DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica men's soccer team begins Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) action this week.
Where:
Wednesday
KleinBank Stadium – St. Bonifacius, Minn.
Saturday
Saints Field – Duluth, Minn.
When:
Wednesday at Crown – 7:30 p.m.
Saturday vs. UW-Superior – 2:30 p.m.
Live Video Wednesday: https://athletics.crown.edu/watch/?Live=22
Live Stats Wednesday: https://www.crown.edu/fileadmin/livestats/xlive.htm
Live Video Saturday: https://csssaints.com/watch/?Live=194
Live Stats Saturday: https://csssaints.com/sidearmstats/msoc/summary
Social Media:
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 1-2-0, 0-0-0 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
What You Need to Know about the Saints:
-The Saints went 1-1 over the weekend at the St. Norbert College (Wis.) Invitational.
-CSS rallied on Friday night to defeat Lawrence University (Wis.) 4-3.
-Senior
Luke Buckton (Bath, England/Writhlington School) matched a career-high with three goals in the win.
-In doing so, he became the 17
th player in program history to record at least 30 goals in a career.
-CSS then fell to St. Norbert 6-0 on Sunday.
-The six goals allowed were the most since a 6-0 loss to Macalester College in 2005.
-CSS' two losses this season have come against teams currently ranked in the United Soccer Coaches (USC) Division III Top 25 Poll.
-Luther College is ranked 18
th and St. Norbert is ranked 23
rd… Both of those squads remain unbeaten.
-Buckton,
Finigan Huffington (Georgetown, Cayman Islands/John Gray HS) and
Malcolm Lumsden (Kingston, Jamaica/Kingston College (Lake Superior College)) were named to the St. Norbert Invitational All-Tournament Team
-Head Coach
Barry Chastey is now two wins shy of 200 for his career.
What You Need to Know about Crown:
Record: 0-4-0, 0-0-0 UMAC
-The Storm have surrendered at least four goals in each of the four losses.
-Ger Jones has two of the team's four goals on the year.
-Eli Etzel has made 18 saves in goal.
-Etzel was an honorable mention All-UMAC choice last season.
-Another player to watch will be Storm Heyer, who was a First Team All-UMAC selection in 2016 and missed last season due to injury.
Series Record: CSS leads 35-1-1
(Last Meeting: 2-0 CSS– 10/20/2017)
Series History: The Saints have won 23 straight in the series … The lone loss (2002) and tie (2005) in the series came in St. Bonifacius.
What You Need to Know about UW-Superior:
Record: 3-2-0, 0-0-0 UMAC
-The Yellowjackets have won three straight since dropping their first two games of the season to St. Thomas and Luther.
-UWS plays Augsburg Tuesday night before facing the Saints on Saturday.
-The Yellowjackets have allowed the fewest goals per game in the conference thus far this season (1.2).
-Goalkeeper Dalton VonKaenel has a .864 save percentage.
-UWS has also attempted the most corner kicks in the league (28).
-Seven different Yellowjackets have scored goals this year.
-UWS finished second in NCAA Division III last season in goals scored.
-Players to watch will be senior forward Fernando Bicalho, junior forward Eric Watson and sophomore forward Blake Doyea.
Series Record: CSS leads 14-5-5
(Last Meeting: T 1-1 – 11/4/2017)
Series History: The Saints won the lone regular season meeting with Yellowjackets last year at Saints Field … That marked the first win for CSS over the Yellowjackets on a turfed Saints Field in four tries … However, UWS prevailed in penalty kicks to defeat the Saints in the UMAC Tournament down at Public Schools Stadium.
Looking Ahead: The Saints travel to the University of Northwestern (Minn.) on Tuesday, September 18.
