DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's soccer team will face both colleges situated Northfield, Minnesota this weekend in St. Olaf College on Saturday and Carleton College on Sunday.
Where:Saturday at Rolf Mellby Field – Northfield, Minn.
Sunday at Bell Field – Northfield, Minn.
When:Saturday at St. Olaf – 3 p.m.
Sunday at Carleton – 3 p.m.
Live Video/Stats vs. St. Olaf: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/stolaf/ Live Video/Stats vs. Carleton: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/carleton/ Social Media:Twitter:
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www.facebook.com/pages/The-College-of-St-Scholastica-Womens-Soccer/85467408435 St. Scholastica SaintsStatsRecord: 1-2-0, 0-0-0 UMACUpper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats Last Action: The Saints fell to both Concordia College-Moorhead and No. 20 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in the Advantage Emblem Cup over the weekend at Saints Field … The Cobbers defeated the Saints in overtime 2-1 after a CSS own goal … Whitewater then scored two first half goals to down the Saints 2-0 on Saturday.
All-Tournament: Forward
Leah Hamm (Duluth, Minn./Duluth Denfeld HS) and defenders
Alexi Bopray (River Falls, Wis./River Falls HS) and
Kate Burley (Nowthen, Minn./St. Francis HS ) were named to the Advantage Emblem Cup All-Tournament team … Hamm scored the goal against Concordia on Saturday, while Bopray and Burley combined to limit the Cobbers and Warhawks to eight shots on goal total in the two games.
Shooting Percentage: despite being out-shot 33-21 through the first three games, the Saints have had more shots on net than their opponents (14-13) … CSS has a .667 shots on goal percentage, while its opponents' percentage is .394.
Upcoming Opponents St. Olaf OlesRecord: 0-2-0The Oles are off to a 0-2-0 start this season, falling to Luther College (Iowa) and Loras College (Iowa) … St. Olaf will host Carroll University (Wis.) on Friday before taking on the Saints Saturday … Chelsea Marsh has the lone goal this season for the Oles … Ruth Hesse has made nine saves in goal through the first two contests … St. Olaf has been picked to finish sixth in the MIAC this season.
Carleton KnightsRecord: 1-2-0The Knights started their season in the Great Northwest with a victory against George Fox University (Ore.) and losses against Whitworth University (Wash.) and Lewis & Clark College (Ore.) … The Knights will host Grinnell College on Friday, before facing the Saints on Sunday … Ava Lewis, a 2014 All-Region performer, has two of the team's four goals this season … Mikayla Coulombe has made eight saves in the first three games … Carleton has been picked to finish second in the MIAC this season.
Series Histories:St. Olaf leads CSS 10-0-0
Carleton leads CSS 5-2-1
Last Meetings: The Saints last met St. Olaf in 2012 down in Northfield, with the Oles prevailing 2-0 … CSS has not scored on St. Olaf since the 1999 season … St. Scholastica also faced Carleton last in 2012 with the Knights winning 1-0 … The last three games in the series have all been decided by one goal.
Looking Ahead: The Saints return home on Tuesday, September 15 to open Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) action against Northland College.