2006 Season In The Books

The Saint Scholastica Saints Baseball Team was knocked out of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday. The Saints won their first game of the Tournament against host University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, but later fell to the number one seed Ripon and again to in-state rival St. Thomas on Saturday.



Check back here at www.CSSBaseball.blogspot.com for a wrap-up of the 2006 Season shortly. Also, if you (or somebody you know) may be interested in joining CSSBaseball.blogspot.com for the 2007 Season please leave a comment or drop me an email! Great Season Saints! Vivat Vivat Scholastica!

Saints In NCAA Tournament

The Saint Scholastica Saints Baseball team received a bid into the NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament for the second consecutive year. The Saints will be a four seed in the Stevens Point Regional hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. The Saints will face the number 5 seeded University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers in the opening 9:00 AM game of the Regional.

The Saints were undoubtedly hurt by the losses to MIAC foes St. Olaf and St. Thomas who both received higher seeds in the same Stevens Point Regional.

For the breakdown for the entire 2006 NCAA Division III Tournament click here.

Follow the Saints entire NCAA Tournament run right here at www.CSSBaseball.blogspot.com or through the Official Tournament Website.

Saints Move Into UMAC Championship

The Saint Scholastica Saints Baseball team advanced all the way into the 2006 UMAC Championship Game by defeating both the University of Minnesota-Morris and Northland College by scores of 15-4 and 17-1 on Thursday at Wade Stadium in Duluth.

In the first game of the day for St. Scholastica Senior Luke Olin etched his name into the NCAA Division III Record Book when he struck an 8th inning triple against Minnesota-Morris. The triple was Olin's 14th of the season, breaking the single season record of 13 set by Tom Mohl of Marietta College in Ohio in 1982. Mohl's 13 triples were over 63 games. Olin's record was set in his 39th game of the season.

The two wins increased the Saints 2006 record to 36-4 on the season and moved CSS even closer to a second consecutive NCAA Division III Tournament bid.

Sophomore Blake Eller

Keep track of the record setting 2006 St. Scholastica Saints Baseball team right here at www.CSSBaseball.blogspot.com for more updates. The Saints will continue their run through the UMAC on Saturday, as Friday's action was rained out, at Wade Stadium. See you out at the Wade!

Tommies Cool Off Saints

The St. Thomas Tommies rolled into Duluth on Sunday morning looking to avenge to early season losses to the St. Scholastica Saints. A four-run first inning for the Tommies off of the Saints Mark Moriarty gave St. Thomas a lead that they would never relenquish.

Moriarty settled down after that rocky first and held the Tommies scoreless for the next four innings as the Saints offense tried to cut into the Tommies lead. In the bottom of the third inning, CSS was able to do just that when Mike Lewis knocked in Luke Olin and Daryl Fuchihara reached first on an error as Keith Ritsche scampered home. This left the Saints looking up from a 4-2 deficit.

In the top of the fifth inning, the Tommies were able to get to Moriarty again when Sean Young knocked in Matt Pexa, and Jordan Roering hit a ground ball single up the middle scored Mike Moran stretching the Tommies lead to 6-2.

The Saints answered right back in the bottom of the fifth inning when Freshman Jake Gaub knocked in Steve Kraushaar with a single through the right side of the infield bringing the score to 6-3.

Freshman phenom Adian Kummet releived Moriarty in the top of the sixth inning and worked the final four innings with out allowing the Tommies to get another run across while allowing only two hits and striking out one. Moriarty finished the game having worked five innings while allowing seven hits and six runs and striking out two.

The Saints offense was only able to muster one more run when Freshman Seth Engberg scored on a Chad Weiss double to left center. This brought the final tally to 6-4 in favor of St. Thomas.

The loss dropped the Saints to 34-4 on the 2006 season with the UMAC playoffs starting this weekend at Wade Stadium in Duluth. The Saints could only face the Tommies again if the two teams both advanced to the NCAA Division III Tournament.

Saints Sweep Morris

The Saint Scholastica Saints Baseball team finished off the UMAC portion of their 2006 regular season schedule by absolutely stomping the University of Minnesota-Morris Cougars in a doubleheader Saturday at Wade Stadium in Duluth.

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The three game sweep of Morris left the Saints at 34-3 overall and an unblemished 21-0 in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference. The Saints outscored the Cougars 39-4 in the three games played this weekend at the Wade and gave the team momentum going into Sunday's National Game of the Week in NCAA Division III against the nationally ranked St. Thomas Tommies.

Saints Top Cougars

The Saint Scholastica Saints Baseball team stayed undefeated in Upper Midwest Athletic Conference play by defeating the University of Minnesota-Morris Cougars by the score of 11-2 at Wade Stadium in Duluth on Friday.

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The same two teams will meet again Saturday at noon at Wade Stadium for a doubleheader as the Saints will wrap up UMAC play for the regular season. CSS will then take on St. Thomas at 1 PM on Sunday in a nine-inning contest against the nationally-ranked Tommies to finish off the 2006 regular season schedule. Sunday's contest will be broadcast locally on AM 710 WDSM or through a webcast right here at www.CSSBaseball.blogspot.com!

Saints Take On Cougars

The Saint Scholastica Saints Baseball team will wrap up their regular season schedule this weekend starting today with a nine-inning contest against the University of Minnesota-Morris Cougars at Wade Stadium in Duluth. The Saints will be looking to stay unblemished in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference and keep momentum rolling into the conference playoffs and eventually the NCAA Division III Regionals.

Junior Daryl Fuchihara

Make sure to make it out the the Wade this weekend to catch the 5th ranked St. Scholastica Saints in action! Also, remember to check back here at www.CSSBaseball.blogspot.com for more updates on the Saints run towards the NCAA Division III Tournament!