This Week in the UMAC: Oct. 12, 2010
"This Week in the UMAC" is a weekly publication of the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference that is normally distributed on Tuesdays throughout the academic year. This Week in the UMAC features standings, schedules, upcoming events and the conference's Player of the Week awards.
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STANDINGS
Football
| School |
UMAC |
Overall |
| Greenville |
2-0 |
3-3 |
| Minnesota-Morris |
3-1 |
3-2 |
| Crown |
2-1 |
4-2 |
| Martin Luther |
2-2 |
3-3 |
| Westminster |
1-1 |
3-2 |
| Northwestern |
1-1 |
1-4 |
| St. Scholastica |
1-2 |
3-3 |
| Eureka |
0-2 |
0-5 |
| MacMurray |
0-2 |
0-5 |
Men's Soccer
| School |
UMAC |
Overall |
Points |
| St. Scholastica |
7-0-1 |
10-3-1 |
22 |
| Minnesota-Morris |
6-1-1 |
7-3-3 |
19 |
| Northwestern |
4-1-1 |
5-5-2 |
13 |
| Bethany Lutheran |
3-3-0 |
6-6-0 |
9 |
| Crown |
3-3-0 |
4-6-1 |
9 |
| Presentation |
2-6-0 |
3-9-0 |
6 |
| Martin Luther |
1-4-1 |
4-6-1 |
4 |
| Northland |
0-8-0 |
1-11-0 |
0 |
Women's Soccer
| School |
UMAC |
Overall |
Points |
| St. Scholastica |
7-0-1 |
7-4-1 |
22 |
| Minnesota-Morris |
4-2-2 |
5-6-2 |
14 |
| Northwestern |
4-2-0 |
4-6-0 |
12 |
| Bethany Lutheran |
3-1-2 |
7-2-2 |
11 |
| Martin Luther |
3-2-1 |
6-5-1 |
10 |
| Northland |
3-5-0 |
4-9-0 |
9 |
| Crown |
1-5-0 |
2-7-0 |
3 |
| Presentation |
0-7-0 |
1-11-0 |
0 |
Volleyball
| School |
UMAC |
Overall |
| St. Scholastica |
7-0 |
18-6 |
| Northwestern |
6-1 |
16-10 |
| Minnesota-Morris |
5-2 |
12-10 |
| Martin Luther |
4-3 |
12-9 |
| Bethany Lutheran |
3-4 |
8-11 |
| Northland |
2-5 |
7-19 |
| Presentation |
1-6 |
1-16 |
| Crown |
0-7 |
2-17 |
UMAC TEAMS IN NATIONAL STATISTICS
Football (as of Oct. 12, 2010)
Mike Minehan (Eureka) – 4th in Tackles (14.8 per game)
Luke Delain (Northwestern – 4th in Tackles (14.8 per game)
Anthony Ambers (Greenville) – 7th in Rushing (155.83 yards per game)
Tobias Alaribe (MacMurray) – 10th in Tackles (12.0 per game)
Kelvin Williams (Westminser) – 11th in Interceptions (0.80 per game)
St. Scholastica (Team) – 11th in Turnover Margin (+1.67 per game)
Anthony Ambers (Greenville) – 12th in Scoring (11.33 points per game)
Drew Milner (Crown) – 14th in Receptions Per Game (7.83 per game)
Westminster (Team) – 18th in Pass Efficiency Defense (42.94 pass completion percentage)
Martin Luther (Team) – 18th in Rushing Offense (243.33 yards per game)
Kelsey Mankins (MacMurray) – 20th in Tackles (11.4 per game)
Drew Milner (Crown) – 21st in Receiving Yards Per Game (109.0 per game)
Crown (Team) – 23rd in Total Offense (448.17 yards per game)
Greenville (Team) – 24th in Rushing Offense (223.83 yards per game)
Crown (Team) – 24th in Scoring Offense (38.5 points per game)
Drew Milner (Crown) – 25th in All-Purpose Yards (166.0 yards per game)
Justin Trautmiller (St. Scholastica) – 25th in Interceptions (0.67 per game)
Adam Hayes (Crown) – 25th in Passing Efficiency (156.35 rating)
Men's Soccer (as of Oct. 3, 2010)
Tyler Simpson (Minnesota-Morris) - 10th in Save Percentage (0.917)
Tyler Simpson (Minnesota-Morris) - 15th in Goals Against Average (0.379 goals per game)
Brandon Stemwedel (St. Scholastica) - 22nd in Total Assists (6.0)
St. Scholastica (Team) - 22nd in Goals Against Average (0.49 goals per game)
St. Scholastica (Team) - 23rd in Total Goals (29.0)
Women's Soccer (as of Oct. 3, 2010)
Alexa Mowry (Bethany Lutheran) - 5th in Save Percentage (0.951)
Bethany Lutheran (Team) - 6th in Save Percentage (0.949)
Bethany Lutheran (Team) - 10th in Goals Against Average (0.318 goals per game)
Alexa Mowry (Bethany Lutheran) - 15th in Goals Against Average (0.367 goals per game)
Bethany Lutheran (Team) - 18th in Shutout Percentage (0.667)
Bethany Lutheran (Team) - 23rd in Scoring Offense (3.44 goals per game)
Volleyball (as of Oct. 3, 2010)
Minnesota-Morris (Team) - 24th in Assists Per Set (11.72)
Anna Zyvoloski (St. Scholastica) - 25th in Kills Per Set (4.06)
PLAYER OF THE WEEK AWARDS
Football Offensive
Anthony Ambers – SR | RB | Greenville College
Greenville’s Anthony Ambers ran 28 times for 263 yards and four touchdowns in the Panthers’ 35-7 win over St. Scholastica. Ambers’ long run on the day was for 67 yards while the senior had no rushes for negative yards.
