumberJacks are 2-2 on the season with their most recent match ending in a 1-0 road loss to Cornell … Their two wins both came via the shutout with the first win coming in the season opener against Eureka 5-0, and the second win coming in the third match of the year over Iowa Wesleyan 4-0 … Northland currently has three of the top four point scorers in the conference … Thomas Jansen is second in the conference with 10 points, while Will Gibbens and Zeke Yslas are tied for third with seven points … The LumberJacks are playing in their first UMAC contest as well … They have scored a total of 10 goals on the year while only giving up four … Northland finished last season with a 2-11-1 conference record placing seventh out of eight teams.
