DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica softball team returns to Kenwood Field on Tuesday as it welcomes Northland College for an 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: 18-14, 11-1 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
Last Action: The Saints are coming off a pair of two-run losses to No. 15 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire on Sunday … The Saints out-hit the Blugolds in both games, including allowing only two hits in game one of the doubleheader … In the nightcap, CSS punched out 13 hits and scored four runs in the seventh inning, but the comeback fell short …
Alexa Bremer (Forest Lake, Minn./Forest Lake HS) and
Maggie Schley (Mounds View, Minn./Irondale HS) each had three hits in the second game.
Senior Day Tuesday: St. Scholastica will recognize its three seniors on Tuesday …
Chrisi Mizera (Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln-Way East HS) is a three-time All-UMAC selection, a two-time all-region choice and the 2015 UMAC Player of the Year … Mizera ranks second in program history in career wins (48), strikeouts (471) and shutouts (16) …
Olivia Bretting (Ashland, Wis. /Ashland HS ) joined the softball team last season after playing tennis her first two seasons … In her first year she was named to the UMAC All-Defensive team …
Hannah Borgeson (Woodville, Wis./Baldwin-Woodville HS) has a year of eligibility remaining, due to missing most of her sophomore season due to injury, but is on schedule to graduate … She is one RBI shy of at least 20 RBIs in each of her three seasons.
Bethel Games Canceled: The Bethel University doubleheader that was postponed last week have been canceled and will not be made up.
Where They Stand: Despite suffering its first conference defeat on Saturday at the University of Northwestern (Minn.), the Saints still hold a two-game lead over Crown College and Northwestern for first in the conference … Crown has only a doubleheader against the Saints remaining so it will have the chance at the No. 1 seed … Like the Saints, Northwestern has two conference doubleheaders remaining.
Who Scores First: St. Scholastica is 10-0 this season when it scores in the first inning … The Saints are 14-2 when they score first period, but are 4-12 when the opponent notches the first run.
Big Innings: The Saints have outscored their opponents in the third inning this season 43-11 … They have also have shown the fight to rally, outscoring teams 16-3 in the seventh inning.
Streaks/Trends: Mizera and Schley enter Tuesday's contests on six-game hitting streaks … CSS has not been out-hit by its opponents in 13 straight games.
UMAC Home Win Streak: The Saints have won 38 straight UMAC regular season home contests … The last conference regular season home loss was against Northland College on May 3, 2011.
Upcoming Opponents
Northland LumberJills
Record: 4-24, 3-7 UMAC
The LumberJills enter Tuesday's games on a nine-game losing streak … Despite the skid, Northland is still in a fight with three others for the final two postseason tournament spots … Including Tuesday, The LumberJills have three league doubleheaders remaining … Two of their four wins this season have come against Bethany Lutheran College, which could prove critical when comes to postseason chances … The 'Jills are led offensively by Crystal Diaz, who ranks second on the conference with a .465 batting average and leads the league with a .542 on-base percentage … Northland has struggled in the pitching circle with a team earned run average of 6.84 and opponents are hitting .365.
Series Record: CSS leads 50-9
(Last Meeting: 14-1 CSS – 4/27/2016)
Series History: The Saints have won 11 straight in the series, scoring at least 10 runs in 10 of those contests … The LumberJills are the last UMAC team to defeat the Saints at Kenwood Field during the regular season.
Looking Ahead: The Saints face Crown College with the potential of a conference regular season title on the line on Saturday in St. Bonifacius.
