DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica softball team will host the 2015 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Tournament on Friday and Saturday at Kenwood Field.
 
Where:
Kenwood Field – Duluth, Minn.
 
When:
Friday
Game 1 - 10 am #2 Minnesota Morris vs. #3 Northwestern
Game 2 - 12 pm #1 St. Scholastica vs. #4 Crown
Game 3 - 2 pm (Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2)
Game 4 - 4 pm (Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2)
Saturday
Game 5 – 10 am (Winner of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4)
Game 6 – 12 pm (Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 5)
Game 7 - 2 pm (If necessary – same teams as Game 6)
 
 
Live Video/Stats: http://www.csssaints.com/ssn (Video only on Saturday)
 
 
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 27-13, 21-0 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
 
The Saints will enter the UMAC Tournament on a three-game losing skid after falling to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire on Sunday and then Gustavus Adolphus College in a doubleheader on Monday.  
 
Home Sweet Home in UMAC Tournament: The Saints have won 16 straight UMAC Tournament games played at Kenwood Field … The last home postseason loss came to Northland College way back in 2002.
 
Spread the Power: The Saints have set a program record this season with 12 different players with at least one home run … Nikki Logergren (Duluth, Minn./Duluth Denfeld HS (Northern Stars)) leads the team with seven … The Saints have 33 home runs on the year with the program record being 37 set last season.
 
Streaks/Trends: Emily Schiro (Brooklyn Park, Minn./Armstrong HS) saw her hitting streak end at 16 games on Monday … That is the longest streak this season … Micah McGuiness (Forest Lake, Minn./Forest Lake HS) is currently on a 13-game hitting streak … CSS is 22-0 when leading after four innings, but is 4-13 when trailing or tied … The Saints are 19-4 when they score first, but are 8-9 when the opponent scores first … The Saints are 4-5 in games decided by two runs or less.
 
Top of the UMAC: Chrisi Mizera (Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln-Way East HS) led the conference with 15 wins and a 2.53 earned run average … Logergren led the UMAC with seven home runs, 39 RBIs and 78 total bases … Kara Warren (Duluth, Minn./Duluth Denfeld HS) had a conference-best .537 on-base percentage threw out a UMAC best 14 base runners … Rendi Johnson (Bonney Lake, Wash./Bonney Lake HS) had the best fielding percentage among players with at least 100 opportunities at .991.
 
Series Histories:
-CSS leads Crown 36-0
-CSS leads Minnesota Morris 38-2
-CSS leads Northwestern 69-12
 
Last Meetings: The Saints swept Crown at Kenwood Field on April 17 … Crown led 4-3 in game two, before the Saints scored eight unanswered runs … The Saints swept Minnesota Morris the next day at Kenwood Field by scores of 5-0 and 5-2 … CSS defeated Northwestern 12-3 down in St. Paul on April 21.
 
Looking Ahead: The winner of the UMAC Tournament will take part in the NCAA Division III Tournament, which starts on May 8 with regional play … The selection show is scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday morning on NCAA.com.
 
 
Crown College Storm
Record: 13-25, 11-10 UMAC
 
The Storm will be making their first UMAC Tournament appearance … Crown finished the regular season with five straight wins, including three critical victories over Martin Luther College to clinch a spot … The Storm were winless against the other UMAC Tournament teams this season in conference play, but defeated Minnesota Morris in a non-conference game … Crown has hit the second-most home runs in the conference this season with nine … Freshman Sofia Palacios leads the team with six homers and 34 RBIs … Fellow freshman Alisha Promis has a team-best .403 batting average … Junior Cearra Dulaney has eight of the team's 13 victories inside the pitching circle.
 
University of Minnesota Morris Cougars
Record: 17-17, 15-6 UMAC
 
The Cougars finished the season strong with three straight wins to capture the No. 2 seed … Prior to that, the Cougars had lost six straight games … Morris scored the second-most runs in the league (199) and was second in the league in hitting (.300) … Alex Anderson leads the team with a .418 batting average … Catcher Molly Olson leads the team with three home runs, 38 RBIs and 10 doubles … Gina Downie led the conference with 34 runs scored and was third with 13 stolen bases … Mackenzie Weatherly had 10 of the team's 17 wins in the pitching circle … Weatherly also leads the team with 77 strikeouts.
 
University of Northwestern Eagles
Record: 14-26, 14-7 UMAC
 
The Eagles capped their regular season with a doubleheader sweep of Northland College last Saturday … Northwestern enters the weekend winners in four of their last five … Sophomore Jennifer Ankrom leads the hitting attack with three home runs, 39 RBIs and a .426 batting average … Sophomore Megan Threlkeld led the conference with 55 hits and 18 doubles … Northwestern led the UMAC with 123 walks on the year … Another sophomore Lauren Silbernick leads the team with eight victories in the pitching circle and pitched the most innings in the conference this season (142.0).