Saints Move Up In Rankings

The Saint Scholastica Saints Baseball Team moved up to number 5 in the latest American Baseball Coaches Association NCAA Division III Baseball poll released on March 27th. This is the highest CSS has ever been ranked in an NCAA Division III poll. The Saints were able to move up this high as a result of their red-hot 13-1 start including wins over several ranked opponents.



The Saints are looking up in the latest rankings at number 1 ranked New Jersey, number 2 Wooster, OH, number 3 Emory, GA, and number 4 ranked Cortland State, NY.

Saints Enjoying Fast Start

The Saint Scholastica Saints baseball team is off to a tremendous start to the 2006 NCAA season. Through their first 14 games the CSS Saints are 13-1. The Saints have played some of the toughest competition in NCAA Division III and have proven themselves worthy of playing with the big boys. The 17th ranked Saints have already defeated number 3 Wartburg College, number 7 Alvernia College, and number 27 St. Thomas University with their only loss coming in the first game of a doubleheader against Alvernia.

The Saints will again take the field on Friday, March 31st in Waconia, MN against Crown College as they look to continue their 2006 domination into the UMAC season.

2006 Schedule and Results

Saints Roll Through Florida

The Saint Scholastica Saints baseball team finished off its annual Florida Spring Break trip by sweeping the Hilbert College Hawks and the Kenyon College Lords in two doubleheaders and by defeating Mount Saint Vincent College. Through the whole Florida trip the Saints went 9-1 and improved to 13-1 overall.

GAME ONE

SAINTS 15
HAWKS 4

GAME TWO
SAINTS 26
HAWKS 0

GAME ONE
SAINTS 15
LORDS 4

GAME TWO
SAINTS 1
LORDS 0

SAINTS 7
DOLPHINS 1

The Saints will now not take the field again until March 31st when they open their UMAC schedule against Crown College. Stay in touch with Saints Baseball all season long right here at www.CSSBaseball.blogspot.com!

Saints Roll Over Principia

The Saint Scholastica Saints baseball team continued it's great start to 2006 by rolling over the Principia College Panthers by the score of 10-3 on Tuesday in Ft. Pierce, FL.

The Saints were able to gain the W by means of a 6-run 4th inning that put the game out of reach. Luke Olin and Daryl Fuchihara led the Saints offensively with each getting a single, double, and triple and 2 RBIs. Matt Tuominen and Blake Eller each added two hits for the Saints with Tuominen knocking in 3 and Eller scoring 3 times.

Chad Weiss got the win for the Saints by allowing zero runs on two hits while striking out six.

SAINTS 10
PANTHERS 3

The Saints improved to 8-1 on the season and will take the field again on Thursday for a doubleheader against Hilbert College.

Saints Gain Split

The Saint Scholastica Saints Baseball Team gained a split of their doubleheader with ninth-ranked Alvernia College by winning the second game of the twin-billing.

The Alvernia College Crusaders were able to take the first game behind the strong pitching of Jason Ziegler who threw a four-hit shutout en route to a 4-0 victory. Keith Ritsche took the hill for the Saints and allowed 3 runs on 6 hits in 6 innings of work while taking his first loss of the season.

In game two the Saints were led by the arm of Mark Moriarty who threw a four hit shutout of his own as the Saints won 5-0. Moriarty finished with 10 strikeouts and improved to 2-0 on the season.

With the win the Saints moved to 7-1 in 2006 and are an impressive 5-1 against nationally ranked opponents.

Saints Stay Hot, Sweep Westminster

The Saint Scholastica Saints Baseball team continued their hot start by sweeping the Westminster College Titans to kick off their Florida schedule. The Saints moved to 6-0 on the heels of two extra-inning victories.

In game one, Senior Luke Olin proved to be the hero with an RBI single in the top of the ninth that scored Blake Eller with the winning run in the 6-5 victory. The Saints were able to force the game into extra's when Mike Lewis scored in the seventh inning on a wild pitch. Freshman Adian Kummet moved to 2-0 on the season by throwing three innings in relief of Mark Erickson. For the game, Olin had three hits and two RBIs while Eller and Junior Brandon Swartz each added two hits for the Saints.

The Saints took the second game of the doubleheader by the score of 7-6 after Luke Olin led off the bottom of the ninth inning with a triple and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Daryl Fuchihara. Eric Hagen picked up his first win of the season by giving up one run on four hits in 4 2/3 innings of relief of Ben Grams. Blake Eller was an offensive star for CSS by going 4-5 with five stolen bases while Olin was 2-3 with three runs scored.

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The Saints will now face Alvernia College in another doubleheader on Monday, March 13th. Stay tuned to www.CSSBaseball.blogspot.com for game results as we receive them!

