DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's soccer team will be on the road when it goes for its fifth straight Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Tournament championship as it takes on top-seeded University of Northwestern on Saturday.
Where:Reynolds Field – St. Paul, Minn.
When:Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
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www.facebook.com/pages/The-College-of-St-Scholastica-Womens-Soccer/85467408435 St. Scholastica SaintsStatsRecord: 11-6-2, 9-1-0 UMACUpper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats Last Action: The Saints defeated the University of Minnesota Morris 2-0 on Wednesday in the UMAC Tournament semifinal at Saints Field … The Saints got two second half goals in the victory …
Alexi Bopray (River Falls, Wis./River Falls HS) recorded the first goal and
Becca Rancour (Hutchinson, Minn./Hutchinson HS ) had the second goal … CSS out-shot Morris 20-4 in the victory.
Royal Treatment: The soccer team is encouraging its fans to wear blue if attending Saturday's championship game in St. Paul.
On The Road: For the first time since 2002, the Saints will play in a UMAC Tournament championship game away from Duluth … The only time CSS traveled to Northwestern for the UMAC Championship game was 1999, which resulted in a 1-0 Eagle victory.
On a Roll: Freshman
Becca Rancour (Hutchinson, Minn./Hutchinson HS ) has recorded at least one goal in six straight games and in eight of her last nine game … She is tied with senior
Leah Hamm (Duluth, Minn./Duluth Denfeld HS) for the team-lead with 17 goals overall … Rancour is three goals shy of
Kelsey Kehtel (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS)'s freshman record for goals in a season.
Recent Tournament History: The Saints have won four straight UMAC Tournament titles and seven of the last eight … The only other team to win the UMAC Tournament title in the last eight years is Northwestern in 2010.
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.
Upcoming Opponents Northwestern EaglesRecord: 13-5-0, 9-1-0 UMAC The Eagles won their UMAC Tournament semifinal on Wednesday over Northland College 3-2 in a back-and-forth game … At one point in the second half, the LumberJills held a 2-1 lead, before the Eagles rallied and eventually scored the game winner with 4:15 remaining in regulation … The Eagles clinched a share of the UMAC regular season title for the first time since the 2000 season … Northwestern is led by junior forward Jordan Skarin, who has 16 goals and 37 points … The next-closest Eagle is Katie Meinke with four goals and 11 points … Freshman goalkeeper Josie Monson has a 1.66 goals-against-average and 10 wins this season … The Eagles led the UMAC with 18.7 shots per game … Northwestern is looking for its first UMAC Tournament since 2010.
Series History: CSS leads 36-10-1
Last Meeting: The Eagles defeated the Saints 1-0 in St. Paul in mid-September early in the conference season … Allie Franzen scored the game winner with less than five minutes remaining … The win snapped a nine-game losing streak to the Saints … CSS is 6-2 all-time against the Eagles in postseason games.
Looking Ahead: The winner of Saturday's game will receive the conference's automatic qualifier into next week's NCAA Division III Tournament … The NCAA selection show is scheduled to take place on Monday on NCAA.com at noon.
