DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's and women's soccer teams welcome longtime conference rival University of Minnesota Morris for an Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Tournament semifinal doubleheader Thursday.
 
***Games postponed from Wednesday to Thursday due to Snow in the forecast on Wednesday.***
 
Women's Soccer
11-6-3, 10-1-1 UMAC
Overall Statistics
 
Where:
Saints Field – Duluth, Minn.
 
When:
Thursday at 11 a.m.
 
Live Video: http://www.csssaints.com/watch/?Live=79
Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/css/wsoc
 
UMAC TOURNAMENT WEB SITE
 
What You Need to Know about the Saints:
-The Saints enter the UMAC Tournament on a three-game winning streak, having shut out their last three opponents.
-CSS has not allowed a goal in their last nine UMAC Tournament games; Morris was the last team to score against the Saints in the 2011 UMAC Tournament championship.
-In the two regular season victories over the Cougars, Becca Rancour (Hutchinson, Minn./Hutchinson HS) recorded four goals, including three goals in the win at Morris.
-Janelle Rouillard (Dayton, Minn./Rogers HS) also had success against the Cougars during the regular season, scoring two goals in the home win and adding two assists in the road victory.
-Rancour, Taylor Olson (Duluth, Minn./Duluth Denfeld HS) and Rachel Dixon (Superior, Wis./Superior HS) have all scored goals in each of the last three games.
-Rancour led the conference with 17 goals and 43 points in league matches; she also tied for second with nine assists.
-Goalkeeper Roni Rudolph (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS (Minnesota-Duluth)) allowed only five goals and recorded a league-best four shutouts against conference competition during the regular season.
 
What You Need to Know about Minnesota Morris:
-The Cougars ended the regular season with a 9-7-1 overall record and a 7-4-1 conference record.
-The Cougars are the defending UMAC Tournament Champions, going on the road to defeat both CSS and Northland last year.
-Minnesota Morris needed help on the final day of the regular season to climb into the No. 3 seed thanks to Northland College defeating Martin Luther College.
-Morris enters on a three-game win streak, with two of those victories coming against UMAC Tournament teams.
-The Cougars are the only team in the conference that has four players with at least 20 points.
-Midfielder Molly Hancuh dictates the offense with a league-best 55 points this season on 21 goals and 13 assists.
-Megan Ellingboe and Brooke Lorentz each had 23 points and Yu Ito was not too far behind with 21 points.
-Goalkeeping is the question mark for the Cougars as they allowed 19 goals in league play and ranked fifth in team save percentage.
 
Series Record: CSS leads 29-5-4 (Last Meeting: 4-0 CSS – 10/14/2017)
 
Series History: The Saints swept the Cougars during the regular season … This will be the 12th straight year CSS and UMM will play each other in the UMAC Tournament, including the third straight year in the semifinal round … The Cougars eliminated the Saints from last year's UMAC Tournament, prevailing in penalty kicks.
 
Up Next: The winner of Wednesday's semifinal advances to the UMAC Tournament championship game Saturday at the highest remaining seed.

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Men's Soccer
12-6-0, 10-1-0 UMAC
Overall Statistics
 
Where:
Saints Field – Duluth, Minn.
 
When:
Thursday at 1:30 p.m.
 
Live Video: http://www.csssaints.com/watch/?Live=80
Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/css/msoc
 
UMAC TOURNAMENT WEB SITE
 
What You Need to Know about the Saints:
-The Saints claimed their eighth consecutive UMAC regular season title with a 4-0 win on Saturday over Bethany Lutheran College.
-CSS blanked its last three conference opponents, which led to goalkeeper Sandy Davidson-Hunt (Kenora, Ontario/St. Thomas Aquinas) being named UMAC Defensive Player of the Week on Monday.
-Davidson-Hunt has a new career-high for shutouts in a season with six and has 13 shutouts in his career.
-Junior Darby Henderson (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) is coming off a five-point performance, after recording only one point in the previous seven games.
-Junior Luke Buckton (Bath, England/Writhlington School) finished the regular season leading the conference in points (45), goals (17) and assists (11).
-Buckton scored both goals in CSS' 2-1 victory over Morris at Saints Field.
-Sophomore Sam Brickley (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) has seven points in the last two goals, including his first three collegiate goals.
 
What You Need to Know about Minnesota Morris:
-The Cougars enter Thursday's semifinal with a 10-9-1 overall record
-Morris finished fourth in the conference with a 7-4-1 record.
-The Cougars defeated Martin Luther College 1-0 in double overtime in Monday's opening round game in Morris.
-Morris is 2-1-1 in overtime games this season, with the other victory coming against the Saints.
-Luqman Barre leads the team with 15 points this season.
-Zachary Jacobson has a team-high five goals, including the game-winner on Monday.
-Goalkeeper Cody Christ ranks second in the conference with a .793 save percentage, but only ranked fifth in conference play with a .781 save percentage.
 
Series Record: CSS leads 23-4-3 (Last Meeting: 1-0 (ot) UMM – 10/14/2017)
 
Series History: The teams split during the regular season with each squad winning by one goal at home … Morris ended CSS' 118-game UMAC unbeaten streak on October 14 with a 1-0 overtime win in Morris … This will be the first postseason meeting between the two teams since 2014 … From 2007-14, the Cougars and Saints met every year in the UMAC Tournament championship.
 
Up Next: The winner of Wednesday's semifinal advances to the UMAC Tournament championship game Saturday at the highest remaining seed.