DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica baseball team will be back on the road this weekend when it faces the University of Minnesota Morris for a three-game Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) series.
 
Where:
Cougar Field – Morris, Minn.
 
When:
Friday at 3 p.m.
Saturday (DH) at noon
 
 
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 12-6, 4-0 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
 
The Saints are coming off a stretch where they played eight games in five days and had a record of 5-3 during that span … The three losses came with a doubleheader split at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and a doubleheader sweep by defending NCAA Division III National Champion UW-Whitewater.
 
Colvard Consistent: In 17 games this season, junior Austin Colvard (Little Canada, Minn./Roseville HS) has hit safely in 16 of them with the exception being against the La Roche College (Pa.) down in Florida on March 12 … Colvard is currently on an 11-game hitting streak and has reached base in all 17 games this season and is at 36 games overall dating back to last season.
 
Bernsdorf on a Roll: Sophomore Trevor Bernsdorf (Meadowlands, Minn./Floodwood HS (Doane) ) is currently on a 13-game hitting streak after starting the season 0-for-15 … Bernsdorf was named the UMAC Player of the Week on Tuesday after recording 10 RBIs in five games last week … He leads the UMAC with 19 RBIs.
 
Wood Pitching Well: With his victory on Tuesday, junior Daniel Wood (Canyon, Minn./South Ridge HS ) improved to 4-0 this season and has a 0.60 earned run average in 30 innings … Wood has allowed only two earned runs all season and opponents are hitting .176 … He ranks in the top 25 of NCAA Division III in earned run average, walks allowed per nine innings (0.39), strikeout-to-walk ratio (12) and WHIP (0.61).
 
Career Day for Marolt: Junior infielder Al Marolt (Lino Lakes, Minn./Centennial HS) had a career-high three hits and four RBIs in Tuesday's 11-2 victory over Northland College
 
Streaks and Trends: The Saints are out-scoring teams 26-4 in the first inning this season and have scored first in 13 of the 18 games … CSS has been out-hit just three times this season and is winless in those three contests.
 
Series History: CSS leads 36-2
 
Last Meetings: The Saints swept a three-game series at Minnesota Morris last season winning by scores of 18-5, 10-0 and 12-4 … CSS has scored at least 10 runs in each of the last six meetings with the Cougars.
 
Looking Ahead: The Saints are scheduled to be at Northland College for a doubleheader on Tuesday, April 7 with first pitch at 1 p.m.
 
 
University of Minnesota Morris Cougars
Record: 5-9, 1-3 UMAC
 
The Cougars will enter the weekend series having lost four of their last five games … On Tuesday, Morris defeated Bethany Lutheran College 2-1, but then fell to Crown College 6-5 … Junior Eric Terres leads the offense with a .429 batting average and six stolen bases … Both of those stats rank in the top three of the conference … Freshman Chandler Erickson has a team-high 11 RBIs … Michael Dockendorf and Joey Hyde each have a pair of wins on the mound and both lead the team in strikeouts … Devin Waldvogel leads the UMAC with three saves … Morris was picked to finish tied for fifth in the conference this season.