Saints Off To Sunny FLA

The Saint Scholastica Saints Baseball team left on Friday, March 10th on thier annual bus trip to the Gulf Coast for the great state of Florida. The Saints are scheduled to play ten games in a twelve day span against teams such as Westminster College, Alvernia College, Principia College, State University of New York-New Paultz, Kenyon College, and Mount St. Vincent College. The team will kick off their action starting today against the Westminster College Titans when the teams meet for two games starting at 9:00 AM.

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Check back to www.CSSBaseball.blogspot.com throughout the Saints Spring Trip for updates and game reports as we receive them!

Saints Sweep Tommies

The Saint Scholastica Saints moved to 4-0 on the season on the heels of two last-inning rallies against the 27th ranked St. Thomas Tommies. The Saints scored two runs in the top of the eight to break a 3-3 tie in game one sending CSS to a 5-3 victory. In game two, the Saints trailed 2-1 going into the final at-bat, but the Saints came through with a one out, bases loaded double that drove in two giving the Saints a 3-2 victory.

GAME ONE

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GAME TWO
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#17 Saints VS. #27 Tommies

The 17th ranked Saint Scholastica Saints (2-0) are about to take on the 27th ranked St. Thomas Tommies (0-0) at the Metrodome in Minneapolis, MN starting at 5:00 PM. The Saints will be looking to continue the strong start they got off to when they swept 3rd ranked Wartburg College last week. The Tommies will be taking the field for the first time in 2006 and will surely be looking for a fast start to their season. All signs point to a hard fought battle by these two rivals.

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Stay Tuned to www.CSSBaseball.blogspot.com for game updates and scores as we receive them! Go Saints!

Saints Prepare For Tommies

The Saint Scholastica Saints baseball team is coming off of an impressive two-game sweep of third ranked Wartburg College last week and has been working even harder for another tough outing against another nationally ranked opponent and fierce rival, the St. Thomas Tommies. The Tommies are ranked #27 nationally and will open their season on Tuesday against the Saints.

St. Thomas is returning 17 varisty players from last season's team that won both the MIAC regular season and post season titles. The Tommies also advanced to the Midwest Regional of the NCAA Division III Tournament where they were knocked out by eventual National Champion the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

Last season, the Saints and Tommies face each other three times with the Tommies taking two out of three. They met in a doubleheader in the Metrodome on March 14, 2005 with the Saints taking the first game 2-1 in 9 innings and the Tommies taking the night-cap by the score of 7-5. The two teams met for the final time on April 24, 2005 at St. Thomas's home field with the Tommies taking it to the Saints by the score of 10-4.

Tuesday's games will mark the first of four that the two teams will play during the regular season of 2006. The Saints and Tommies will meet again on May 7th in Wade Stadium for another doubleheader that will mark the end of the Saints 2006 regular season campaign.

The battle begins on Tuesday, March 7th at 5:00 PM in the Metrodome. Saints fans should make it down early to cheer on their 17th ranked St. Scholastica Saints in, already, one of their biggest series's of the season!

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Moriarty Leads Saints to Sweep!

The Saint Scholastica Saints baseball team completed a season opening sweep of third ranked Wartburg College behind the arm of Junior Mark Moriarty (1-0). Moriarty threw a complete game, one-hit shut-out, while striking out 11 and walking only one.

Offensively, the Saints were led by Senior Luke Olin who hit a two-run triple in the first inning and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Sophomore Steve Kraushaar.

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With the win the Saints moved to 2-0 on the season and will next take the field on Tuesday, March 7th against 20th ranked St. Thomas University at 5:00 PM at the Metrodome.

Saints Take Game One!

The Saint Scholastica Saints baseball team started their 2006 season with a resounding 9-4 win over the 3rd ranked Wartburg College Knights at the Metrodome in Minneapolis, MN. The Saints jumped out to an early lead and never looked back. They were led on the mound by Junior pitcher Keith Ritsche (1-0) who threw a complete game for his first win of the season.

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The two teams are battling in out right now in Game Two of the scheduled doubleheader with Junior Mark Moriarty on the hill for the 17th ranked Saints.

Saints VS. Knights Today!

The Saint Scholastica Saints baseball team will open their 2006 Season today at the Metrodome against the 3rd ranked Wartburg College Knights!

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Check back to www.CSSBaseball.blogspot.com for the results from Minneapolis as they come in! Go Saints!

Saints Picked to Win UMAC

The Saint Scholastica Saints baseball team was once again picked by the coaches of the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference to claim the 2006 Championship. The Saints have won the last nine consecutive UMAC titles.

The Saints earned 49 points and seven first place votes. Northland College was picked to finish second with 40 points, while Martin Luther College and Bethany Lutheran College tied for third, with Martin Luther College receiving the other first place vote.

The Saints will be returning five position players and four starting pitchers from a team that was 36-7-1 overall and 19-1-1 in the UMAC last season.

Northwestern is picked fifth, followed by the University of Minnesota-Morris, Crown College, and Presentation College.