DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica volleyball team welcomes conference foe University of Minnesota Morris and non-conference opponent St. Olaf College to Reif for Homecoming Saturday.
Where:
Reif Gymnasium – Duluth, Minn.
When:
Saturday
vs. Minnesota Morris – Noon
vs. St. Scholastica – 4 p.m.
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 8-14, 6-6 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
What You Need To Know About The Saints:
-The Saints are coming off a sweep of Northland College on Wednesday night.
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Brooke Schermann (Brooklyn Park, Minn./Totino-Grace HS) led the team in kills for the fifth straight match.
-Schermann holds two of the top six conference marks for kills in a three-set match
-CSS is 8-0 when it wins the first set and 0-14 when it drops the first set.
-In her first season in the rotation and after not playing in 2017,
Sofia Rajala (Deer River, Minn./Greenway HS) has 87 kills and leads the team with a .269 hitting percentage.
-The Saints rank third in the UMAC in service aces (137), led by
Emily Bounds (Hill City, Minn./Hill City HS) with 33.
-The Saints are looking for their first win over a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) program this season (0-3).
What You Need To Know About Minnesota Morris:
Record: 14-9, 9-3 UMAC
-The Cougars have already clinched a UMAC Tournament berth and went five-sets with conference leader University of Northwestern (Minn.) on Wednesday.
-The loss to the Eagles snapped a six-match win streak.
-Two of the three conference losses have come in five sets (UW-Superior)
-The Cougars lead the conference in blocks per set (1.84) and service aces (186).
-Morgan Miller ranks fourth in NCAA Division III with 1.33 blocks per set.
-Layne Herrmann ranks 10
th in the country with 804 assists and leads the UMAC with 47 service aces.
-Tori Everson leads the team with 210 kills, followed by Rachel Mathias with 205 kills.
Series Records: CSS leads 24-21 (
Last Meeting: 3-0 UMM – 9/26/2018)
Series History: The Cougars have won seven straight in the series and 12 of the last 13 overall … The Saints are looking for their first home win over Morris since October 2012.
What You Need To Know About St. Olaf:
Record: 17-5, 4-3 MIAC
-The Oles enter Saturday on a four-match win streak with three of those four wins coming against UMAC programs.
-St. Olaf is 5-1 against the UMAC this season.
-The Oles lead the MIAC in team hitting percentage (.235) and kills per set (13.4).
-Lexi Wall ranks second in NCAA Division III, averaging 11.34 assists per set.
-Katelyn Lannon leads the MIAC with a .380 hitting percentage.
-Lauren Rewers leads the team with 247 kills and ranks second in the MIAC averaging 3.87 points per set.
Series Records: St. Olaf leads 13-4-1 (
Last Meeting: 3-0 CSS – 9/1/2011)
Series History: The Saints have not played the Oles since the 2011 season when they swept the then No. 11-ranked team … That snapped a 10-game losing skid to the Oles.
Looking Ahead: The Saints have their regular season home finale against Hamline University at 7 p.m. Tuesday night.
