DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's soccer team will face eighth-ranked Pomona-Pitzer Colleges (Calif.) on Saturday in the First Round of the 2019 NCAA Division III Tournament in Waverly, Iowa.
Where:
Wartburg Soccer Field – Waverly, Iowa
When:
Saturday
CSS vs. Pomona-Pitzer – 2 p.m.
Concordia Wisconsin vs. Wartburg – 4 p.m.
Sunday
Advancing teams – 4 p.m.
Regional Information: https://go-knights.net/news/2019/11/11/wartburg-womens-soccer-to-host-ncaa-regional.aspx
Live Video: https://livestream.com/wartburgknightvision/events/8892551
Live Stats: https://sidearmstats.com/wartburg/wsoc/xlive.htm
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 14-7-0, 8-0-0 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
What You Need to Know about the Saints:
-The Saints will be making their 10
th NCAA Division III Tournament appearance.
-CSS won its first-ever national tournament game in 2007 with a 1-0 victory over Carroll University (Wis.).
-CSS has lost in the first round in its other eight appearance, with two losses coming in overtime.
-The Saints have played a NCAA Tournament game in Wartburg and that took place in 2015 when they fell 1-0 to the host Wartburg.
-CSS swept the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) regular season and tournament titles for the first time since the 2015 season.
-It did not allow a goal in conference play during the regular season, outscoring UMAC teams 37-0.
-For the first time in program history, St. Scholastica swept the UMAC postseason awards.
-Head Coach
Dave Reyelts was named the UMAC Coach of the Year for the first time since 2010 season.
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Hunter Zamzow (Duluth, Minn./Shattuck St. Mary's School) was named the league's Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, a first in program history to have that combo.
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Morgan Friday (Duluth, Minn./Shattuck St. Mary's HS) was named the UMAC Offensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive season.
-Friday currently leads all of NCAA Division III with 29 goals.
-She will enter Saturday's contest with a goal in 10 straight games.
-Friday needs just one more point to become the 10
th player in program history to accumulate 100 points in a career.
What You Need to Know about No. 8 Pomona-Pitzer:
Record: 17-1-1, 12-1-0 SCIAC
-The Sagehens will be making their fourth NCAA Division III Tournament appearance and first since the 2016 season
-Pomona-Pitzer is ranked eighth in the most recent United Soccer Coaches Division III poll.
-It captured the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) regular season and tournament championships, marking the first time in program history it won swept both championships.
-The Sagehens were eliminated in the first round of the tournament in 2005 and 2015, but made a national quarterfinal run in 2016 before losing in penalty kicks.
-The 17 wins are currently tied for the most in program history.
-They have 16 shutouts, which is the third-most in the nation.
-The five goals allowed this season is tied for the third-fewest in the country.
-Senior Bria VarnBuhler leads the team with 18 goals and is a reigning First Team All-West Region performer.
-Senior goalkeeper Isa Berardo has 13 wins in goal.
Series Record: Saturday will be the first-ever meeting between the two programs
Other Matchup
What You Need to Know about Wartburg:
Record: 14-2-3, 6-1-1 ARC
-The Knights entered the American Rivers Conference (ARC) as the No. 2 seed and captured the ARC Tournament title.
-It was their first ARC Tournament title since the 2015 season.
-This will be the third consecutive NCAA Division III Tournament appearance and eighth overall.
-The Knights have advanced past the first round four times.
-Kate Luhrs leads the team with 13 goals.
Series Record: Wartburg leads 1-0-0
(Last Meeting: 1-0 Wartburg, 11/14/2015)
Series History: Wartburg defeated the Saints 1-0 in the first round of the 2015 NCAA Division III Tournament in Waverly, Iowa.
What You Need to Know about Concordia Wisconsin:
Record: 14-2-3, 10-2-0 NACC
-The Falcons will be making their second NCAA Division III Tournament appearance all-time with the first coming in 2004.
-CUW captured its first-ever Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) Tournament title.
-Like Wartburg, Concordia entered the NACC Tournament as the No. 2 seed.
-CUW ranks second in NCAA Division III with 94 goals.
-The Falcons also lead the nation, averaging 14.9 shots per game.
-Karoline Haugland ranks second in the country behind CSS' Friday with 28 goals.
Series Record: The teams have never met.
Looking Ahead: The winner of this tournament pod moves onto to face the winner of the Washington University-St. Louis pod next weekend.
