DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's soccer team will be at the University of Northwestern for a league matchup on Saturday and will go out of conference on Sunday to face No. 23 University of St. Thomas.
 
Where:
Saturday
Reynolds Field – St. Paul
Sunday
South Field – St. Paul
 
When:
Saturday at Northwestern – 2 p.m.
Sunday at St. Thomas – 2 p.m.
 
Live Video vs. Northwestern: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/unw/
Live Stats vs. Northwestern: http://unweagles.com/sports/2014/10/11/gen_1011140915.aspx
 
Live Video/Stats vs. St. Thomas: http://www.tommiesports.com/sports/msoc/2015-16/boxscores/20150920_81lf.xml
 
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 5-1-0, 1-0-0 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
 
Last Action: The Saints recorded 12 goals in a 12-0 thumping of Northland College in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) opener on Tuesday … Kyle Farrar (London, England/Kelsey Park Sports College) recorded four goals, including three consecutive goals that were 15 minutes and 38 second apart … Shawayne Folkes (Toronto, Ontario/Maxwell Heights) and Jonny Harkin (Studley, England/St. Benedicts School) also added a pair of goals … The Saints recorded 50 shots, which is the second-most in program history.
 
UMAC Streak: The Saints are unbeaten in their last 77 UMAC regular season games … The last loss came at University of Minnesota Morris on October 3, 2009 … The last tie in league play was September 30, 2011 at Northwestern.
 
Leading the League: The Saints have the top three goal scorers in the conference currently with Farrar heading the trio with seven goals, Tom Corcoran (Warrington, England/Great Sankey HS, Priestley College) with five goals and Folkes with five goals … Luke Buckton (Beth, England/Writhlington School) and Sean Morgan (Belfast, Ireland/St. Patrick’s Grammar School) also both lead the conference with four assists each.
 
NCAA Rankings: In the most recent NCAA statistical rankings, the Saints rank second in NCAA Division III averaging five goals per game and 14.8 shots on goal per contest.

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 Upcoming Opponents
Northwestern Eagles
Record: 2-3-0, 2-0-0 UMAC
The Eagles have picked up wins against the University of Minnesota Morris and North Central University to open conference play thus far … Northwestern began the season with shutout losses to Bethel University, St. Thomas and Macalester College … Sophomore Mateusz Gralinski has scored two of the team's three goals this season … Matthew McCann has the other goal for the Eagles … Sophomore goalkeeper Turner Main has a .775 save percentage and both wins.
 
#23 St. Thomas Tommies
Record: 4-1-0
The Tommies suffered their first defeat of the season on Wednesday, falling to rival Saint John's University in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) opener … St. Thomas will face Bethel on Saturday, before hosting the Saints on Sunday … Sophomore Pierce Erickson leads the team with four goals and 10 points … Shae Bottum has a team-high four assists … Grant Larson has a 0.63 goals-against-average and pair of shutouts in goal … St. Thomas is picked to place sixth in the MIAC this season. 
 
Series Histories:
-CSS leads Northwestern 46-12-6
-St. Thomas leads CSS 7-2-2
 
Last Meetings:
The Saints have won the last seven meetings with Northwestern and won both meetings last season by scores of 6-3 and 1-0 … The three goals by the Eagles were the first in eight prior meetings … CSS last played St. Thomas in 2010 and came away with a 2-1 victory in overtime … Both of St. Scholastica's wins in the series have come at St. Thomas.

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Looking Ahead: The Saints will have their first conference "Bridge Battle" with the University of Wisconsin-Superior on Wednesday, September 23 at UWS.