DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's soccer team will finally be playing at home this weekend after playing eight games over a span of almost a month on the road. The Saints are to host two UMAC games one against Bethany Lutheran College on Friday at 4:15 p.m. and another against Crown College Saturday at 2:15 p.m. at Saints Field.
                              
Where:
Saints Field

When:
Friday
Bethany Lutheran at 4:15 p.m.
Saturday
Crown at 2:15 p.m.
 
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats 
Record: 6-2, 3-0 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats 

The team is coming off of an impressive streak of three conference wins outscoring opponents by a total of 34-3 including two shutouts against Northland (15-0) and North Central (13-0) … This comes in the middle of a stretch where the Saints have won six out of their last seven games after dropping the season opener to #5 Trinity (Texas) 3-1.
 
Offensive Onslaught: In the game vs. Northland Kyle Farrar (Sevenoaks, England/Kelsey Park Sports College), Tom Corcoran (Warrington, England/Great Sankey HS, Priestley College), and Andrew Jenkins (Cardiff, Wales/Whitchurch HS) all recorded hat tricks and each player had at least one assist ... Shawayne Folkes (Toronto, Ontario/Maxwell Heights) has also been impressive scoring four goals in the last two games including a hat trick of his own against North Central.
 
More Like Ball Hammer: Saints goaltender Jacob Ballheimer (Gerrards Cross, England/Chalfonts Community College) is currently leading the conference in goals-against average with 1.12 goals allowed per game … He has allowed only nine total goals on the year while posting five shutouts in just eight games.
 
No Place Like Home: As mentioned the Saints are playing their first official home game of the season this weekend … This is the beginning of a three week stretch where CSS will play five total conference home games ending on October 11^th with a matchup against Northland … Last season the Saints went a perfect 7-0 at home capturing another UMAC regular season title.
 
Series History: CSS is 21-3 all-time vs. Bethany Lutheran boasting a perfect 21-0 record after dropping the first three matches … Versus Crown the Saints are 29-1-1 overall with the lone loss coming back in 2002 and the tie coming in 2005 … Overall the Saints have won 38 matches in a row combined vs. the two opponents.
 
Bethany Lutheran College
The Vikings of Bethany Lutheran are 0-6-1 on the season and 0-1-1 in conference play … Their last loss came at the hands of Martin Luther College by a final score of 3-2 … That game was preceded by the team's only tie of the season where they battled The University of Minnesota Morris to a 2-2 final … Goaltender Matt Bitter currently leads the conference with 39 total saves on the season.
 
Crown College
Crown College is currently at a record of 3-2-2 with a conference record of 1-0-1 … They defeated Martin Luther 1-0 and followed up with a draw to Minnesota Morris at one apiece … Truman Shetler currently leads the team in points (16), and goals (7) … He also leads the conference with 39 shots taken.