DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica baseball team will begin a three-game set against Martin Luther College, starting on Friday and will also face Saint John's University in the non-conference contest on Sunday.
 
Where:
Friday/Saturday
MLC Baseball Field – New Ulm, Minn.
Sunday
Saint John's Field – Collegeville, Minn.
 
When: ***Schedule Change***
Friday at Martin Luther – 1 p.m. (DH)
Saturday at Martin Luther – Noon 
Sunday at Saint John's – 1 p.m.
 
 
Live Audio: http://www.csssaints.com/ssn
Live Stats vs. Martin Luther: http://mlc-wels.edu/static/livestats/xlive.htm
Live Video/Stats vs. Saint John's: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/csbsju/
 
 
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 20-8, 11-1 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
 
The Saints swept a doubleheader from Northland College on Tuesday by scores of 11-4 and 8-3 … CSS trailed entering the sixth inning in both games, but had big sixth and seventh innings to prevail … The Saints bullpen threw 6.2 innings between the two games and allowed just three hits and zero earned runs.
 
Will it Happen this Year: The Saints have been scheduled to face Saint John's in each of the last four seasons, but the contests have been eventually canceled due to weather and make-ups.
 
Fast Starts: The Saints are outscoring teams 67-14 in the first two innings this season.
 
Colvard's Streak Ends: Junior Austin Colvard (Little Canada, Minn./Roseville HS) saw his reached base safely streak end at 44 games in game one vs. Northland on Tuesday … It had been the longest known streak in NCAA Division III this season.
 
Streaks and Trends: Trevor Bernsdorf (Meadowlands, Minn./Floodwood HS (Doane) ) has reached base safely in 23 straight games … Bernsdorf is also on a nine-game hitting streak … The Saints are 17-0 when leading after six innings this season and 0-7 when trailing … When committing one or no errors this season, CSS is 15-2, but are 5-6 when it commits two or more.
 
Hard to Imagine: The Saints have lost three games this season when they have scored at least seven runs in a game … CSS lost only three games when that happened from 2010-14 … The last time the program lost at least three games in a season when scoring at least seven runs was 2004.
 
Top of the UMAC: Trevor Bernsdorf (Meadowlands, Minn./Floodwood HS (Doane) ) leads the conference with 33 RBIs and three triples … Brian Minks (St. Cloud, Minn./St. Cloud Cathedral HS ) has a league-high 11 doubles … Daniel Wood (Canyon, Minn./South Ridge HS ) leads with a 0.75 earned run average and five wins … A. Colvard leads with 31 runs scored and 16 walks.
 
Series Histories:
-CSS leads Martin Luther 65-9
-CSS is tied with Saint John's 2-2
 
Last Meetings: The Saints took two out of the three games against Martin Luther last season … The loss to the Knights snapped a 48-game UMAC regular season win streak … CSS last played Saint John's in 2004 and came away with a doubleheader sweep.
 
Looking Ahead: The Saints will be back at Wade Stadium against the University of Northwestern on April 24 and 25.
 
 
Martin Luther College Knights
Record: 6-17, 5-6 UMAC
 
The Knights are coming off a doubleheader sweep of Crown College on Tuesday, winning by scores of 9-4 and 5-0 … Sophomore Jason Lindemann leads the team with a .366 batting average and has been walked a team-high 13 times … Senior Andrew Nemmers leads the squad with 20 RBIs and has hit one of the team's two home runs … Junior Matt Olson leads the team with 10 stolen bases …  Jonathan Kock leads the team with four wins, while Olson leads the team with 30 strikeouts … Olson enters this weekend with a shutout streak of 19.1 innings and has allowed only eight hits in his last two starts … The Knights were picked to finish tied for fifth in the UMAC this season.
 
Saint John's University Johnnies
Record: 10-16, 6-4 UMAC
 
The Johnnies are coming off a doubleheader split against No. 14 University of St. Thomas on Wednesday, falling in game one 12-8, but prevailing in game two 5-4 … Saint John's has won three of its last four games and are scheduled to face Carleton College on Saturday before the playing the Saints … The Johnnies are second in the MIAC in hits (281) and third in total bases (396) … Junior Logan Hershey leads the team hitting .394 and also has three home runs and 17 RBIs … Seniors Aaron Pfaff and Tom Druk each have a team-high 22 RBIs … Senior Kurt Jantscher leads the team with four home runs … Jantscher also leads the MIAC with five saves … Senior Collin Felhaber has three wins on the mound, while senior Tyler Delwiche has a team-high 43 strikeouts.