ST. PETER, Minn. — Friday evening, the Saint Mary's University women's hockey team gave third-ranked Gustavus a little scare, jumping out to a 2-0 first-period lead before giving up four unanswered goals in a 4-2 setback.

Gustavus wasn't about to be snuck up on two days in a row, however — and the Gusties' performance on Saturday will be giving SMU coach Terry Mannor nightmares for a long, long time.

The Gusties scored nine goals in the first two periods — outshooting SMU 40-7 in the process — en route to a 10-0 victory and a sweep of the teams' Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference series.

"I think we took them by surprise a little (on Friday) — they might have come in a little overconfident and maybe taken us lightly," said Mannor. "But they were ready for us today. It felt like the pace of the game was a lot slower (on Saturday), we certainly didn't have much jump in our step."

The emotional drain of Friday's upset bid, coupled with the two-and-a-half hour drive and early start time Saturday could have had something to do with that.

And so could the explosiveness of the Gusties.

"They are a very skilled team, no question about that," said Mannor, whose team was outshot 57-15 on Saturday and 114-36 for the two games combined. "Whenever your play a game like we did on Friday, there's a good chance you are going to have a bit of an (emotional) letdown — and against a team like Gustavus, you can't afford to do that."

The Gusties — who found themselves down 2-0 thanks to back-to-back goals by SMU's Jessica Ribish(Elm Grove, Wis.) and Madeline Loftus (Parsippany, N.J.) in the first 16 minutes of Friday's game — didn't waste any time putting Saturday's rematch out of reach. scoring four goals in a four-minute span late in the first period.

Gustavus' offense continued to pepper SMU goalie Nikki Jung (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) in the second period, scoring five times, including two by Maria Gunderson that completed the GAC freshman's second hat trick of the season.

Jung, who stopped 31 of the 40 shots she faced Saturday — after kicking out 54 of 57 on Friday — gave way to Amanda Gage (Lino Lakes, Minn.) in the third, and the SMU junior posted 16 saves on 17 shots.

"(Gustavus') first four goals were all rebound goals. We just weren't tying people up or moving them out from in front of the net," said Mannor, whose team fell to 2-6-2 in the MIAC and 3-10-2 overall. "It was like the floodgates just opened and there was nothing we could do to stop them.

"It's tough to lose a game like that, but we just have to put it behind us and get ready for Concordia (next weekend)."