DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica volleyball team will host Hamline University in a non-conference match Tuesday night in the team's regular season home finale at the Reif.
Where:
Reif Gymnasium – Duluth, Minn.
When:
Tuesday at 7 p.m.
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 8-16, 6-7 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
What You Need To Know About The Saints:
-The Saints are coming off a pair of losses to the University of Minnesota Morris and St. Olaf College on Saturday.
-The Saints will honor seniors
Sofia Rajala (Deer River, Minn./Greenway HS) and
Emily Bounds (Hill City, Minn./Hill City HS) on Tuesday.
-Bounds has played in 94 matches over the past four seasons with 559 career kills. She is having the best all-around year of her career with career-highs in digs per set (1.21) and points per set (2.73).
-After not playing in 2017, Rajala has recorded 96 of her 108 career kills this season and has 26 blocks on the year.
-CSS is currently in a battle with Martin Luther College and Bethany Lutheran College for the final two UMAC postseason spots.
-CSS is 8-0 when it wins the first set and 0-16 when it drops the first set.
-The Saints are looking for their first win over a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) program this season (0-4).
What You Need To Know About Hamline:
Record: 10-10, 1-6 MIAC
-The Pipers enter Tuesday on a four-match win streak, having beat two UMAC programs during the streak.
-Five of their 10 wins have come against UMAC competition.
-Hamline ranks third in the MIAC in service aces per set (2.07)
-Morgen Coleman ranks second in the league in service aces per set (0.50).
-Madison Hurrle is fifth in the conference, averaging 3.53 points per set.
-The Pipers are 1-5 in road matches and have not played away from Hutton Arena since September 28.
Series Records: CSS leads 10-8 (
Last Meeting: 3-2 CSS – 10/17/2017)
Series History: The Saints have won three straight over the Pipers, including last year's exciting five-set victory in St. Paul … The Saints fought off seven Piper match points and won the final set 21-19 … CSS has only faced Hamline once in Duluth and that was a three-set win in 2016.
Looking Ahead: The Saints will be at Bethany Lutheran College on Saturday for a key Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) match.
