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WINONA, Minn. — In the teams' first game of their two-game Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference series on Friday, Hamline needed just 13 seconds to score their first goal against the Saint Mary's University men's hockey team.

The Pipers needed just 5:23 to make it 2-0, and just 11:47 to score for the third time en route to an 8-5 victory — and the most goals allowed by the Cardinals this season.

Saturday evening in the teams' rematch, Hamline didn't get its first goal until the game's 38th minute, and through 60 minutes, the Pipers managed just three goals.

Unfortunately, the Cardinals were quite the five-goal selves of the night before, managing just a first-period goal by Morgan Shepherd (Brainerd, Minn.) in falling to the Pipers 3-1 at the SMU Ice Arena.

"I thought defensively, we played much better tonight than we did (Friday)," said SMU coach Don Olson, whose team has now dropped two straight — marking the first time this season SMU has losing both games of a two-game series. "Offensively, we created a lot of good scoring chances — especially in the first period — we just weren't able to capitalize on enough of them."

After a scoreless first period, in which SMU boasted a 13-8 advantage in shots on goal, Shepherd got the Cardinals on the board, tipping an #A.J. Woodward# (Lenexa, Kan.) slapshot from the point past Hamline goalie Matt Wanvig.

The Pipers would answer with less  than two minutes remaining in the second, as Cory Krogen tallied the first of three Hamline powerplay goals, rifling a shot just inside the left post. Hamline then took the lead for good at 1:33 of the third period, as Steve Festler netted his 10th goal of the season, tapping home a back-door pass past SMU goalie Dan Smith (Rochester, Minn.).

Cole Scattarelli would add an empty net goal in the game's final 32 seconds, as Hamline completed the sweep, improving to 5-1-0 in the MIAC and 9-4-2 overall.

"It was a tough series," said Olson, whose Cardinals (4-4-0 MIAC, 6-8-2 overall) step out of conference play to face UW-Stout on Tuesday. "Hamline's got a very good squad. They move the puck well, they have some very skilled forwards who create very well.

"Our job now is to find a way to bounce right back," Olson added. "Everyone's disappointed right now, but we've still got a lot of hockey left to play this season — we're still right in the thick of things."