DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica softball team continues its home stand this weekend with a conference doubleheader against Martin Luther College on Saturday at Kenwood Field.
Where:
Kenwood Field – Duluth, Minn.
When:
Saturday at 1 p.m. (DH)
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 15-11, 8-0 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
Last Action: The Saints took two from Bridge Rival University of Wisconsin-Superior on Tuesday at Kenwood Field … CSS used a four-run fifth inning to break open a scoreless game in the opener and win 4-1 … The Saints then plated five runs in the second inning en route to a 9-1 game two win …
Chrisi Mizera (Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln-Way East HS) earned the game one victory, pitching a complete game … She followed that with three RBIs in game two.
Kohl on the Rise: Junior pitcher
Vanessa Kohl (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) went 6-4 in the pitching circle during her first two seasons … In nine appearances this season, she is 5-2 with a conference-best opponents' batting average of .210 and the second-best earned run average at 1.90 … The Saints have won the last six games Kohl has appeared in.
Who Scores First: St. Scholastica is 7-0 this season when it scores in the first inning … The Saints are 11-1 when they score first period, but are 4-10 when the opponent notches the first run.
Streaks/Leaders: Junior
Alexa Bremer (Forest Lake, Minn./Forest Lake HS) and freshman
Toni Bishop (Roseville, Minn./Roseville HS) have each reached base safely in each of the last 10 games, with Bishop's streak at 13 games … Bremer leads the UMAC with 34 hits …
Hannah Borgeson (Woodville, Wis./Baldwin-Woodville HS) is second in the league with nine doubles.
UMAC Home Win Streak: The Saints have won 36 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
Martin Luther Knights
Record: 10-13, 4-4 UMAC
The Knights are coming off being swept at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls on Thursday … Prior to that, MLC swept North Central University (Minn.) in a conference doubleheader on Tuesday … The Knights enter Saturday's contest winless in true road games thus far this season (0-4) … Martin Luther leads the conference in stolen bases with 45 … Jessica Friebe is tied for the league lead with 10 stolen bases … At the plate, Aimee Ashman has a team-high .300 batting average … Kayla Rosenbaum leads the squad with 13 RBIs … Audrey Timm has six doubles and 11 RBIs … Morgan Palubicki, Kelli Doell and Rebecca Pruss have all seen a number of starts in the pitching circle … Palubicki has nine complete games.
Series Record: CSS leads 59-7
(Last Meeting: 10-2 CSS – 4/16/2016)
Series History: The Saints have won 19 straight against the Knights and have scored at least eight runs in seven of the last eight meetings.
Looking Ahead: The Saints will face Bethel University in a non-conference home doubleheader on Tuesday at Kenwood Field.
