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Saint Mary's Cardinals   3-4-0 MIAC / 4-8-0 Overall		St. Catherine Wildcats   2-7-0 MIAC / 5-9-1 Overall

Last Night: Ingrid Klockars (Wheaton, Ill.) scored two goals and Erin Johnson-Buscemi (Medina, Minn.) stopped 25 of the 26 shots she faced in her first collegiate start, as the Cardinals slipped past St. Catherine 3-1 at the SMU Ice Arena.

Last Meeting: St. Catherine swept the Cardinals for the first time ever a year ago. SMU enjoyed one of its best offensive nights of the season Friday, as the Cardinals pelted St. Catherine goalie Mel Gerten with 39 shots, including three that found the back of the net — marking just the fourth time this season SMU has scored three of more goals in a game. St. Catherine, meanwhile, managed just 19 shots on Cardinal goalie Brittany Lemke. Unfortunately, the Wildcats' quality was far more effective than the Cardinals' quantity, as St. Catherine made it look easy as 1-2-3 — scoring once in the first period, twice in the second and three times in the third en route to a 6-3 MIAC win over SMU at the SMU Ice Arena on Jan. 25. If SMU coach Terry Mannor needed any type of sign as to what type of day it was going to be, he got it with the game's first shot. Unfortunately for Mannor and the Cardinals, that shot was off the stick of St. Catherine's Michaela Michaelson— and it ended up in the back of the SMU net. In fact, the Wildcats scored on two of their first six shots, and never looked back in handed SMU its second straight loss, 5-1 in a conference game at Drake Arena on Jan. 26

Cardinal Notes: Friday's win over St. Catherine snapped the Cardinals' two-game losing streak. … Ingrid Klockars (Wheaton, Ill.) scored her team-leading fifth and sixth goals of the season vs. the Wildcats Friday. It was Klockars' first two-goal game of the season and second of her career.  Erin Johnson-Buscemi (Medina, Minn.) stopped 25 shots in her first collegiate start Friday. … Two of the Cardinals' three goals vs. St. Catherine were powerplay goals, giving SMU 11 powerplay goals for the season. SMU scored just nine powerplay goals all season last year. … Francie Steger (Chicago, Ill.) picked up her team-leading third assist vs. Adrian on Jan. 4. … With their two losses vs. Adrian, the Cardinals have now been swept in three of their four two-game series this season (4-1, 3-0 vs. Gustavus, 5-2, 2-0 vs. Concordia and 5-1, 6-0 vs. Adrian). … Adrian's six goals were the most allowed by the Cardinals this season, and the most since Bethel netted six in a 6-3 win on Feb. 9, 2008. … Prior to Friday's 3-1 win, SMU had scored five goals in each of its first three wins — a 5-4 victory over UW-Eau Claire, and 5-3 and 5-2 victories vs. Hamline. … SMU held St. Catherine to just one goal Friday, marking just the third time in their last 20 games that the Cardinals have allowed fewer than five goals. …  SMU's 5-3 win at Hamline on Dec. 5 was the first road victory of the season for the Cardinals, who are now 3-14-2 on the road in their last two seasons.

Wildcat Notes: St. Catherine swept the Cardinals for the first time ever a year ago. … With their loss on Friday, the Wildcats have now dropped five of their last six games. … CSC's 2-1 loss to St. Olaf last Friday was its third overtime game of the season. The Wildcats are 1-1-1 in OT games, beating Chatham (3-2), tying Chatham (1-1) and losing to the Oles (2-1). … St. Catherine has been held to one goal or less in eight of its nine losses. On the flip side, the Wildcats have scored three or more goals in all five of their wins — including a season-high six goals in a 6-2 win over Plymouth State on Jan. 9. … Five of CSC's 15 games have been decided by one goal or less. … Michaela Michaelson leads the team in points (13) and is one of three Wildcats with at least 10 points. Aryn Bell, who leads the team in assists with six, boasts 11 points, while Jess Kniefel, who shares the team lead in goals with Michaelson with eight, has 10 points. … Mel Gerten has appeared in 14 of the Wildcats' 15 games, boasting a 2.93 goals-against-average and an .891 save percentage. … St. Catherine has scored the first goal of the game four times, going 2-2-0, while going 3-7-1 in the 10 games in which their opponent has scored first. … CSC?has outshot its opponents 521-412, but have been outscored 41-33.