DULUTH, Minn. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica softball team will face Crown College in an Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) doubleheader on Friday down in St. Bonifacius.
 
Where:
Crown Softball Field – St. Bonifacius, Minn.
 
When:
Friday at Crown – 2 p.m. (DH)
 
Live Video vs. Crown: https://athletics.crown.edu/watch/?Live=92&type=Live
Live Stats vs. Crown: https://www.crown.edu/fileadmin/livestats/xlive.htm
 
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 13-13, 5-3 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
 
What You Need to Know about the Saints:
-The Saints will travel to face the Storm after splitting with the University of Northwestern (Minn.) on Monday.
-CSS ranks second in the league with a 3.64 team earned run average and leads the UMAC with a .286 opponents' batting average.
-Senior Maggie Schley (Mounds View, Minn./Irondale HS) is third in the conference with 63 strikeouts.
-Olivia Howe (Scandia, Minn./Forest Lake HS) is third in the league with an ERA of 3.50. She also leads the team with nine doubles.
-The Saints still rank second in the league with 44 stolen bases.
-Hannah Thul (Superior, Wis./Superior HS) with 14 and Nicole Anders (Port Angeles, Wash./Sequim HS) with 13 lead the conference in stolen bases.
-CSS is out-scoring teams 36-16 in the fourth inning this season.
 
What You Need to Know about Crown:
Record: 10-18, 4-8 UMAC
-The Storm were swept by the University of Northwestern (Minn.) on Tuesday.
-Crown currently sits sixth in the standings with only four conference games remaining.
-The best path for the Storm to make the UMAC Tournament would be to get a game off the Saints on Friday.
-Telma Roesler leads the conference with 34 runs scored and is fourth in the conference with 11 doubles.  
-Liz Kemp leads the team with 23 RBIs.
-Demi Brezina is third in the conference with 10 stolen bases.
-Pitcher Olivia Christopherson leads the team in strikeouts with 64, which also ranks second in the conference.
 
Series Record: CSS leads 44-1 (Last Meeting: 5-4 CSS – 5/3/2018)
 
Series History: The Saints have won the last four games against the Storm … The last meeting was during last year's UMAC tournament won 5-4 by the Saints.
 
Looking Ahead: The Saints will have a non-conference make-up doubleheader with Northland College on Monday at either Saints Field for Kenwood Field. CSS will then play the LumberJills again on Tuesday in a conference doubleheader.