DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – After three straight doubleheader postponements, the St. Scholastica softball team will begin a stretch of eight games in four days starting Saturday at Martin Luther College.
 
Where:
Saturday
MLC Softball Field – New Ulm, Minn.
Sunday
Kenwood Field – Duluth, Minn.
Monday
Liebaert Field – Superior, Wis. - Postponed to Friday (4/22)
Tuesday
Kenwood Field – Duluth, Minn.
 
When:
Saturday at 1 p.m. (DH)
 
Live Video/Stats vs. UW-Eau Claire/North Central: http://www.csssaints.com/ssn
Live Stats vs. UW-Superior: http://www.sidearmstats.com/uwsuper/softball/ 
 
Social Media:
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St. Scholastica Saints
2016 Stats
Record: 10-10, 2-0 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
 
Last Action: The Saints opened up conference action with a doubleheader sweep of the University of Minnesota Morris in the UMAC Game of the Week on April 4 … In both victories, the Saints pulled away late, scoring five runs in the final three innings to win game one 10-4 and scoring eight runs in the final two innings to take game two 10-2.
 
Long Layoff = Busy Times Ahead: The Saints will have had 11 days off between games once they hit the field Saturday in New Ulm … In the next 15 days starting on Saturday, the Saints will be in action in nine of those days, playing 18 games.
 
UMAC Win Streak: The Saints have won 43 straight UMAC regular season contests … The last regular season loss was a 4-1 defeat at Northland College on April 29, 2013 … The last conference regular season home loss was also against Northland College on May 3, 2011, 22 games ago.
 
Streaks/Trends: Hannah Borgeson (Woodville, Wis./Baldwin-Woodville HS) will enter the weekend on a six-game hitting streak … Micah McGuiness (Forest Lake, Minn./Forest Lake HS) has a hitting streak of five straight games … The Saints are 6-1 this season when leading after four innings.
 
10-Hit Mark: Like the CSS baseball team, the 10-hit mark seems to be an indicator to the team's success … The Saints are 10-0 this season when they record at least 10 hits … CSS is 0-10 when it records less than 10 hits …
 
Freshman Leader: Maggie Schley (Mounds View, Minn./Irondale HS) leads the team both offensively and as a pitcher … She is batting a conference-best .448 with 11 doubles and 17 RBIs … She ranks 12^th in NCAA Division III in doubles per game … She also owns a team-low 2.25 earned run average.

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Upcoming Opponents
Martin Luther Knights
Record: 5-10, 2-2 UMAC
 
The Knights are coming off a doubleheader sweep of North Central on Wednesday … Martin Luther will face Bethany Lutheran College in make-up doubleheader on Friday, before facing the Saints Saturday … MLC has three wins against North Central this season and the other two came against Maranatha Baptist (Wis.) … The Knights are led by Megan Lemke, who is second in the UMAC with a .422 batting average … She has the team's two home runs and a team-high 16 RBIs … Fellow sophomore Jessica Friebe leads the conference with seven stolen bases … Martin Luther is led in the pitching circle by senior Kathryn Marquardt, who has seven complete games.
 
UW-Eau Claire Blugolds
Record: 11-10-1, 2-1-1 WIAC
 
The Blugolds are coming their first Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) defeat when they fell to UW-River Falls on Wednesday in game one and then tied due to darkness in game two … Eau Claire is scheduled to host UW-Whitewater on Saturday before facing the Saints on Sunday … Leah Wolff leads the team with a .394 batting average … Right on her heels is Evie Schaller at .391 and Schaller leads the squad with 21 RBIs … Rachel Heffel is 12-for-12 in stolen base attempts … Pitcher Zana Lorbetske and Lauren Blasczyk both have a .500 winning percentage this season … Lorbetske leads the team with a 2.39 ERA and 66 strikeouts.
 
UW-Superior Yellowjackets
Record: 15-7, 4-0 UMAC
 
Newcomer UWS is currently at the top of the conference with a 4-0 record … The Yellowjackets have swept both Martin Luther and Northland to begin conference play … They are scheduled to face Crown College on Saturday for a doubleheader in the UMAC Game of the Week, before hosting the Saints Monday … 11 of the team's 22 games have not gone regulation distance this season with five games going to extra innings and six games ending early by the eight-run mercy rule … Offensively, sophomore Ciarra Taipale leads the conference with five home runs and 23 RBIs … Senior Brittany Thomfohrda has a team-high .368 batting average … Junior Sarah Hendrickson leads the conference with nine wins in the pitching circle, while sophomore Macy Hanson has a conference-best 69 strikeouts and 1.50 earned run average.
 
North Central Rams
Record: 1-15, 0-6 UMAC
 
The Rams earned their first win of the season on Thursday with a 14-10 victory over Maranatha Baptist … North Central has given up at least 10 runs in 12 games this season and has not allowed fewer than seven runs in game this year … Sophomore catcher Abbey Erzberger leads the team with a .325 batting average and is one of three players with six RBIs … Amanda Roth has the team's lone win as a pitcher and has a team-high 28 strikeouts.
 
Series Histories:
-CSS leads Martin Luther 57-7
-UW-Eau Claire leads CSS 18-6
-CSS and UWS are tied at 21-21
-CSS leads North Central 9-0
 
Last Meetings: The Saints swept Martin Luther last season in New Ulm 6-3 and 9-3 … CSS has won 17 straight in the series … UW-Eau Claire dominated the Saints last season in Duluth with a 13-0 victory … The Blugolds have won five straight in the series … The Saints last played UWS in 2012, winning 14-7 at Kenwood Field … The teams have not met in Superior since 2003 … The Saints took both games against North Central last season … This will be North Central's second trip to Duluth all-time.

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Looking Ahead: The Saints will host the University of Northwestern for a doubleheader on Saturday, April 23 at Kenwood Field.