DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's soccer team is back in action Thursday night when it travels to face the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and then returns home to host the University of Northwestern on Saturday in an Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) showdown.
Where:
Thursday
Veterans Memorial Field Sports Complex - La Crosse, Wis.
Saturday
Saints Field – Duluth, Minn.
When:
Thursday at UW-La Crosse – 7 p.m.
Saturday vs. Northwestern – 2 p.m.
Live Video vs. UW-La Crosse: https://boxcast.tv/view/soccer-vs-st-scholastica-739272
Live Stats vs. UW-La Crosse: http://www.sidearmstats.com/uwlax/wsoc/
Live Video/Stats vs. Northwestern: http://www.csssaints.com/ssn
Social Media:
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 1-2-2, 0-0-1 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
Last Action: The Saints had to settle for a scoreless draw against Northland College in the UMAC opener on Tuesday at Saints Field … The tie against the LumberJills snapped a 35-game win streak against Northland …
Olivia Schmitz (Caledonia, Minn./Caledonia HS ) made five saves in her first collegiate start to earn the shutout.
Busy Week: The Saints will complete five games in eight days when they wrap up play against Northwestern on Saturday … During the stretch, CSS will have played two NCAA Tournament teams from a season ago and two conference playoff teams from last season.
Scoreless Soccer: The Saints have played two scoreless draws in the first five games this season … This is the first time St. Scholastica has had multiple scoreless ties in a single season in program history.
Conference Starts: The Saints have never gone winless through their first two conference games in its time in the UMAC, which dates back to late 1990s … The time CSS failed to win a conference game back-to-back was during the 2002 season.
Upcoming Opponents
UW-La Crosse Eagles
Record: 2-1-0
The Eagles are coming off a 1-0 victory over the Milwaukee School of Engineering on Sunday … Prior to that La Crosse fell to Gustavus Adolphus College 1-0 … The Eagles shared the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) regular season title with UW-Oshkosh last season and made their first NCAA Tournament appearance … La Crosse returns nine starters from that squad, including senior defender Kourtni Alcock, who was named the 2015 WIAC Co-Defensive Player of the Year and earned all-region accolades … Haley Hartkemeyer leads the team this season with two goals and five points … The Eagles have out-shot each of their opponents this season by an average of 12 shots per game … La Crosse is projected to finish second in the WIAC this season.
Northwestern Eagles
Record: 2-0-0, 1-0-0 UMAC
The Eagles have outscored their first two opponents by a combined score of 9-1 … Eight different players have scored the team's nine goals this season … Northwestern defeated North Central University 5-0 in the conference opener on Tuesday … Northwestern played another UMAC program in Bethany Lutheran College in the season opener in a non-conference matchup … Northwestern shared the regular season title with St. Scholastica in 2015 and earned the tournament's No. 1 seed … The Eagles returns the reigning UMAC Offensive Player of the Year in Jordan Lubben, who tied for the conference lead with 10 goals in league play last season … Goalkeeper Samantha Dewey has made 10 saves, while allowing just one goal this season.
Series Histories:
-First meeting with UW-La Crosse
-CSS leads Northwestern 37-10-1
Last Meetings: The Saints defeated Northwestern 2-0 in last year's UMAC Tournament title game down in St. Paul … Northwestern defeated CSS during the regular season 1-0.
Looking Ahead: The Saints will be across the bridge to face rival University of Wisconsin-Superior on Wednesday, September 21.