Football Defensive
James Binder – SR | CB | Greenville College
James Binder recorded three tackles and two interceptions in Greenville’s 35-7 win over St. Scholasica on Saturday. Binder was part of a secondary that held the Saints’ starting quarterback to just 102 passing yards.
Football Special Teams
Daniel Comacho – FR | KR | University of Minnesota, Morris
Minnesota-Morris’ Daniel Comacho averaged 19.5 yards per return in the Cougars’ 28-21 loss to Martin Luther. Comacho had a long return of 30 yards while posting two more returns of 20 or more yards.
Men’s Soccer Offensive
Cody Svieven – SR | MF | College of St. Scholastica
St. Scholastica’s Cody Svieven helped the Saints pick up a UMAC victory over Northland last week. In that game, Svieven recorded 10 points in 39 minutes of play with three goals and four assists.
Men’s Soccer Defensive
Josh Niedermayer – JR | GK | Northwestern College
Josh Niedermayer helped Northwestern go 1-0-1 in conference play, earning a shutout against Bethany Lutheran before holding Martin Luther to just one goal in a double overtime finish.
Women’s Soccer Offensive
Zoe Bergstrom – FR | MF | University of Minnesota, Morris
In a pair of wins over Presentation College last week, Minnesota-Morris’ Zoe Bergstrom had four goals on three assists, including a hat trick in Friday’s 7-0 victory.
Women’s Soccer Defensive
Allison Snyder – SO | GK | Martin Luther Colege
Martin Luther’s Allison Snyder tallied 27 saves in three games last week, including 16 saves in a 1-0 loss at Northwestern on Saturday.
Volleyball Offensive
Elissa Sandstrom – SR | MB | Northwestern College
Elissa Sandstrom didn’t dip below a .385 attacking percentage in any of her team’s five matches last week as the Northwestern senior averaged 3.47 kills per set and a .537 overall attacking percentage.
Volleyball Defensive
Jordan Olerud – SR | OH | University of Minnesota, Morris
In Minnesota-Morris’ sweep of UMAC competition last week, the Cougars’ Jordan Olerud averaged 3.0 digs per set and a .938 receiving percentage.
Volleyball Setter
Leah Kostek – SR | S | Northwestern College
Leah Kostek helped the Eagles go 4-1 last week, averaging 10.8 assists per set while Northwestern hit .360 as a team. Kostek also surpassed the 3,000 assist mark for her career early in the week.
THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
Men's & Women’s Cross Country
Saturday, October 16 Martin Luther College, North Central University, University of Minnesota, Morris, Bethany Lutheran College, and Presentation College at Crown College Storm Invite at 11 a.m.
Saturday, October 16 Northwestern College, College of St. Scholastica at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Invitational at TBA
Saturday, October 16 Northland College at Wisconsin Privates / St. Norbert’s College Invitational at TBA.
Football
Saturday, October 16 Eureka College at Crown College at 1 p.m.
Saturday, October 16 MacMurray College at Greenville College at 1 p.m.
Saturday, October 16 Westminster College at Martin Luther College at 1 p.m.
Saturday, October 16 University of Minnesota, Morris at Northwestern College at 1 p.m.
Men’s Soccer
Friday, October 15 Crown College at Bethany Lutheran College at 1:30 p.m.
Friday, October 15 Northwestern College at Martin Luther College at 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 16 Northland College at University of Minnesota, Morris at 12 p.m.
Saturday, October 16 College of St. Scholastica at Presentation College at 12 p.m.
Saturday, October 16 Crown College at Martin Luther College at 12 p.m.
Saturday, October 16 Northwestern College at Bethany Lutheran College at 12 p.m.
Sunday, October 17 Northland College at Presentation College at 12 p.m.
Sunday, October 17 College of St. Scholastica at University of Minnesota, Morris at 12 p.m.
Volleyball
Thursday, October 14 Martin Luther College at Crown College at 7 p.m.
Thursday, October 14 Bethany Lutheran College at Northwestern College at 7 p.m.
Friday, October 15 Martin Luther College at Northwestern College at 4 p.m.
Friday, October 15 Martin Luther College vs. Bethel University at 6 p.m. (St. Paul, Minn.)
Friday, October 15 Presentation College at Northland College at 7 p.m.
Friday, October 15 Bethany Lutheran College at Crown College at 7 p.m.
Friday, October 15 University of Minnesota, Morris at College of St. Scholastica at 7 p.m.
Saturday, October 16 Presentation College at College of St. Scholastica at 12 p.m.
Saturday, October 16 University of Minnesota, Morris at Northland College at 1 p.m.
Saturday, October 16 Presentation College at University of Wisconsin-Superior at 3 p.m.
Women’s Soccer
Friday, October 15 Crown College at Bethany Lutheran College at 3:30 p.m.
Friday, October 15 Northwestern College at Bethany Lutheran College at 2 p.m.
Saturday, October 16 Northwestern College at Bethany Lutheran College at 2 p.m.
Saturday, October 16 College of St. Scholastica at Presentation College at 2 p.m.
Saturday, October 16 Crown College at Martin Luther College at 2 p.m.
Saturday, October 16 Northland College at University of Minnesota, Morris at 2 p.m.
Sunday, October 17 Northland College at Presentation College at 2 p.m.
Sunday, October 17 College of St. Scholastica at University of Minnesota, Morris 2 p.m.
Tuesday, October 19 Bethany Lutheran College at University of Wisconsin-River Falls at 3 p.m.
Tuesday, October 19 Northwestern College at Hamline University at 3:30 p.m.
Tuesday, October 19 Augsburg College at College of St. Scholastica at 3:30 p.m.