DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's soccer team will get a chance to avenge one of its conference losses this season when it hosts Martin Luther College for an Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Tournament Semifinal contest on Wednesday.
 
Where:
Saints Field – Duluth, Minn.
 
When:
Wednesday at 11 a.m.
 
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 10-7-2, 9-2-1 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
 
What You Need to Know about the Saints:
-The Saints enter the postseason on a season-best four-game win streak and a five-game unbeaten streak.
-During the four-game win streak, senior Darby Henderson (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) has scored a goal in each of the four wins.
-In league games only during the regular season, Henderson led the team with 20 points.
-Junior Malcolm Lumsden (Kingston, Jamaica/Kingston College (Lake Superior College)) was part of all three goals (2G, 1A) in Saturday's win at Bethany Lutheran College.
-The Saints are 6-0 this season when junior Armin Bobaric (Andover, Minn./Andover HS) scores a goal.
-The leader of the CSS offense is senior Luke Buckton (Bath, England/Writhlington School), who leads the conference with 13 goals and ranks second in points (29).
-Three different CSS goalkeepers started during the regular season.
-Junior Corey Bulheller (Middleton, England/Highfields Secondary School (Bacone)) started nine games and sophomore Nicolas Semaan started seven.
-Bulheller has not played since Homecoming on October 13, while Semaan has started five of the last six games.
-CSS is 9-1 this season when it scores at least three goals with the one loss coming against Martin Luther.
-St. Scholastica has advanced to the UMAC Tournament championship game each of the last 12 seasons
 
What You Need to Know about Martin Luther:
Record: 8-8-2, 7-3-2 UMAC
-The Knights also finished the regular season with four consecutive victories, including victories at the University of Northwestern (Minn.) and the University of Minnesota Morris.
-This will be the third consecutive UMAC Tournament appearance for MLC.
-Joseph Graumann paces the Martin Luther offense as he leads the conference in points (30), shots (75) and tied for the conference lead with eight assists.
-In UMAC games only, Graumann led all players with 10 goals.
-Graumann received a red card against the Saints in the team's win in New Ulm.
-Goalkeeper Gabriel Plocher led the conference, averaging 5.78 saves per games.
 
Series Record: CSS leads 34-10 (Last Meeting: 4-3 MLC – 10/6/2018)
 
Series History: The Knights snapped a 21-game losing streak to the Saints with a 4-3 victory in New Ulm in early October … The Saints won the first meeting this season at Saints Field by a 4-1 margin … The Saints are 21-1 all-time at home against the Knights … This will be the fourth postseason meeting between the programs … The Saints are 1-2 in the previous three with their lone win coming in 2016, a 1-0 victory in the semifinal round.  
 
Looking Ahead: The winner of Wednesday's contest will advance to the UMAC Championship where it will face the winner of the other semifinal (University of Wisconsin-Superior/Crown College) on Saturday.