DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's soccer team will face Concordia College-Moorhead Saturday afternoon in Moorhead.
Where:
Soccer Field in Jake Christiansen Athletic Complex – Moorhead, Minn.
When:
Saturday at 3:30 p.m.
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 0-2-1, 0-0-0 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
What You Need to Know about the Saints:
-The Saints have allowed just four goals through three contests so far, though three of them coming at the hands of a 3-0 loss Wednesday to Augsburg.
-Junior goalkeeper
Roni Rudolph (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS (Minnesota-Duluth)) had a career high 14 saves in the loss to Augsburg Wednesday, making her season totals in saves 31.
-CSS is still in search of its first win over a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) program since a 2-1 win over Hamline to open the 2015 season.
-Senior
Becca Rancour (Hutchinson, Minn./Hutchinson HS) is one point shy of 100 for her career.
-Senior
Rachel Dixon (Superior, Wis./Superior HS) is three points shy of 50 for her career.
-This is the first time since 2003 that the Saints have been shutout in the first three games to start the season (2003 – five games).
What You Need to Know about Concordia-Moorhead:
-The Cobbers have split the first two games to start their season, winning their opener 3-0 at Buena Vista and losing their next game 2-1 in double overtime at Nebraska Wesleyan
-The Cobbers were voted to finish last in the MIAC preseason coaches' poll this season.
-Junior midfielder Kalli Baarstad was selected as the MIAC Women's Soccer Athlete of the Week, scoring three of Concordia's four goals in the opening two games of the season.
-Rebecca O'Shurak was hired as the seventh, and first female, coach in the team's 35-year history. She will try to lead the Cobbers back to the postseason for a MIAC record 14
th time, it would be their first since 2015.
Series Record: Concordia-Moorhead leads 14-2-2
(Last Meeting: T 0-0 (2OT) – 9/4/2016)
Series History: The Cobbers are 7-0-2 in the last nine meetings with the Saints, including winners of the last three of four. Last victory for the Saints against the Cobbers was 10 meetings ago with a 1-0 victory in 2007.
Looking Ahead: The Saints will be on the road for a final time on this three-game road trip to Crown College to begin Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) action on Wednesday for a 5 p.m. start.
