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Saint Mary's Cardinals   3-7-0 Overall		Adrian Bulldogs   8-4-1 Overall

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Last Night: Adrian erupted for four goals in the third period — including three off the stick of Stacy Kempson — in handing the Cardinals a 5-1 nonconference setback Saturday evening.

Last Meeting: This weekend's nonconference series between SMU and Adrian is the first ever between the two schools.

Cardinal Notes: The Cardinals' loss to Adrian snapped their season-high two-game winning streak. … Katie Cachey (Orland Park, Ill.) accounted for SMU's lone goal vs. the Bulldogs Saturday. It was her team-leading fifth goal of the season and her third in the last two games. … Francie Steger (Chicago, Ill.) picked up her team-leading third assist vs. Adrian Saturday. …  Madeline Lenz (White Bear Lake, Minn.) stopped 24 shots in Saturday's loss and has now stopped 209 of the 233 shots she's faced this season (.897 save percentage). … Nicole Olson (New Brighton, Minn.) scored the first two goals of her collegiate career vs. Hamline in SMU's 5-3 win on Dec. 5, while Stevie Fiek (Rochester, Minn.) also netted her first goal as a Cardinal vs. the Pipers in that same 5-3 victory. … Dy-Anna Stewart (Eden Prairie, Minn.) posted her first two-point game of her SMU career — garnering a pair of assists in SMU's Dec. 5. … The Cardinals' Dec. 5 win vs. Hamline snapped SMU's season-high five-game losing streak. … SMU has now scored five goals in each of its three wins — a 5-4 victory over UW-Eau Claire, and 5-3 and 5-2 victories vs. Hamline. … By giving up five goals to the Bulldogs on Saturday, SMU has now allowed three or more goals in 16 of its last 18 games, and 25 of its last 33. … SMU's 5-3 win at Hamline on Dec. 5 was the first road victory of the season for the Cardinals, who went 2-8-2 away from home a year ago. … The Cardinals, who scored just nine power play goals a year ago, have already equaled that mark this season — thanks to Cachey's powerplay goal Saturday. … SMU's loss to Adrian Saturday was the Cardinals' 11th in their last 14 road games (1-11-2). 

Bulldogs Notes: The Bulldogs have now won two straight. … Adrian's 4-0 victory over Chatham on Nov. 30 snapped the team's three game winless streak (0-2-1). … After opening the season with four straight wins, the Bulldogs are 4-4-1 in their last nine. … The Bulldogs have played in three overtime games this season, going 2-0-1 — including 2-1 OT wins over Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference foes Bethel and Gustavus. Adrian also played UW-Eau Claire to a 2-2 tie. … Adrian has held its opponents to two goals or less in eight of their 11 games. … Adrian's shutout of Chatham on Nov. 30 was its third shutout victory of the season — the Bulldogs also shut out Buffalo State (5-0 and 4-0) earlier this year. … Stacy Kempson scored three goals vs. SMU — all in the third period — and enters today's game as the team's leader in goals (10) and points (14). … Kempson, Jessica Grubbs and Prenella Semma all share the team lead in assists with four. … Erin Roach and Dana Timm have shared the goaltending duties, combining to stop 326 shots (.936 save percentage) and post a 1.78 goals-against-average. … Fifteen of Adrian's 32 goals have come in the third period.