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Saint Mary's Cardinals   6-9-2 MIAC / 7-13-2 Overall		Saint Benedict Blazers   5-8-4 MIAC / 7-8-4 Overall

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Last Action: The Cardinals got two goals and an assist from Stevie Fiek (Rochester, Minn.) and a 31-save effort from Madeline Lenz (White Bear Lake, Minn.), as SMU rolled to a 4-1 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference win over Saint Benedict Friday at the SMU Ice Arena.

A Year Ago: The Cardinals and Blazers split their two-game conference series on Nov. 16-17 in St. Joseph, Minn. The Cardinals raced out to a 3-0 lead, then held off the Blazers 4-3 in the first game. Despite holding a 41-21 advantage in shots on goal, the Cardinals came up empty each and every time, as the Blazers got a 41-save effort from goalie Amanda Plumm in handing SMU a 1-0 setback.

Playoff Picture: With their win Friday night, SMU moved into a tie with Saint Benedict for sixth place in the MIAC standings, one point behind St. Catherine, who enters Saturday's game holding the fifth and final MIAC playoff berth. A win Saturday — and a St. Catherine loss — and the Cardinals will earn their third conference playoff appearance in the last four years.

Cardinal Notes: With its 4-1 win over Saint Benedict on Friday, SMU snapped a four-game winless streak (0-3-1). The Cardinals also improved to 4-5-2 in their last 11 games. … Stevie Fiek (Rochester, Minn.) recorded her first collegiate two-goal game vs. Saint Benedict Friday. The SMU freshman also posted her first three-point night, also assisting on an empty net goal by Jamie Henneman (Countryside, Ill.). … Henneman's third-period tally extended her goal-scoring streak to four straight games. … Ingrid Klockars (Wheaton, Ill.) also scored vs. the Blazers on Friday. Klockars and Henneman moved into a tie with Katie Cachey (Orland Park, Ill.) for the team lead in goals with seven. … Cachey also leads the team in points with 12, while Alex Braun (Darwin, Minn.) boasts a team-best six assists. … SMU has four players with 10 or more points, including Cachey (12), Henneman (11), Fiek (10) and Braun (10). …  Madeline Lenz (White Bear Lake, Minn.), who stopped all 26 shots she faced in recording her first collegiate shutout on Jan. 31 vs. Bethel, stopped 31 shots in Friday's 4-1 win vs. Saint Benedict. … The Cardinals have finished the season with three ties in each of the first three seasons under coach Terry Mannor. SMU currently has two ties this season. …  SMU is gunning for its third MIAC playoff appearance in Mannor's four seasons. … SMU's 4-0 win vs. Bethel on Jan. 30 was the Cardinals' first shutout victory of the season and first since Brittany Lemke stopped 26 shots in blanking Hamline 2-0 on Jan. 18, 2008. … SMU's 2-2 tie vs. Augsburg last Saturday was the Cardinals' fifth overtime game of the season — and just the second one to end in a tie. … SMU has been held to two goals or less in 12 of its 13 losses. … SMU's seven game-winning goals — and its two game-tying goals — have come from eight different players. … The Cardinals have scored 14 power play goals this season. SMU scored just nine power play goals all season last year.
 
Blazer Notes: Friday's loss to SMU was the Blazers' first loss since a 4-1 setback vs. Gustavus on Jan. 31. … Last Saturday's 6-1 win over Hamline snapped the Blazers' streak of three straight ties — 3-3 and 1-1 vs. Concordia and 2-2 vs. Hamline. … Saint Benedict's 2-2 tie vs. Hamline on Feb. 13 was the Blazers' fourth tie, and sixth overtime game of the season. … Ten of Saint Benedict's 19 games have been decided by one goal or less. … CSB's six goals in last Saturday's 6-1 win vs. Hamline were a season high. Six different players accounted for the Blazers' six goals. … Amie Ernst, who netted CSB's lone goal vs. SMU on Friday, leads the Blazers in goals (9) and points (14). She is one of four CSB players with at least 10 points. … Jennifer Yelle boasts a team-best 10 assists. … Abbie Heiminen has been the workhorse in goal for the Blazers, appearing in 15 of the team's 19 games, posting a 2.11 goals-against-average and a .917 save percentage. … Saint Benedict is 6-1-2 when scoring the game's first goal, but just 1-7-2 when its opponent scores first.