DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica softball team will host the team that last defeated it at Kenwood Field in Bridge Rival University of Wisconsin-Superior on Tuesday for a pivotal Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) doubleheader.
Where:
Kenwood Field – Duluth, Minn.
When:
Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. (DH)
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 13-11, 6-0 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
Last Action: The Saints are coming off a busy stretch of games over the weekend, playing three doubleheaders in three days … The Saints began with a non-conference split against Gustavus Adolphus College on Friday … The Saints scored five runs with two outs in the top of the seventh to earn the program's first-ever win in St. Peter in game two … On Saturday, the Saints pitched a pair of shutouts at Bethany Lutheran College to earn a sweep over the Vikings …
Chrisi Mizera (Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln-Way East HS) tossed the game one shutout and
Vanessa Kohl (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) followed with a game two shutout … On Sunday, the Saints had their home opener and bested the University of Minnesota Morris in both games to earn another sweep … Mizera earned a win and a save against the Cougars.
Top Offense vs. Top Pitching: Tuesday's matchup will feature the conference's top hitting team, CSS with a .304 batting average and 107 runs scored, against the conference's top pitching staff, UWS with a 1.95 earned run average
Streaks/Trends: Freshman
Toni Bishop (Roseville, Minn./Roseville HS) has reached base safely in each of the last 11 games …
Alexa Bremer (Forest Lake, Minn./Forest Lake HS) has reached base in eight straight games … Bishop ranks third in the conference with a .475 on-base percentage … Bremer ranks second in the UMAC with 30 hits.
UMAC Home Win Streak: The Saints have won 34 straight UMAC regular season home contests … The last conference regular season home loss was against Northland College on May 3, 2011.
UMAC Preseason Poll
1. St. Scholastica - 64 points (8 First Place Votes)
2. Wisconsin-Superior - 56 (1)
3. Northwestern - 51
4. Crown - 38
5. Minnesota Morris - 37
6. Bethany Lutheran- 29
7. Martin Luther - 21
8. Northland - 20
9. North Central - 8
Upcoming Opponents
UW-Superior Yellowjackets
Record: 12-9, 5-1 UMAC
Like the Saints, the Yellowjackets will enter Tuesday's contest on a five-game win streak after sweeping Northland College on Sunday … The only conference loss for UWS was to Martin Luther College on the opening day of the UMAC schedule … The 'jackets are led offensively by Saige Patrick, who leads the conference in batting average (.474), slugging percentage (.825), triples (3) and is tied for second in RBIs (14) … Ciarra Taipale has three of the team's five home runs and Bailey Kinnunen has 13 RBIs … In the pitcher's circle, Sarah Hendrickson and Megan Pehrson have allowed only 39 earned runs this season with both combining for four shutouts … Pehrson leads the conference with a 1.19 ERA and is second in strikeouts (80).
Series Record: UWS leads 24-23
(Last Meeting: 4-3 UWS – 5/8/2016)
Series History: The Saints went 2-3 last season against the Yellowjackets in UWS' first year in the conference … Superior beat the Saints twice in the UMAC Tournament, both by one run, to capture the UMAC Tournament Championship … UWS has not defeated the Saints at Kenwood Field in the regular season since the 2002 season.
Looking Ahead: The Saints remain at home to face Martin Luther College in a UMAC doubleheader on Saturday.
