DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica women's soccer team will host the University of Northwestern (Minn.) for the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Tournament championship on Saturday.
Where:
Saints Field – Duluth, Minn.
When:
Saturday at 1 p.m.
UMAC Tournament Page: https://umacathletics.com/tournaments/?id=137
Live Video: https://csssaints.com/showcase?Live=434
Live Stats: https://csssaints.com/sidearmstats/wsoc/summary
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 13-7-0, 8-0-0 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
What You Need to Know about the Saints:
-The Saints are the No. 1 seed in the UMAC Tournament for the second straight season.
-CSS defeated Martin Luther College 2-0 in Wednesday's tournament semifinal.
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Morgan Friday (Duluth, Minn./Shattuck St. Mary's HS) scored both goals in the victory and has now scored a goal in nine straight games.
-Friday now has 26 goals this season, the most by a Saint since Kelsey Kehtel recorded 30 goals in 2013.
-That ranks third in NCAA Division III.
-Friday scored three goals in the regular season victory over Northwestern this season.
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Janelle Rouillard (Dayton, Minn./Rogers HS) had an assist in Wednesday's semifinal win and leads the UMAC with nine assists.
-Goalkeeper
Alexa Gothard (Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS (Lake Superior College)) recorded her ninth shutout of the season on Wednesday.
-CSS still has not allowed a goal against a UMAC program this season.
-The Saints have won 13 UMAC Tournament titles, nine in the last 12 seasons.
What You Need to Know about Northwestern:
Record: 11-10-0, 7-1-0 UMAC
-The Eagles are the No. 2 seed in the UMAC Tournament.
-Northwestern defeated the University of Wisconsin-Superior 2-0 in Wednesday's semifinal.
-The Eagles began the season with five straight losses, but will enter Saturday's championship game on a five-game win streak.
-UNW is the reigning UMAC Tournament champion after beating UWS in the title game in 2018.
-Emily Currie, who was last year's UMAC Tournament MVP, scored both goals in Wednesday's semifinal win over the Yellowjackets.
-This will be the third consecutive UMAC Tournament championship game for the Eagles.
-The Eagles lead the conference with 53 goals scored and average a conference-best 12 shots-on-goal per game.
-Anna Welch leads the team with 15 goals and 34 points.
-Danielle Roberts has 10 goals, while Linley Norman has a team-high eight assists.
-Ellie Fryer ranks second in the conference with a 1.41 goals-against-average.
Series Record: CSS leads 41-11-2
(Last Meeting: 4-0 CSS – 10/5/2019)
Series History: The Saints have not allowed a Northwestern goal in each of the last three meetings … In Northwestern's last trip to Duluth, the game ended in a scoreless draw in September of 2018 … That has been St. Scholastica's only non-win in UMAC regular season play the last two seasons … CSS is 8-2-0 all-time against the Eagles in postseason play … This will be the fourth championship meeting between the two programs since 2010 … The last time the Saints hosted Northwestern at Saints Field in the UMAC Tournament championship, the Eagles prevailed 1-0 in 2010.
Looking Ahead: The winner on Saturday receives the conference's automatic qualifier into next week's NCAA Division III Tournament. The tournament field will be announced on NCAA.com at noon on Monday.
