DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – For the fifth consecutive year, it will be a Bridge Battle Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Men's Soccer Tournament championship as St. Scholastica will face the University of Wisconsin-Superior in Superior on Saturday.
Where:
NBC Spartan Sports Complex – Superior, Wis.
When:
Saturday at 1 p.m.
UMAC Tournament Page: https://umacathletics.com/tournaments/?id=138
Live Video: https://www.ifan.tv/page/show/5221490-uw-superior-channel
Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/uwsuper/msoc/
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 8-12-1, 6-1-1 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
What You Need to Know about the Saints:
-The Saints are the No. 2 seed in the tournament.
-The Saints defeated Bethany Lutheran College 3-0 in the semifinals on Wednesday at Saints Field.
-BLC came in as the nation's No. 1 scoring team, but CSS held the Vikings to a season-low eight shots. (UWS will be the nation's No. 2 scoring team)
-Senior
Malcolm Lumsden (Kingston, Jamaica/Kingston College (Lake Superior College)), who had a goal and an assist on Wednesday, has scored a goal in three straight games.
-Sophomore
Nolan Friday (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) is second on the team with 17 points and also had a goal and an assist in Wednesday's semifinal victory.
-Friday, along with defenders
Ken Pryde (Fareham, England/Barton Peveril College) and
Taylor Tran (Northridge, Calif./Granada Hills Charter HS), have started every game this season.
-Senior goalkeeper
Corey Bulheller (Middleton, England/Highfields Secondary School (Bacone)), who has also started every game this season, leads the conference with seven shutouts.
-Bulheller has played the second-most minutes in NCAA Division III this season (1925:33)
-27 of the 35 goals surrendered this season by the Saints have come in the second half.
-CSS has attempted only two penalty kicks this season and have converted both.
What You Need to Know about UW-Superior
Record: 15-3-2, 8-0-0 UMAC
-The Yellowjackets are the No. 1 seed in the UMAC Tournament for the second straight season.
-Superior rolled over the No. 5 seed Martin Luther College 6-0 in Wednesday's semifinal.
-UWS has not lost a UMAC contest, regular season or postseason, in the last 31 games.
-The Yellowjackets are ranked seventh in the United Soccer Coaches North Region rankings.
-UWS ranks second in NCAA Division III with 71 goals this season.
-The Yellowjackets ranks ninth in the nation, averaging 20.7 shots per game.
-Eric Watson leads the team with 15 goals.
-Blake Perry has 13 goals and a team-high nine assists.
-UWS has allowed only one goal in the last eight games.
-Superior has started three different goalkeepers with Dalton VonKaenel leading the way with a 9-2-1 record.
-VonKaenel leads the conference with a 0.93 goals-against-average.
-UWS has attempted 10 penalty kicks this season, converting eight of them.
Series Record: CSS leads 14-8-6
(Last Meeting: 1-0 CSS – 10/2/2019)
Series History: The Saints are winless in their last five meetings with the Yellowjackets (0-3-2), including three consecutive losses … In the previous four UMAC Tournament Championship meetings the record is tied at 1-1-2 … CSS won the first championship meeting in 2015 and then won in penalty kicks in 2016 … UWS returned the favor, winning in penalty kicks in 2017 and then hosted for the first time last year to win outright for the first time.
Looking Ahead: The winner on Saturday will receive the conference's automatic qualifier into next week's NCAA Division III Tournament. The tournament field will be announced on Monday at 12:30 p.m. on NCAA.com.
