DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – For the second consecutive season, the St. Scholastica women's soccer team will host the University of Minnesota Morris in an Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Tournament semifinal matchup at Saints Field on Wednesday.
Where:
Saints Field – Duluth, Minn.
When:
Wednesday at 1:30 p.m.
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 7-9-3, 5-1-2 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
Last Action: The Saints lost in overtime 2-1 at Northland College in a non-conference game in Ashland, Wisconsin last Wednesday night to close out the regular season …
Hannah Zeis (Ashland, Wis./Ashland HS ) scored the game-tying goal for the Saints.
Hoping to Turn Things Around: The Saints enter the postseason winless in their last four games … The four-game winless streak is the longest such streak after October 1 since the 2000 season … The Saints will need to win both games of the UMAC Tournament and then the first round of the NCAA Tournament to not finish below .500 for the first time since 2001.
Postseason Success: The Saints have won 10 straight UMAC Tournament games and is 28-5-2 all-time in UMAC postseason play … The Saints have reached the UMAC Tournament championship game 10 straight seasons.
Who to Watch: Taylor Olson (Duluth, Minn./Duluth Denfeld HS ) leads the team with seven goals and 19 points and she is also tied for the team lead with five assists …
Rachel Dixon (Superior, Wis./Superior HS ) has for goals and four assists, while
Janelle Rouillard (Dayton, Minn./Rogers HS) has three goals and five assists … Goalkeeper
Roni Rudolph (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS (Minnesota-Duluth) ) is third in the UMAC with a 1.42 goals-against-average and recorded three shutouts.
Upcoming Opponents
Minnesota Morris Cougars
Record: 7-7-2, 5-2-1 UMAC
The Cougars ended the regular season with a 1-0 home victory over the University of Northwestern last Friday to propel all the way to the No. 3 seed … Morris enters the postseason on a seven-game unbeaten streak, having not lost a game since a 2-1 overtime loss to St. Scholastica on October 1 … Midfielder Molly Hancuh makes the Cougar team click as she led the conference with 38 points and tied for the conference lead with 17 goals … Hancuh had 30 points in league play, which was 11 points better than the nearest competitor … Yu Ito led the UMAC in assists per game and tied for the conference lead with five assists in UMAC action … The Cougars led the conference in scoring averaging 2.2 goals per game … Goalkeeper Torri Jordan recorded four shutouts during the season and was in the middle of the conference with an .819 save percentage.
Series Record: CSS leads 27-5-3
(Last Meeting: 2-1 (OT) CSS – 10/1/2016)
Series History: The Saints escaped the Cougars with a 2-1 overtime victory at Saints Field on October 1 … Morris led the contest for 42 minutes of action before
Rachel Dixon (Superior, Wis./Superior HS ) tied the game with nine minutes to go …
Janelle Rouillard (Dayton, Minn./Rogers HS) then scored the game-winner five minutes into overtime … The Saints and Cougars have met in the postseason 10 straight times, six of which have been in the tournament championship … In semifinal games during that stretch, the Saints are 4-0, including last year's 2-0 victory at Saints Field.
Looking Ahead: The winner of Wednesday's game will compete for the UMAC Tournament Championship on Saturday … If Northland College wins its semifinal, then it would host Saturday in Ashland, Wisconsin … However, if Northland fails to advance then the CSS-UMM winner would host on Saturday.
