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Saint Mary's Cardinals   0-4-0 MIAC / 1-6-0 Overall		Hamline Pipers   0-2-0 MIAC / 4-4-0 Overall

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Last Action: The Cardinals have been off since Nov. 21-22, when they saw their record fall to 0-4-0 in conference play, as SMU was swept by Concordia 5-2 and 2-0 in Moorhead, Minn. … Hamline, meanwhile has also been off since Nov. 22-23, when the Pipers dropped back-to-back nonconference games to Sacred Heart 4-1 and 4-2.

A Year Ago: SMU took three of a possible four conference points from the Pipers in their conference series a year ago. Amy Zimniewicz scored both SMU goals and Brittany Lemke stopped all 26 shots she faced as the Cardinals opened the series with a 2-0 victory. Jill Rhody scored the Cardinals' lone goal and Brittany Lemke stopped 30 shots as SMU earned a 1-1 tie in the second game.

All-Time Series Record: With their win and tie last year, the Cardinals improved to 14-3-1 all time against the Pipers.

Cardinal Notes: Alex Braun (Darwin, Minn.) had her two-game goal-scoring streak snapped with SMU's 2-0 loss to the cobbers. …  Braun and Sheree Haslemore (Gore, New Zealand) scored vs. the Cobbers on Nov. 21 and share the team lead in goals (3). The two are also tied for the team lead in points with four each. …  Stevie Fiek (Rochester, Minn.) and Francie Steger (Chicago, Ill.) share the team lead in assists with two. … Braun's first-period goal vs. Concordia on Nov. 21 marked the first time this season that the Cardinals scored the game's first goal. … Madeline Lenz (White Bear Lake, Minn.) started both games vs. the Cobbers, stopping 35 shots in the first game and 22 in the second, giving the freshman 135 saves in four games. …  By holding Concordia to just two goals in their second meeting, the Cardinals snapped a streak of 15 straight games in which they had allowed three of more goals. SMU has allowed three or more goals in 23 of its last 30 games. … The Cardinals — 0-4 on the road this year — won just two of 12 road games last season (2-8-2). … The Cardinals, who scored just nine power play goals a year ago, have already scored six power play goals this season — including both goals vs. Concordia on Nov. 21. … SMU's Nov. 8 win over UW-Eau Claire was also SMU's first nonconference win since a 4-2 victory over Finlandia on Feb. 4, 2006, a span of 12 games (0-10-2).

Piper Notes: After opening the season with four straight nonconference wins — 8-1, 3-2 victories over Concordia-WI and 7-1, 5-0 triumphs vs. Finlandia — Hamline has lost its last four in a row. … The Pipers, who scored 23 goals in their four wins, have netted just six during their four-game losing streak. … Melanie Leveille accounted for both goals in the Pipers' latest loss, a 4-2 loss to Sacred Heart on Nov. 23. … A night earlier, Sacred Heart scored in the final 35 seconds of each period en route to a 4-1 victory. … Brianna Miller leads the team in goals (5), while Jenna Scattarelli boasts a team-best six assists and Alli Miller is the team's points leader with nine. … Fourteen players have accounted for Hamline's 27 goals, while 18 players have recorded at least one point. … Andria Pinkerton and Amanda Plumm have combined to post a 2.15 goals-against-average and a .924 save percentage through eight games. … Hamline has outscored its opponents 10-3 in the first period and 12-6 in the second, but have been outscored 6-5 in the third. … Hamline has scored the first goal in six of its eight games, going 4-2-0 in those games.