DULUTH, Minn. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica baseball team welcomes Northland College on Tuesday and regional foe University of Wisconsin-La Crosse to Wade Stadium on Wednesday.
Where:
Wade Stadium – Duluth, Minn.
When:
Tuesday vs. Northland – 1:30 p.m. (DH)
Wednesday vs. UW-La Crosse – 2 p.m. (DH) -
Wednesday at UW-La Crosse - 2 p.m. (DH)
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St. Scholastica Saints
Stats
Record: 21-8
, 12-0 UMAC
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Standings | Stats
What you need to know about the Saints:
-The Saints enter the week on a 16-game winning streak.
-That is the longest winning streak since 2014 when they won 20 straight games.
-With four league games remaining, the Saints hold a two-game lead over Bethany Lutheran College in the standings.
-The Saints play the Vikings in the conference finale on Saturday.
-Sophomore
Lane Girtz (Pierz, Minn./Pierz Healy HS) ranks third in the conference with a .455 batting average in league games and is tied for second with six doubles.
-Senior
Brad Fossum (Sturgeon Lake, Minn./Moose Lake HS (Concordia-St. Paul)) ranks second in the UMAC with a .559 on-base percentage in conference play and leads all players with three triples.
-Junior
Aaron Weber (Sauk Rapids, Minn./Pierz HS) has reached base safely in 26 consecutive games.
-Fossum, Weber and
Joey Zwak (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East HS) all lead the conference with 10 stolen bases in conference action.
-Zwak leads the conference with 61 assists and has not committed an error in UMAC action.
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Jake Sande (Hayward, Wis./Hayward HS) has yet to give up an earned run in 23.2 innings pitched in league play and is tied for the conference lead with four league wins.
-The Saints have nine triples in UMAC action with next-most being only three.
-CSS has 51 stolen bases in conference play, 30 more than the next nearest team.
-The Saints rank 10
th in NCAA Division III, averaging 2.79 stolen bases per game.
What You Need to Know about Northland:
Record: 9-21-1, 3-9 UMAC
-The LumberJacks enter on a four-game losing skid after suffering key conference sweeps by the University of Minnesota Morris and Crown College.
-Northland opened the conference season by beating the University of Northwestern (Minn.) on April 8.
-Northland is led offensively by Jake Schramm, who leads the UMAC with a .500 batting average in conference play.
-Schramm is batting .434 overall.
-Adrian Bethel leads the team with 24 RBIs and 14 doubles.
-On the mound, Carson Ferry has a conference-best 29 strikeouts against UMAC opponents and team are hitting only .087 against him.
Series Record: CSS 71-0-1
(Last Meeting: 20-3 CSS – 5/1/2018)
Series History: The Saints swept the LumberJacks last year at Wade Stadium by a combined score of 39-5 … CSS has scored at least 11 runs in each of the last seven meetings.
What You Need to Know about UW-La Crosse:
Record: 20-12, 15-5 WIAC
-The Eagles are coming off a four-game series split against the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
-La Crosse is receiving votes in the D3baseball.com poll.
-The Eagles are ranked fourth in the first released NCAA Regional Rankings, while the Saints are seventh.
-In their last non-conference series, the Eagles split with No. 1-ranked Concordia University Chicago.
-UWL ranks second in NCAA Division III with a .978 fielding percentage.
-The Eagles also rank 12
th in the country with 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings.
-Mason McMahon is seventh in the nation with 4.6 hits allowed per nine innings and 30
th with 11.8 strikeouts per nine innings.
-Carson Youngquist and Brennan Schmitt each have four home runs with Schmitt leading the way with 27 RBIs and Youngquist with 25 RBIs.
Series Record: Tied 10-10
(Last Meeting: 14-11 UWL – 3/30/2018)
Series History: The Eagles have won each of the last three meetings after the Saints won three in a two prior to that … CSS swept the lone games played at Wade Stadium in the series in 2017.
Looking Ahead: The Saints will close their conference schedule with a showdown at Bethany Lutheran College on Saturday in Mankato.
