DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The No. 22 St. Scholastica men's soccer team travels to face Crown College on Friday in a UMAC contest and then returns home for a key regional non-conference matchup with the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh on Sunday.
 
Where:
Friday
KleinBank Stadium – St. Bonifacius Minn.
Sunday
Saints Field – Duluth, Minn.
 
When:
Friday at Crown – 7:45 p.m.
Sunday vs. UW-Oshkosh - Noon
 
Live Video vs. Crown: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/crown/
Live Stats vs. Crown: http://www.crown.edu/fileadmin/livestats/xlive.htm
 
Live Video/Stats vs. UW-Oshkosh: http://www.csssaints.com/ssn
 
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#22 St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 10-1-0, 5-0-0 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
 
Last Action: The Saints escaped long-time conference rival University of Minnesota Morris with a 1-0 victory last Saturday in Morris … Jonny Harkin (Studley, England/St. Benedicts School) scored the game-winner with nine minutes remaining in regulation … It was the first time this season, the Saints won when scoring less than three goals … CSS out-shot the Cougars 19-4 in the contest.
 
Schedule Adjustment: Next week's Bridge Battle between the Saints and UW-Superior has been changed from Wednesday night to Thursday night to accommodate potential MSHSL playoff games … Thursday night's game will be played at 7 p.m. at Ordean Stadium … The women's contest will remain on Wednesday, but will be played on campus at CSS in the afternoon.
 
Ranked: The Saints moved up three spots this week to No. 22 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Division III poll … The Saints remain third in the NSCAA North Region poll.
 
UMAC Streak: The Saints are unbeaten in their last 81 UMAC regular season games … The last loss came at University of Minnesota Morris on October 3, 2009 … The last tie in league play was September 30, 2011 at Northwestern.
 
Fast Start: The Saints are off to their second-best start in program history … The best start in program history was 12-1-0 during the 1992 season … CSS was also 10-1-0 to start the 1985 season.
 
Peppering the Keeper: The Saints have out-shot their opponent in every game this season and have a 277-81 advantage overall, including 142-36 edge in shots on goal.
 
Drawing PKs: The Saints are 8-for-8 in penalty kick attempts this season with Tom Corcoran (Warrington, England/Great Sankey HS, Priestley College) with seven of those eight goals … The program record is 11 from the 2013 season and the individual record is eight by Joe Watt from that same season.
 
NCAA Rankings: In the most recent NCAA statistical rankings, the Saints have dropped to second in scoring offense at 4.82 goal per game … CSS has also dropped to second in shots per game (25.2) and shots on goal per game (12.9).

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Upcoming Opponents
Crown Storm
Record: 1-7-3, 1-3-2 UMAC
The Storm enters Friday night's matchup on a five-game winless streak … Crown fell to Finlandia University (Mich.) 2-1 on Thursday night … The lone victory of the season came against North Central University (Minn.) by a 1-0 score in September … Sophomore Ger Jones leads the team with four goals and nine points … Fellow sophomore Josiah Steinkamp has a team-high two assists and the lone game-winner this season … Sophomore goalkeeper Justin Lao with a .759 save percentage.
 
UW-Oshkosh Titans
Record: 9-1-2
The Titans will enter Sunday's matchup on an 11-game unbeaten streak … The lone loss came in the season opener against Loras College (Iowa) by a 2-1 score … Oshkosh played Wheaton College (Ill.) to a scoreless draw on Wednesday night … The Titans are the first team out of this week's NSCAA Division III poll and are ranked fourth, right behind the Saints, in the NSCAA North Region poll … Oshkosh has allowed only four goals this season and rank sixth in NCAA Division III in team save percentage (.911) … Junior goalkeeper Sam Gabrilska has five shutouts and a 0.34 goals-against-average … The Titans are led in scoring by senior Trent Allison with four goals and 10 points … Junior Jacob Hernandez leads the team with five assists … It was announced last year that the men's soccer at UW-Oshkosh would be discontinued at the end of this season.
 
Series Histories:
-CSS leads Crown 32-1-1
-UW-Oshkosh leads CSS 2-1-0
 
Last Meetings: CSS defeated Crown 6-0 in the UMAC Tournament semifinals last season … The Saints have scored 21 goals against the Storm in the last two meetings at Crown … The Saints have won 20 straight against the Storm and have shut out Crown in the last four meetings … The Saints upended No. 22 UW-Oshkosh last season in Oshkosh … The last time the Titans visited Duluth was in 2010 when they were ranked No. 13 and came away with a 1-0 victory.

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Looking Ahead: The Saints will face Bridge Rival University of Wisconsin-Superior for a second time next Thursday at Ordean Stadium.