DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica volleyball team will be in action on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, traveling to the University of Wisconsin-Stout on Tuesday and hosting Northland College on Wednesday.
Where:
Tuesday
Johnson Fieldhouse – Menomonie, Wis.
Wednesday
Reif Gymnasium – Duluth, Minn.
When:
Tuesday at UW-Stout – 7 p.m.
Wednesday vs. Northland – 7 p.m.
Live Video vs. UW-Stout: http://athletics.uwstout.edu/sports/2016/9/21/uw-stout-volleyball-on-boxcast.aspx
Live Video vs. Northland: http://www.csssaints.com/ssn
Live Stats vs. Northland: http://saintscholastica.statcrew.com/wncaav/2016/current/live.html
Social Media:
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 10-14, 4-2 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
Last Action: The Saints were swept at conference leader and No. 19-ranked University of Northwestern on Saturday …
Amanda Belden (Esko, Minn./Esko HS) had seven kills to pace the offensive attack, while
Christaia Houser (Esko, Minn./Homeschool) had six blocks defensively … CSS was held to its lowest hitting percentage (.082) since early September.
Where They Stand: With conference matches remaining, the Saints are tied for third with Martin Luther College … CSS has already beaten Martin Luther so they own the tiebreaker for the No. 3 seed … Northwestern and the University of Minnesota Morris are two games ahead of the Saints and own the tiebreaker over CSS … If St. Scholastica wins its final two matches, it will be the No. 3 seed in the UMAC Tournament.
Three Sets and Go Home: Each of the last six matches for the Saints have been decided in three sets, with CSS going 3-3 in those matches … For the season, the Saints are 6-9 in three set matches.
Fun Facts: Senior right-side
Noelle Elvehjem (Mora, Minn./Mora HS) is seven kills shy from her third straight season with at least 200 kills … Houser already has a career-high 69 total blocks this season …
Emily Kessler (Grand Rapids, Minn./Greenway HS (Itasca CC)) is 18 assists shy of 1,000 for her career as a Saint.
Upcoming Opponents
UW-Stout Blue Devils
Record: 14-11, 3-2 WIAC
The Blue Devils went 1-1 at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Invitational on Saturday, falling to host UW-La Crosse, but defeating Carroll University (Wis.) in four sets … Stout has won four of its last five matches … Ashley Pratt leads the squad with 315 kills … Kennedy Strain is next with 227 kills and a team-high 74 blocks … Jessica DuVal is averaging 8.1 assist per set, while Anna Panning is averaging 4.5 digs per set … Stout is tied for the second with three other teams in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) standings.
Northland LumberJills
Record: 3-23, 1-5 UMAC
The LumberJills snapped a 16-match losing streak with five-set victory over Crown College on Saturday … The other two wins this season came against Knox College (Ill.) and Silver Lake College (Wis.) in mid-September … Camille Eastburn leads the team with 303 kills … The next closest 'Jill has 73 kills … Eastburn's 3.2 kills per set rank third in the UMAC … Jasmine Gomez is averaging 5.4 digs per set … Hannah Hitchcock is third in the conference with 36 service aces.
Series Histories:
-UW-Stout leads CSS 15-5
-CSS leads Northland 64-15
Last Meetings: St. Scholastica was swept by UW-Stout earlier this season at the University of Northwestern Tournament … The Blue Devils have won five straight in the series … CSS is 1-5 all-time at Stout … The Saints have swept Northland in each of the last 12 matches and have won 42 straight overall.
Looking Ahead: The Saints have their regular season finale at Crown College on Saturday.
