DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica volleyball team will head to Bethany Lutheran College Saturday in an Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) match with plenty of postseason implications on the line.
Where:
North Gymnasium – Mankato, Minn.
When:
Saturday at 1 p.m.
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 8-17, 6-7 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
What You Need To Know About The Saints:
-The Saints are coming off a three straight losses to the Hamline University, University of Minnesota Morris and St. Olaf College.
-The Saints are currently in the fifth and final playoff spot in the UMAC playoffs, but with a win over the Vikings could put the Saints in the driver seats for the fourth seed.
-The Saints have three conference matches remaining, while Vikings have only two matches left.
-The Saints swept the Vikings in Duluth earlier this season.
-The Saints occupy the tie breaker with Martin Luther College after they lost to Martin Luther in four sets, but returned to sweep them in Duluth.
-CSS has five players with over 100 kills,
Brooke Schermann (Brooklyn Park, Minn./Totino-Grace HS) leads that group with 274.
-CSS is 8-0 when it wins the first set and 0-17 when it drops the first set.
-The Saints are still in search of their first road win of the season. (0-7)
What You Need To Know About Bethany Lutheran:
Record: 9-16, 7-7 UMAC
-The Vikings enter Saturday's match currently in the fourth spot in the UMAC playoffs with two matches remaining.
-BLC controls its own destiny, facing the Saints on Saturday and rival Martin Luther on Wednesday to complete the conference schedule.
-The Vikings are 2-4 at home the season.
-The Vikings enter Saturday winners in three of their last four.
-Megan Rutt leads her team with kills (332) and is second in the UMAC with 3.93 kills per set.
-Kalli Mathiasen leads the Vikings with 584 assists this season, she averages 6.79 assist per set which ranks her fourth in the UMAC.
Series Records: CSS leads 22-8 (
Last Meeting: 3-0 CSS – 9/22/2018)
Series History: The Saints have only lost eight of the 30 matches played between the squads, all eight of the Vikings victories came in the first 11 meetings dating from 2004-2008. Since the 12
th match played on Halloween 2008, the Saints haven't lost to the Vikings, making it 19 straight match victories. In that stretch the Saints have only lost 4 sets to Bethany.
Looking Ahead: The Saints will wrap up the regular season with matches at Crown College and North Central University (Minn.) on Wednesday.
