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Friday, March 11, 2005

Upper Midwest Athletic Conference

The Saint Scholastica Saints Baseball team competes in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference with seven other teams. The other team's in the conference are Northland College (Ashland, Wisconsin), Martin Luther College (New Ulm, Minnesota), Northwestern College (Saint Paul, Minnesota), Bethany Lutheran College (Mankato, Minnesota), Presentation College (Aberdeen, South Dakota), Crown College (Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota), and the University of Minnesota - Morris (Morris, Minnesota).


The Northland College LuberJacks play their home games at LumberJack Field in Ashland, WI. They are led by their coach Joel Barta who had a career coaching record of 9-29 heading into the 2005 season. The LumberJacks started the 2005 season in Fort Pierce, Florida on March 6th with win over the University of Pittsburgh - Greensburg. They continued their winning ways with victory over Susquehanna on March 7th. The next day, the LumberJacks tied Mt. Aloysuis College by a score of 4-4. The LumberJacks got back on the winning track the next day with a victory of Penn St. Behrend. That; however, ended the LumberJacks winning ways for awhile as the team dropped their next four ballgames in Florida. Northland currently has a record of 3-4-1.


The Martin Luther College Knights are led by head coach Drew Buck. The Knights opened their 2005 campaign up in Tampa, Florida against MSOE. Martin Luther has played eight games so far in the 2005 season and has compiled an overall record of 3-5 while playing games in Tampa, Lakeland, New Port Richey, and St. Leo, Florida.


The Northwestern College Eagles also opened up the 2005 season with a trip to Florida. The Eagles landed in Fort Pierce on March 4th and started up the 2005 season with a streak of eight games in six days. Northwestern took the season opener over Capital University by a score of 11-1, but then dropped the next five games in a row. They got back in the win column on March 8th with a 6-1 victory over Manhattanville College, but then dropped the next day's game versus the University of Pittsburgh - Johnstown. The Eagles have complied a record of 2-6 so far in the 2005 season.


Bethany Lutheran College enters the 2005 season looking to improve on last season's 18-24 overall record. The Vikings are led by sixth year head coach Derek Woodley. They opened the season with the "Baseball Spring Trip" to Port Charlotte, Florida from March 7 - March 10. Over that time the Vikings played six games and have compiled a record of 1-5.


The Presentation College Saints opened up their 2005 season with a trip down to Kansas where they have played eight games so far this season. The Saints first games was against Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas and they continued on playing Tabor College for two and Central Christian College for four. Throught the first eight games of the season the Saints have compiled a record of 0-7.


The Crown College Storm are led in the 2005 season by fifth year head coach Kelly Spahn. The Storm opened their 2005 campaign with a doubleheader at Southeastern College in which they dropped both games 22-1 and 8-2. The Storm's bad luck in 2005 has continued from their all the way up to yesterday's doubleheader against Salem State in which they were again swept 7-3 and 13-1 to drop their season record to 0-7 on the year.


The University of Minnesota - Morris Cougars have yet to play a game in 2005. They are led into the year by head coach Mark Fohl who is in his 20th season at the helm. The Cougars are looking to improve on last season's 5-27 record overall and their 5-12 record in the UMAC which was good for 6th place in conference. The Cougars will open their 2005 season on March 13th in Fort Myers, Florida with a doubleheader against College of the Wooster.

This has been a quick look around the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference so that we can all get a little more familiar with who the competition is. The Saint Scholastica Saints will open up their conference schedule on April 1st in Saint Paul against the Northwestern Eagles.

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