Game Summary

ST. PAUL, Minn. — If the Saint Mary's University women's hockey team was looking past Hamline and ahead to the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference playoffs, they certainly didn't show it Wednesday night.

SMU got a pair of goals and an assist from Emily Babcock (St. Paul, Minn.) and a goal and two assists from both Emily Kearns (Hopkins, Minn.) and Melissa Mondo (Vadnais Heights, Minn.), as the Cardinals cruised to an 8-0 victory over Hamline.

The Cardinals — who have already clinched an MIAC playoff berth, but must wait until after Saturday's final MIAC games (including Hamline at SMU) to see whether they will be the No. 3, No. 4 or No. 5 seed — outshot Hamline 52-13, as Amanda Gage (Lino Lakes, Minn.) picked up her third career shutout with the 13-save effort.

SMU, which has now outscored the Pipers 15-0 in the teams' first two of three games this season, wasted little time flexing its muscles, scoring twice in the game's opening two minutes. Ashley Graf (South St. Paul, Minn.) opened the scoring 57 seconds into the first period and Kearns made it 2-0 less than a minute later.

Rachel Harrison (Madison, Wis.) and Babcock chipped in second-period goals, before SMU erupted for four goals in the game's final 20 minutes to ice the win. Mondo, Megan Chown (Onalaska, Wis.), Babcock and Jenny Hocum (Rochester, Minn.) all beat Hamline goalie Rachael Young in the third period as SMU pushed its conference record to 10-7-0 and its overall mark to 14-8-2.