Game of the Week: Minnesota Morris at St. Scholastica - Women's Soccer
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ST. PAUL -- The Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Game of the Week is a feature that takes place each week throughout the conference portion of the season with one contest being selected and highlighted as the UMAC Game of the Week.
This week's UMAC Game of the Week will take place on Saturday, October 4 in Duluth when the University of Minnesota Morris and the College of St. Scholastica women’s soccer teams will face-off. Both teams currently have perfect UMAC records and will look for a win to stay in first place in the UMAC standings. Game time is scheduled for 12 p.m. Saturday.
About the Cougars
Minnesota Morris will head up north this weekend to battle with St. Scholastica in Duluth. Both the Cougars and Saints are off to perfect starts in the conference and have not conceded a goal during UMAC play. Morris will look to pick up three points in Duluth for the second time in three years on Saturday.
Freshman Molly Hancuh has been a standout for the Cougars in 2014, she has five goals and four assists on the year. Christina Mollan is second on the team with 11 points on three goals and five assists. Emma LaChance has added ten points so far this season.
About the Saints
The St. Scholastica women's soccer team enters Homecoming Weekend on a five-game winning streak, outscoring their opponents in that time by a combined score of 19-0. The five-game winning streak comes on the heels of one of the toughest non-conference schedules to begin the season in the country. The Saints faced four teams ranked in the top 18 in the nation, including two of the top six teams in Division III.
The Saints are led by the senior connection of Kelsey Kehtel and Jalyn Britton. Kehtel broke the program's career scoring mark last weekend and is currently second in the conference with 18 points. Britton leads the UMAC with seven assists. She has at least one assist in five of the last six games. CSS has just three conference losses in the regular season since the start of the 2003 season and all three have been by Minnesota Morris, including two at home.
Game Notes
-The two programs have met for the conference tournament championship the past three seasons.
-Since the Cougars ended the Saints' 99-game conference regular season unbeaten streak, CSS has not allowed a Cougar goal in five straight victories.
- Every match for Minnesota Morris this season has featured a shutout. The Cougars have not scored in their losses and have not conceded a goal in their victories.
- Morris is averaging 23.4 shots per game during their wins and just 2.5 shots per game in their losses.
- CSS’s Kehtel and Britton have registered at least one point in six straight games.
- Eight different players have scored for Minnesota Morris this season.
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Final Score: 0-0
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