DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's soccer team travels to Iowa on Saturday for a NCAA Division III Tournament first round matchup with No. 22 Wartburg College (Iowa).
 
Where:
Wartburg Soccer Field – Waverly, Iowa
 
When:
First Round – Saturday
CSS vs. Wartburg – 11 a.m.
Puget Sound vs. Augustana (Ill.) – 1:30 p.m.
Second Round – Sunday
Saturday's advancing teams at 1 p.m.
 
Live Video: http://www.wartburg.edu/knightvision
 
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 12-6-2, 9-1-0 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
 
Last Action: The Saints traveled to St. Paul and knocked off top-seeded University of Northwestern 2-0 on Saturday to earn their fifth straight Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Tournament title … Becca Rancour (Hutchinson, Minn./Hutchinson HS ) scored the game-winner in the first half, while Leah Hamm (Duluth, Minn./Duluth Denfeld HS) sealed the game in the second half … The Saints and Eagles tied for a share of the UMAC regular season title.
 
Hamm Hits 100: Hamm had a goal and an assist in the UMAC Tournament championship victory over Northwestern on Saturday and, in doing so, eclipsed 100 points for her career … She becomes the eighth Saint to record at least 100 points in a career.
 
Redemption: Senior goalkeeper Kelsey Reeves (Eagle River, Alaska/Eagle River HS ) was knocked out of last year's NCAA Tournament game against Lake Forest in the first two minutes of action … Reeves, who has been the starting goalkeeper for the last three NCAA Tournament games has a program record 36 career shutouts, recording at least eight shutouts all four seasons.
 
On a Roll: Freshman Becca Rancour (Hutchinson, Minn./Hutchinson HS ) has recorded at least one goal in six seven games and in nine of her last 10 games … Rancour is two goals shy of Kelsey Kehtel (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS)'s freshman record for goals in a season.
 
Reyelts-Wartburg Connection: Head Coach Dave Reyelts has family ties to Wartburg … His grandpa Lawrence Reyelts was captain of the football and basketball teams and played varsity baseball … In 1947 he was awarded the Tofte Award as the Most Outstanding Athlete at the College … His grandma Leona also attended Wartburg … Reyelts also has other family members that have attended Wartburg.
 
Plenty of Extra Soccer: The Saints have played four overtime games this season and all four have gone to a least second overtime … CSS has not played in more than four overtime games in a season since 2005 when they had five, which is the most in program history.
 
NCAA Tournament History: This will be the eighth NCAA Division III Tournament appearance in the last nine years for the Saints … The Saints have lost their last two NCAA appearances in overtime, falling at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 3-2 in 2013 and at Lake Forest College (Ill.) 2-1 last season … The Saints have played the host school in the first round every year … The Saints are 1-7 all-time in NCAA postseason play, winning their very first NCAA Tournament game in 2007 against Carroll University (Wis.).

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Opponents at Site
No. 22 Wartburg Knights
Record: 14-4-2, 6-1-0 IIAC
 
The Knights will be making its fifth NCAA Tournament appearance on Saturday and their first since 2012 … Wartburg won the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) regular season title and then captured the IIAC Tournament title on penalty kicks last Saturday to earn the conference's automatic bid … Head Coach Tiffany Pins was named the IIAC Coach of the Year on Monday, while five players were named First Team All-IIAC … Goalkeeper Beth Crown and defender Lisa Trizzino have led the Knights to nine shutouts this season … Morgan Neuendorf leads the team with nine goals, while Alyssa Drewelow has eight goals … Brittany Frush and Alyssa Hewitt each have a team-high five assists this season … The Knights lost to Augustana this season 1-0 and beat Macalester College 3-1, a team the Saints faced in a preseason scrimmage.
 
No. 13 Puget Sound Loggers
Record: 16-0-4, 12-0-4 NWC
 
The Loggers captured their 14^th consecutive Northwestern Conference regular season championship to clinch the conference's automatic qualifier … This will be the Loggers 16^th trip to the NCAA Tournament … Senior Amalia Acorda-Fey leads the team with a career-high 13 goals scored this season, while Cassie Winter leads the squad with eight assists on the year … The Loggers have relied on their defense all year … Goalkeeper Lauren Thomas and a back-line of Puget Sound have only allowed three goals in 20 regular season games and rank second in the nation in team goals-against-average … The Loggers ended the year with a scoreless streak of 10 games … Puget Sound defeated Hamline University 1-0 earlier in the year, a team the Saints beat to open the season.
 
Augustana Vikings
Record: 15-4-1, 5-1-1 CCIW
 
The Vikings finished second in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) in the regular season and then fell in overtime to Wheaton College (Ill.) in the CCIW Tournament semifinals … The Vikings will be making their seventh NCAA Division III Tournament appearance … Senior Kelly Farell, a 2015 first team All-CCIW selection, leads the Vikings with 15 goals and 34 points … Six of her goals have been game-winners … Senior goalkeeper Meredith Chew was named to this year's All-CCIW second team and is 15-4-1 in goal, with a save percentage of .826 and a goals against average of 0.80.

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Series Histories:
-CSS has never played Wartburg
-CSS has never played Puget Sound
-CSS has never played Augustana
 
Last Meetings: The Saints have not played any of the other three teams at Wartburg this weekend.