DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica volleyball team plays its final two matches of the regular season on Wednesday and will look to lock up the No. 4 seed for the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Tournament when it faces both Crown College and North Central University (Minn.).
Where:
at Crown – Wild Athletic Center
at North Central – Clark-Danielson College Life Center Gymnasium
When:
Wednesday
at Crown – 3 p.m. (
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at North Central – 7 p.m. (
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 9-17, 7-7 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
What You Need To Know About The Saints:
-St. Scholastica will clinch a UMAC Tournament berth with one win on Wednesday.
-CSS will clinch the No. 4 seed with two wins or a win and a Martin Luther College loss.
-The Saints are coming off a four-set victory over Bethany Lutheran College on Saturday.
-The win marked the first true road victory of the season for the Saints.
-It was also the first time this season, the Saints won a match after it dropped the first set.
-Senior
Sofia Rajala (Deer River, Minn./Greenway HS) has recorded double-figure kills in back-to-back matches for the first time in her career.
-Rajala ranks second in the conference with a .319 hitting percentage.
-Junior
Brooke Schermann (Brooklyn Park, Minn./Totino-Grace HS) is 12 kills shy of 300 for the season. No Saint has had at least 300 kills in a season since Kortney Morrin in 2015.
-Junior
Espi Austvold (Spicer, Minn./New London-Spicer HS) is five assists shy of 1500 for her career.
-Sophomore
Madissen Burns (Watertown, Minn./Watertown-Mayer HS) is five kills shy of 300 for her career.
What You Need To Know About Crown
Record: 3-23, 2-12 UMAC
-The Storm have won two of their last four matches, including a three-set victory over Macalester College last Wednesday.
-That marked the program's first win over a MIAC school since 2011.
-Two of their three wins this season have come at home.
-Crown has the fewest kills (549) and lowest hitting percentage (.018) in the conference.
-Christine Anderson leads the team with 173 kills.
-Anderson was named the UMAC Defensive Player of the Week on Monday.
Series Records: CSS leads 34-0 (
Last Meeting: 3-0 CSS – 9/15/2018)
Series History: The Saints have swept the Storm the last nine meetings and have only dropped one set all-time at Crown.
What You Need To Know About North Central
Record: 5-22, 1-13 UMAC
-The Rams enter Wednesday on a nine-match losing streak.
-The lone conference victory of the season was a four-set home win over Northland College on September 22.
-Emma Middendorf leads the team with 191 kills.
-Middendorf also ranks second in the conference with 0.76 blocks per set.
-Rachel Beckman leads the UMAC 0.61 service aces per set.
-The Rams as a team lead the conference with 2.26 service aces per set.
Series Records: CSS leads 14-0 (
Last Meeting: 3-0 CSS – 9/26/2018)
Series History: The Saints have swept the Rams in all 14 previous meetings.
Looking Ahead: If the Saints were to lock up the No. 4 seed, they would host a First Round UMAC Tournament match on Monday at 7 p.m. at the Reif Gymnasium.
