DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica baseball team will be at Wade Stadium this weekend for a three-game Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) series with Crown College.
 
Where:
Wade Stadium – Duluth, Minn.
 
When:
Friday at 6 p.m.
Saturday (DH) at noon
 
 
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 14-7, 6-1 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
 
The Saints are coming off a loss to the University of Minnesota Morris last Saturday … It was the first loss to the Cougars since the 1996 season … CSS committed four errors in the loss and Morris had six RBIs with two outs in the victory … The Saints did take two of the three games in the series.
 
Cancer Awareness Weekend: CSS is holding a Cancer Awareness Weekend, sponsored by the American Cancer Society and Coaches vs. Cancer this weekend.
 
Postponement: The Saints were scheduled to face Northland College for a doubleheader on Tuesday, but those game have been postponed to next Tuesday at 1 p.m. in Ashland, Wis.
 
Colvard Consistent: In 20 games this season, junior Austin Colvard (Little Canada, Minn./Roseville HS) has hit safely in 19 of them with the exception being against the La Roche College (Pa.) down in Florida on March 12 … Colvard is currently on an 14-game hitting streak and has reached base in all 20 games this season and is at 39 games overall dating back to last season.
 
Runs Allowed vs. UMAC Opponent: The 12 runs allowed against Minnesota Morris on Saturday are the most runs allowed against a conference opponent since allowing 13 runs against the now defunct Mount Senario College in 2001.
 
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.
 
Streaks and Trends: The Saints are 12-0 when leading after six innings, but are 0-6 when trailing … CSS has scored first in 14 of its 21 games … The Saints have at least 13 hits in their last four games.
 
Top of the UMAC: Trevor Bernsdorf (Meadowlands, Minn./Floodwood HS (Doane) ) leads the conference with 22 RBIs … Steven Neutzling (St. Cloud, Minn./St. Cloud Cathedral ) is second in the league with 16 RBIs … Daniel Wood (Canyon, Minn./South Ridge HS ) leads with a 0.60 earned run average and four wins … A. Colvard leads with 30 hits and 22 runs scored.
 
Series History: CSS leads 49-0
 
Last Meeting: The Saints played Crown in a doubleheader at Minnetonka last season and won by scores of 14-0 and 13-2 … CSS has scored at least 10 runs in each of the last 10 meetings against the Storm.
 
Looking Ahead: The Saints will be at regional rival the University of St. Thomas on Sunday for a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m.
 
 
Crown College Storm
Record: 3-9, 3-1 UMAC
 
After starting the season 0-8, the Storm have won three of their first four conference games, including taking two out of three against Northland College last weekend ... Crown also defeated Minnesota Morris 6-5 at the end of March … The Storm are facing Minnesota Morris today for two games ... Four of its nine losses have been by three runs or less … Sophomore Hunter Foss leads the team with a .394 average, which is fourth in the conference … He also has a team-high eight RBIs … Junior Brandon Hudson has one of the team's three wins on the mound with a 4.33 earned run average and 28 strikeouts in 27 innings … The Storm were picked to finish seventh in the conference.