St. Scholastica football has upped its competitiveness since joining the MIAC for the 2021 season, but had to settle for one of their bigger moral victories of recent years, losing 36-33 on Saturday to an unbeaten St. Olaf team on a game-ending field goal.
The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game in Northfield, Minnesota was a back-and-forth contest, and the Saints appeared poised to take the lead for the fourth time when Donald West tossed an 8-yard pass to Ricky Weber for a Saints touchdown with 4:46 to play. Tied at 33, CSS missed the extra point.
That proved immaterial, however, as the Oles pounded out a game-winning drive, going 71 yards over the remaining time before Collin Swan’s chip-shot field goal as time expired.
West had 393 yards passing on 30-of-43 attempts, with Weber collecting 12 passes for 144 yards and Andrew Burgess making seven catches for 89 yards. Nick Schlender led CSS on the ground with 92 yards on 11 carries.
CSS (2-4, 1-3 MIAC) will host Carleton on Saturday.
Saints fall to Saint Mary’s
An 83rd-minute penalty kick goal from Gabriel Marchesoni pulled St. Scholastica within one, but the Saints couldn’t find an equalizer in the remaining time and lost 3-2 to Saint Mary’s on Saturday in a MIAC soccer game in Duluth.
The Cardinals took the lead on a penalty of their own from Cohan Hare in the 30th minute, only for Ted Barker to level it for CSS about eight minutes later.
The match stayed tied through the hour mark before a pair of Saint Mary’s goal gave them the edge.
Marco Hernandez made three saves for the Saints and Ben Hallberg one.
The Saints also lost 5-1 at Hamline on Tuesday, Oct. 15 with Barker scoring their only goal.
CSS (3-11-1, 1-5 MIAC) plays at Saint John’s on Wednesday.
Saints grab first conference point
St. Scholastica grabbed a draw for the first time this season in MIAC play, deadlocking 0-0 at Hamline on Wednesday in St. Paul.
The Pipers had 21 shot attempts to CSS’s seven and had a similar 3-to-1 (9-3) advantage in shots on target, but goalkeeper Gracie Meagher made all nine saves she was called on to make.
On Saturday, Saint Mary’s handed CSS a 3-0 defeat, two of the goals coming from Lauryn Skoruppa.
Meagher made four saves.
CSS (0-12-4, 0-7-1 MIAC) plays at Saint Benedict on Tuesday.
CSS gets back on track, sweeping triangular
After losses to Bethel on Wednesday and at Wisconsin-Superior on Friday, St. Scholastica volleyball evened out the week with a pair of 3-0 wins over Lawrence and Northland in a nonconference triangular on Saturday in Ashland.
The Saints won a close one, 25-22, 26-24, 25-22, over Lawrence after Lindsey Baribeau had a strong all-around game at the net with nine kills and four blocks, plus three aces at the serving line. Ava Swangstue and Cassidy Lustig added eight kills apiece.
Defensively, Bailee Hess had a team-best 15 digs, while Katlyn Jones added 13 and Zoie McDonald 10. Grace Myhre set the Saints to 28 assists.In the 25-22, 25-20, 25-12 win over Northland, Baribeau added 13 more kills and Swangstue 11. Hess had 17 digs, while Jones and Lustig posted 12 apiece.Myhre had 30 saves.
On Wednesday in a MIAC match in Duluth, the Saints dominated the second set against the Royals, who entered unbeaten in conference play, but Bethel returned to form quickly, winning 3-1 (25-18, 13-25, 25-18, 25-18).
Lustig had 10 kills to lead CSS, while Baribeau added nine and Jones eight. Jones had a hand in five blocks, while Baribeau was in on four and Swangstue three.
Ziegler was the Saints’ dig lead with 19, while Myhre finished with 33 assists and 11 digs.
CSS (11-12, 1-5 MIAC) plays at Macalester on Thursday.
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