DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's and women's soccer teams will host Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Tournament semifinal games on Wednesday at Saints Field.
 
Where:
Saints Field – Duluth, Minn.
 
Live Video/Stats: http://www.csssaints.com/ssn
 
 
Women's Soccer
10-6-2, 9-1-0 UMAC
Overall Statistics
 
When:
Wednesday vs. Minnesota Morris – 11:30 a.m.
 
CSS Notes: The Saints seem to be peaking at the right time as they closed out the regular season on a five-game winning streak and captured at least a share of their 12^th straight regular season title … CSS allowed only one goal during the winning streak and have given up just two goals since the calendar switched to October … The Saints have been led offensively by senior Leah Hamm (Duluth, Minn./Duluth Denfeld HS) and freshman Becca Rancour (Hutchinson, Minn./Hutchinson HS ) … Hamm has a team-high 17 goals, while Rancour is right behind her with 16 goals … CSS is 9-1-0 when Rancour scores this season and she has at least one goal in five straight games entering Wednesday … Goalkeeper Kelsey Reeves (Eagle River, Alaska/Eagle River HS ) has five shutouts this season, which leads the league … Her 0.87 goals-against-average is also on top of the UMAC … In conference games this season, the Saints led all teams with 25.5 shots on goal per game and 98 corner kicks … CSS out-shot conference opponents 148-25 in league play this season.
 
Morris Notes: The Cougars (8-7-0, 7-3-0 UMAC) also seem to be getting healthy at the right time after three straight conference losses at one point this season … Morris is coming off an overtime loss to the University of Wisconsin-Stout on Sunday, October 25 … The Cougars finished second in the conference in goals scored (35) in league games this season and third in corner kicks (49) … Sophomore midfielder Molly Hancuh leads the team with 16 goals and seven assists … Carly Denler and Yu Ito each have eight goals this season … In goal, junior Torri Jordan led the conference with seven wins this year and ranked second with a .847 save percentage.
 
Series History: CSS leads 25-5-3
 
Last Meeting: The Saints got a pair of goal from Leah Hamm (Duluth, Minn./Duluth Denfeld HS) and Becca Rancour (Hutchinson, Minn./Hutchinson HS ) to down the Cougars 4-0 in Morris on October 3 … The Saints and Cougars have met in the postseason every year since 2006 with the last four coming in the tournament championship game … Seven of the 10 postseason meetings have been decided by one goal and another by a shootout.
 
Up Next: If the Saints were to advance past Wednesday, they would face the winner of University of Northwestern and Northland College semifinal on Saturday … If Northwestern wins, it will host the UMAC Championship … If Northland wins, the CSS-Morris winner will host the championship.

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Men's Soccer
16-2-1, 10-0-0 UMAC
Overall Statistics
 
When:
Wednesday vs. Bethany Lutheran – 2 p.m.
 
CSS Notes: The Saints went through the conference schedule unbeaten and untied for the fourth straight season and captured their sixth straight UMAC regular season title … The Saints enter the postseason leading NCAA Division III in scoring offense (5.16 goals per game), total goals (98), shots per game (27.1) and shots on goal per game (14.2) … With two more goals this season, the Saints can become the first program in NCAA history to record at least 100 goals in three straight seasons … Kyle Farrar (London, England/Kelsey Park Sports College) ranks third in the nation in total points (47) and fourth in total goals (19) … Sean Morgan (Belfast, Ireland/St. Patrick’s Grammar School) is third in the country with 17 assists … The Saints have outscored opponents 60-6 in the first half of games … CSS is also 11-for-11 on penalty kicks … In goal, Sandy Davidson-Hunt (Kenora, Ontario/St. Thomas Aquinas) has recorded four shutouts on the year and leads the UMAC with a 1.09 goals-against-average … The Saints allowed just one goal in conference play and that came playing a man down against UW-Superior.
 
BLC Notes: The Vikings (6-12-3, 4-4-2 UMAC) advanced to Wednesday's UMAC Semifinals by defeating the No. 4 seed North Central University 3-0 on Monday in Minneapolis … The Vikings had lost to the Rams in the two regular season meetings … Following the loss to CSS, the Vikings picked up a huge tie against Minnesota Morris to put them in position for a postseason berth … Bethany started the season 0-5-2, but also had a key road win at Northwestern in early October … Senior Jorge Perez leads the team with eight goals this season … Freshman Kenny Johnson and senior Mike Loquercio each have 11 points … Sophomore Matt Bitter has seen a majority of play in net and has 133 saves and four shutouts this season.
 
Series History: CSS leads 24-3-0
 
Last Meeting: The Saints defeated the Vikings 2-0 at Saints Field on October 17 … It was the second-lowest scoring output in a win this season by the Saints … The teams have played three times in the postseason, most recently in 2013, all CSS victories.
 
Up Next: If the Saints prevail on Wednesday, they will host the winner of UW-Superior and Minnesota Morris on Saturday.