DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's soccer team will host Martin Luther College in an Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Tournament semifinal on Wednesday.
Where:
Saints Field – Duluth, Minn.
When:
Wednesday – 11 a.m.
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 11-7-0, 8-0-0 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
Last Action: The Saints wrapped up the regular season with a 2-1 victory at Concordia College-Moorhead on Saturday …
Kyle Farrar (London, England/Kelsey Park Sports College) scored on a penalty kick and then assisted
Luke Buckton (Bath, England/Writhlington School) for the game-winner in the 77
th minute …
Sandy Davidson-Hunt (Kenora, Ontario/St. Thomas Aquinas) made four saves to earn the victory … It was the first win against a non-UMAC school to close out the regular season since 1999.
Postseason Success: The Saints have not officially lost a UMAC Tournament game since a 2008 championship game loss to the University of Minnesota Morris … CSS lost in penalty kicks to Minnesota Morris in 2011, but that officially goes down as a tie … The last time St. Scholastica lost a UMAC Tournament semifinal game was in 2005 against Northland College.
Records Check: With a goal and an assist on Saturday, Farrar has climbed his career point total to 188 … Farrar is only the third player in NCAA Division III history to have at least 70 career goals and 40 career assists … He is four assists shy of becoming the first player in NCAA Division III history to have at least 70 goals and 50 assists …
Shawayne Folkes (Toronto, Ontario/Maxwell Heights) is three points shy of being the 11
th player in program history to register 100 career points.
The Streak is Alive: St. Scholastica's NCAA all-divisions record of 108 games without a loss in conference regular season play and conference tournament play will be on the lone this week … Its NCAA record 68-game UMAC winning streak is also on the line.
Who to Watch: Buckton and Farrar are each tied with 28 points on the year … Buckton leads the team with 10 goals, while Farrar led the conference with 12 assists … Buckton led the UMAC with five game-winning goals … Farrar ranked fifth in NCAA Division III with 0.75 assists per game … The Saints will have a decision to make in goal as freshman
Corrado Rosato (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) played most of the season and had four shutouts, while
Sandy Davidson-Hunt (Kenora, Ontario/St. Thomas Aquinas), out most of the season due to injury, has won the last two games.
Upcoming Opponents
Martin Luther Knights
Record: 10-8-1, 4-3-1 UMAC
The Knights defeated Crown College 3-2 in double overtime in Monday's opening round game to advance and play the Saints … Martin Luther finished in fourth place during the regular season and the win on Monday snapped a four-game losing streak … Joseph Graumann leads the team with eight goals and 19 points … Graumann scored two goals, including the game-winner over Crown on Monday … Graumann had a goal and an assist in the regular season meeting with St. Scholastica … Aaron Markgraf is second on the team with five goals and 13 points, but has not played since October 8 … Caleb King will be in goal as he has four shutouts this season … The Knights have attempted the second-most penalty kicks in the league this season (5).
Series Record: CSS leads 31-9-0
(Last Meeting: 5-3 CSS – 10/22/16)
Last Meeting: The Saints played the Knights two Saturday's ago in New Ulm and came away with a 5-3 victory … The three goals allowed by CSS was the most against MLC since a 2002 meeting … St. Scholastica has won 18 straight in the series … This will be the first postseason meeting between the two teams since the 2003 season when Martin Luther won 2-1.
Looking Ahead: The winner of Wednesday's game will advance to the UMAC Tournament championship game on Saturday … If the Saints win, they will host that championship game.
