DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica baseball team will play its final three games of the regular season when it hosts rival Bethany Lutheran College at Wade Stadium on Friday and Saturday.
 
Where:
Wade Stadium – Duluth, Minn.
 
When:
Friday – 6 p.m.
Saturday – Noon (DH)
 
 
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 26-11, 17-1 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
 
The Saints were swept in a doubleheader at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point on Sunday … Prior to that, the Saints swept the University of Northwestern in three games to capture the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference regular season title.
 
Another UMAC Title: The Saints clinched their 19^th straight UMAC regular season title last Saturday … Under Head Coach Corey Kemp, the Saints are 110-4 in the regular season against conference competition.
 
Kemp Closing in on 200: Head Coach Corey Kemp is five wins shy of 200 in his career … Kemp, who is in his sixth season as head coach has averaged nearly 34 wins per year through his first five seasons.
 
Senior Day: The Saints will honor eight seniors on Saturday at Wade Stadium … The class includes transfers, Duluth-natives and out-of-staters … The group has accumulated 120 wins over the last four seasons and has a record of 4-6 in NCAA Tournament games, including a regional final appearance in 2012 … The transfers include Padraic Getchell (Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater HS (North Dakota) ) and Ryan Burmeister (Eagan, Minn./Eagan HS (Augustana, S.D.) ), who both came from Dakota schools … The Duluth-natives include Mickie Keuning (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS (Angelo State)) and Zack Farmer (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS), both Duluth East grads … The out-of-staters include Jesse Heaton (Heyworth, Ill./Bloomington Central Catholic HS ) from Illinois and Josh Brodersen (Vulcan, Mich./Norway HS ) from the U.P. of Michigan … Eagan-native Shayne Ciernia (Eagan, Minn./Breck HS ) and Woodbury-native Mike Policano (Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury HS ) round out the senior class.
 
Unbeaten at Home: The Saints have won 41 straight games in Duluth, including 39 at Wade Stadium … The last defeat was a 5-2 loss to Bethany Lutheran in the 2010 UMAC Tournament.
 
Hard to Imagine: The Saints lost another game on Sunday, which it scored at least seven runs … That makes four games this season when they have lost scoring 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 four games in a season when scoring at least seven runs was 1998.
 
Streaks and Trends: Trevor Bernsdorf (Meadowlands, Minn./Floodwood HS (Doane) ) has reached base safely in 32 straight games … Bernsdorf is also on an 18-game hitting streak … Al Marolt (Lino Lakes, Minn./Centennial HS) has reached base safely in 17 straight games, while Getchell is at 17 … The Saints are 22-0 when leading after six innings this season and 0-10 when trailing … When committing one or no errors this season, CSS is 19-4, but is 7-7 when it commits two or more.
 
Top of the UMAC: Trevor Bernsdorf (Meadowlands, Minn./Floodwood HS (Doane) ) leads the conference with 55 hits, 41 RBIs and 80 total bases … Brian Minks (St. Cloud, Minn./St. Cloud Cathedral HS ) has a league-high 16 doubles and 20 extra-base hits … Daniel Wood (Canyon, Minn./South Ridge HS ) leads with a 1.29 earned run average and seven wins … Austin Colvard (Little Canada, Minn./Roseville HS) leads with 38 runs scored and 26 walks.
 
Series History: CSS leads 34-4
 
Last Meeting: The Saints rallied to defeat the Vikings in extra innings to open the UMAC Tournament last season … Tyler Henderson (Chisago Lakes, Minn./Chisago Lakes HS) tied it with a home run in the bottom of the eighth and Bernsdorf drove in the winning run in the 10^th.
 
Looking Ahead: The Saints will host the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference Tournament at Wade Stadium beginning on Thursday, May 7.
 
 
Bethany Lutheran College Vikings
Record: 16-16, 10-7 UMAC
 
The Vikings will have to squeeze in a critical game against Crown College on Thursday before playing the Saints this weekend … Bethany is currently tied in the loss column with Northland College for second and one game ahead of Northwestern …. The Vikings split a doubleheader with Crown last weekend … Bethany has split its last four doubleheader with the second game being decided by one run each time … Senior outfielder Adam Geiger leads the conference with a .422 batting average … Geiger, senior Tyler Hebrink and sophomore Trent Saharek each have 24 RBIs … The Vikings feature a pair of lefties in the pitching staff in senior Ronald Donley and freshman Cody Leitner … Donley has three wins and a team-high 34 strikeouts.