DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – Due to forecasted low temperatures in Duluth, this weekend's series between the St. Scholastica baseball team and No. 18 University of Wisconsin-La Crosse has been moved to La Crosse and will now be a four-game series with doubleheaders on both Saturday and Sunday.
Where:Copeland Park – La Crosse, Wis.
When:Saturday at 1:30 p.m. (DH)
Sunday at 11 a.m. (DH)
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https://www.facebook.com/cssbaseball/ St. Scholastica SaintsStatsRecord: 7-5, 0-0 UMACUpper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats Last Action: The Saints went 5-4 on it spring trip to Auburndale, Florida last week … It was the first time the Saints played somewhere other than Fort Pierce for spring break … Three of the four losses came against teams ranked in the top 10 … CSS had wins over UW-Oshkosh, Salve Regina, Eastern Connecticut State, Greenville and St. Olaf.
Schedule Change: The Saints wanted to make it a four-game series this weekend (originally was a 3-game series) due to a game being rained out in Florida.
Colvard Consistent: Senior left fielder
Austin Colvard (Little Canada, Minn./Roseville HS) had a great spring break, going 21-for-36 (.583) with eight RBIs and 10 runs scored and five stolen bases … Colvard will enter the weekend on a 19-game hitting streak and ranks eighth in NCAA Division III in batting … He and teammate
Steven Neutzling (St. Cloud, Minn./St. Cloud Cathedral ) are the only Saints to have reached base safely in every game this season.
Fast Starts: The Saints are out-scoring teams 15-4 in the first inning this season … It is usually a good sign when there is scoring in the first inning as CSS is 4-2 when it scores and 3-0 when the opponent scores.
10-Hit Mark: The Saints were 4-1 over spring break when it recorded at least 10 hits … The only loss was to Greenville when it could not hold a five-run lead entering the final inning … The Saints were 24-5 last season when they had at least 10 hits.
Upcoming Opponents #18 UW-La Crosse EaglesRecord: 8-4, 0-0 WIAC The Eagles were NCAA Division III National Runner-ups last season … La Crosse is coming off a sweep of Saint Mary's University on Tuesday
(CSS split with SMU earlier this season) … The Eagles are led offensively by D3baseball.com preseason All-American Taylor Kohlway, who is batting .500 with RBIs and 18 runs scored … Kohlway ranks second in the nation with 0.4 triples per game … Justin Anderson leads the team with three home runs and 20 RBIs and was named a Second Team Preseason All-American by D3baseball.com … La Crosse as a team ranks eighth in the country in batting and ninth in scoring … Jameson Lavery has not allowed a run in 13 innings this season and leads the team with 18 strikeouts … The Eagles have been picked to win the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC), according to the preseason poll.
Series History: CSS leads 7-5
Last Meeting: The Eagles defeated the Saints in the NCAA Regional Tournament at Copeland Park last May, winning 10-3 … During the regular season last year, CSS and La Crosse split a doubleheader at Copeland Park … The teams have split the last four doubleheaders.
Looking Ahead: The Saints will open Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) action on Saturday, April 9 at the University of Minnesota Morris.
