St. Scholastica men’s soccer busted out quickly on Saturday, scoring four goals in the first half for a 4-0 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference win over Concordia-Moorhead on their home field in Duluth.

All four CSS tallies came from different players and within a 23-minute span in the center of the first half. Jakob Jansen (13th minute) got it started, followed by Fabian Andrade (28th), Tim Bader (32nd) and Louis Maerker (35th).

The Saints focused on shutting the game down defensively from there, allowing just six Cobbers shot attempts over the 90 minutes, three of them on target and saved by goalie Ben Hallberg.

Alexander Cortez-Estrada had two assists for CSS (2-8-4, 2-3-1 MIAC). The Saints were set to travel to Wisconsin-Stevens Point for a nonconference game on Monday before returninghome for a Saturday game vs. Augsburg.

Superior’s Manion scores in win over Concordia

Superior native Anna Manion got the St. Scholastica offense going en route to a 2-0 MIAC home win over Concordia-Moorhead on Saturday in Duluth.

Manion’s goal, the freshman’s fourth, came in the 31st minute. One of the assists went to Tenley Voth, who closed out the scoring in the 76th minute.

The Saints held a 24-6 advantage in shot attempts and 16-2 in shots on target against a Cobbers team that has yet to win this season.

CSS goalie Rylee Senich (Cloquet-Esko-Carlton) made two saves.

On Wednesday, the neighboring Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets got the better of the Saints, 2-0 in Duluth.

CSS had nine shots on target but couldn’t get any of them past UWS goalie and Duluth native Quinn Clark.

CSS (4-7-3, 2-2-2 MIAC) was set to play at St. Catherine on Tuesday in St. Paul.

Saints stumble vs. Carleton

St. Scholastica football’s homecoming game got off to a good start but was ultimately spoiled by Carleton on Saturday, as the Knights drove home 41-14 winners at Walt Hunting Stadium-Marv Heikkinen Field in Duluth.

A 43-yard pass play from Donald West to Curtis Favors opened the scoring for the game and for CSS in the first quarter, but the Knights scored the next 24 points.

West hit Favors again on a 21-yard play for six points with just three seconds left in the first half, but the latter two stanzas belonged to the visitors, who controlled play en route to a third straight MIAC win.

West was 14-for-28 passing for 180 yards and two touchdowns, with Favors hauling in four of those catches for 103 yards.

Jevon Williams led the game on the ground with 90 yards on 12 carries.

The CSS defense had a rough day, allowing 570 total yards on 84 plays (CSS had 294 yards for the day), including 369 passing yards and two touchdowns to Carleton quarterback Jack Curtis.

CSS (2-3, 1-3 MIAC) hits the road for its next two games starting with a Saturday date at Gustavus Adolphus.

Saints drop two five-setters

St. Scholastica went deep into the night with Saint Benedict in MIAC volleyball Friday night at Reif Gym but came away 3-2 (25-27, 25-19, 23-25, 25-14, 16-14) losers.

A match with 213 total points came down to the thinnest possible margin, as the Saints battled back from 13-8 down in the fifth set with four straight points and six of a possible seven, including two match points saved. However at 14-all in the fifth, the Bennies put together back-to-back kills for the win.

CSS was narrowly behind in most major statistical categories, including kills (56-50), digs (58-52) and hitting percentage (.200 to .095).

Lindsey Baribeau of CSS led all players with 15 kills, while Ava Swangstue finished with 14. Ava Decker served five aces for the Saints and had a team-leading 14 digs.

In a Saturday nonconference match the Saints were denied in similar fashion, losing 3-2 (22-25, 21-25, 25-16, 25-15, 15-8) at Minnesota Morris.

After the Saints had a .308 hitting percentage through two sets, things cooled quickly with help from a Morris squad that served 15 aces.

Baribeau led CSS with 13 kills, while Bryn Ziegler piled up 21 digs.

CSS (11-9, 3-2 MIAC) returns to league play on Wednesday night at Bethel before welcoming St. Catherine on Friday night.

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