DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – Despite the strong winter storm that affected many events over the past few days, the St. Scholastica softball team is planning to be back in action when it faces the University of Minnesota Morris on Saints Field on Saturday.
 
Where:
Saints Field – Duluth, Minn.
 
When:
Saturday – 2 p.m. (DH)
 
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 10-12, 2-2 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
 
What You Need to Know about the Saints:
-The Saints have not played since April 3 when they were swept on Saints Field by the University of Wisconsin-Superior
-Senior Maggie Schley (Mounds View, Minn./Irondale HS) became the ninth player in program history to record at least 160 hits in her career.
-Freshman Olivia Howe (Scandia, Minn./Forest Lake HS) has reached base safely in nine straight games.
-The Saints rank second in the league in with 37 stolen bases and tied for the league lead with 32 doubles.
-Hannah Thul (Superior, Wis./Superior HS) still leads the conference with 13 stolen bases, while Nicole Anders (Port Angeles, Wash./Sequim HS) ranks second with 12 stolen bases.
-The Saints are 10-0 when hits are equal or they out-hit their opponents (0-12 when being out-hit)
-The next win for the Saints will No. 750 in program history.
 
What You Need to Know about Minnesota Morris:
Record: 13-13, 4-4 UMAC
-The Cougars are coming off a doubleheader split against Martin Luther College on Tuesday.
-Morris lost the second game of that doubleheader 18-16 in nine innings.
-Eight of their 13 wins this season have come against North Central University (Minn.).
-The Cougars lead the conference with 178 runs scored and 13 home runs.
-Marissa Allen leads the conference with five home runs and 28 RBIs, while also leading the team with a .447 batting average.
-Mollie Dummer has seven wins in the pitching circle and ranks second in the conference with 58 strikeouts.
-Morris is picked to finish seventh in the conference this season.
 
Series Record: CSS leads 48-3 (Last Meeting: 11-4 CSS – 4/11/2018)
 
Series History: The Saints have won 10 straight in the series and scored a combined 27 runs in a doubleheader sweep of the Cougars last season.
 
Looking Ahead: The next scheduled game is a doubleheader at North Central University (Minn.) on Wednesday.