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Saint Mary's Cardinals   3-5-1 MIAC / 4-9-1 Overall		St. Olaf Oles   5-4-2 MIAC, 5-6-4 Overall

Last Action: Cierra Lopis (Macomb, Mich.) and Jamie Henneman (Countryside, Ill.) each scored third-period goals to rally the Cardinals to a 3-3 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tie with St. Olaf Friday at the SMU Ice Arena.

A Year Ago: The Cardinals swept the teams' two-game series a year ago, beating the Oles by identical 5-4 scores. Ingrid Klockars (Wheaton, Ill.) scored two goals — including the game-winner with less than four minutes remaining in regulation — as the Cardinals topped St. Olaf 5-4 at the SMU Ice Arena on Feb. 1. In the rematch the following day in Northfield, Minn., SMU got scoring from five different players and Brittany Lemke stopped 48 shots in the Cardinals' second 5-4 win.

Cardinal Notes: Friday's tie vs. St. Olaf was the Cardinals' fourth overtime game of the season — and the first one to end in a tie. … Katie Cachey (Orland Park, Ill.) netted her sixth goal of the season vs. St. Olaf, moving her into a tie with Ingrid Klockars (Wheaton, Ill.) for the team lead. … Cachey also leads in the team in points, while sharing the team's assist (3) lead with Alex Braun (Darwin, Minn.), #Ashley Mileykovski (Northbrook, Ill.) and Francie Steger (Chicago, Ill.). … Last Friday's win over St. Catherine snapped the Cardinals' two-game losing streak. …  Klockars scored two goals vs. the Wildcats last 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 vs. St. Catherine last Friday. … One of the Cardinals' three goals vs. St. Olaf Friday was a power play goal, giving SMU 11 power play goals for the season. SMU scored just nine power play goals all season last year. … St. Catherine's one goal last Friday were the fewest allowed by SMU this season and the fewest since the Cardinals battled Hamline to a 1-1 tie on Jan. 19, 2008. … SMU's 5-0 loss to the Wildcats last Saturday marked the fourth time this season the Cardinals have been held without a goal. SMU has been held to one goal or less in eight of their nine losses. … SMU's win and loss vs. St. Catherine last weekend was the first time this season the Cardinals have split a two-game series. SMU has been swept in three of their four two-game series (4-1, 3-0 vs. Gustavus, 5-2, 2-0 vs. Concordia and 5-1, 6-0 vs. Adrian), while sweeping Hamline (5-3 and 5-2). …  SMU's 5-3 win at Hamline on Dec. 5 was the first — and only — road victory of the season for the Cardinals, who are now 3-15-2 on the road in their last two seasons.

Ole Notes: Friday's 3-3 tie vs. Saint Mary's was the Oles' fifth overtime game this season and St. Olaf's fourth tie. The Oles have not lost an overtime game this season, going 1-0-4. … Tuesday's loss to UW-Stevens Point snapped the Oles' five-game unbeaten streak (3-0-2). … The loss to the Pointers was also the second time this season the Oles have been shut out. St. Olaf was also blanked by Gustavus 6-0 on Nov. 21. … St. Olaf has been held to two goals or less in five of its six losses, with the lone exception a season-opening 7-5 loss to Concordia (Wis.) on Nov. 7. …  Erin McNamara stopped a season-high 48 shots in the Oles' loss to UW-Stevens Point Tuesday. … Jessica Ptachick, meanwhile, kicked out 45 of the 48 shots she faced Friday vs. SMU. … McNamara and Ptachick have shared the goaltending duties this season, combining for a 3.20 goals-against-average and a .910 save percentage. … Lauren Tomford and Kim McClintick share the team lead in goals with each. Both scored vs. the Cardinals Friday. … Tomford also boasts team highs in assists (9) and points (18). … St. Olaf is 5-1-1 when scoring first, and winless (0-5-3) when its opponent scores first.