ST. PAUL, MINN. – The St. Catherine University soccer and volleyball teams jumped right in to the 2017 season, packing the first week of competition full with games and matches. The soccer team flew out to California while volleyball went to the opposite coast before hosting Martin Luther College in St. Paul, Minnesota on Wednesday.

Both teams busy schedules will continue this weekend, only this time, they will both be a bit closer to home. St. Kate's volleyball will travel down the road to Macalester College to play in the Scots six-team tournament Friday and Saturday, while soccer will host UW-Whitewater at 1 p.m. at St. Kate's soccer field.

Score updates for both the volleyball matches and soccer game can be found on St. Kate's official Twitter account (@stkateswildcats). Live stats and video will also be available for some of the Wildcats volleyball matches at Macalester.

Here are the five facts to know before the Wildcats big weekend:

3 – The volleyball team is currently riding a three-match win streak thanks to a 3-0 (25-12, 25-13, 25-14) sweep of Martin Luther on Wednesday. The Wildcats outhit the Knights 40-25 and hit .442 as a team during the match.

10 – The UW-Whitewater women's soccer team was ranked No. 10 in the country in the NCAA preseason poll. The Warhawks currently have a 2-0-1 record with wins against Gustavus Adolphus College and St. Scholastica.

4 – St. Kate's volleyball will play four teams at the Macalester Tournament this week, two of whom the Wildcats will face for the first time in program history. St. Kate's will open the tournament against UW-River Falls at 4 p.m. on Friday before taking on Linfield College at 8 p.m. The Wildcats will then face UW-Superior and Knox College on Saturday.

1^st – Sophomore transfer Maddie Conners (Lake Elmo, Minn. / Hill-Murray) scored the first goal of her collegiate career in the Wildcats 3-1 loss to Cal Lutheran last Friday. Conners kicked the ball to the top right corner, over the head of Regel goalkeeper Gabby Flores, to tie the game at 1-1 in the 53^rd minute. Sadly, Cal Lutheran scored two more goals in the second half to win the game 3-1. Senior back Shannon Hickey (Eden Prairie, Minn. / Visitation) scored her first goal of the season in the team's 2-1 double overtime loss to La Verne on Sunday.

0.86 – Sophomore outside hitter Libby Kreuser (White Bear Lake, Minn. / Totino-Grace) currently leads the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) in service aces per set with an average of .86. Through three matches, Kreuser has accumulated 12 aces, second in the conference, and just five service errors.

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.688 – St. Kate's soccer team currently leads the MIAC in shots on goal percentage (SOG), as roughly 69% of its shots are on goal through two games this season. Junior forward Kaitlin Machovec (Maplewood, Minn. / North St. Paul) leads the team in shots with three.