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Saint Mary's Cardinals   4-6 Overall		Viterbo V-Hawks   7-2 Overall

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Last Action: The Cardinals held off a late, ninth-inning UW-La Crosse rally — getting a groundout and a strikeout with the tying run on third base — en route to a 6-5 nonconference victory over the Eagles Tuesday afternoon in La Crosse, Wis. … Viterbo, meanwhile, dropped all three of its games against William Penn last weekend in Oskaloosa, Iowa, falling 5-2 and 5-1 on Saturday and 13-3 on Sunday.

Last Meeting: The Cardinals and V-Hawks have not met since the 2005 season, when SMU came away with a convincing 18-3 nonconference victory.

Saint Mary's Cardinal Notes: With their 6-5 win over UW-La Crosse on Tuesday, the Caridnals pushed their winning streak to a season high three straight. … Brandon Haugh (Easton, Minn.) led SMU's offensive attack vs. UW-La Crosse, going 3-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored. … Zach Olberding (Maplewood, Minn.), Andrew Warren (Stillwater, Minn.) and Tyler Kruse (Minneapolis, Minn.) all had two hits vs. the Eagles. … With his two hits vs. UW-L, Warren has now collected a team-high five multiple-hit games. … Ryan extended his hitting streak to six straight with an eighth-inning single vs. UW-L, while Warren and Olberding each pushed their hitting streak to five straight vs. the Eagles. … Curt Swanson (Woodbury, Minn.) launched his second HR of the season vs. UW-L, tying him with Olberding for the team lead. … David Dahlstrom (Rochester, Minn.) — who recorded his first collegiate pitching win, tossing two inning of relief in SMU's 11-10 Game 1 win over SUNY-New Paltz on March 15 — notched the first save of his career Tuesday, getting the final two outs in SMU's win over UW-L. … SMU's 7-5, Game 2 win over Monmouth College on March 13 was not only the team's first win of the season, but it was also the first win for first-year head coach Nick Winecke. … The Cardinals' 11 runs vs. SUNY-New Paltz were the most since plating 15 in a 15-5 Game 2 win over Carleton on April 14, 2008. … Olberding comes into today's DH vs. Viterbo boasting a team-best .400 batting average, while also leads the team in home runs (2), RBIs (7) and slugging percentage (.680). … Warren and Kyle Ryan (St Paul, Minn.) share the team lead in hits (12), while Ryan is also a perfect 6-for-6 in stolen bases. … Fourteen of SMU's 16 position players have collected at least one hit, while 13 have scored at least one run. … SMU's pitching staff enters today's action with a 5.02 earned-run-average, allowing 40 earned runs in 71.2 innings. … Willy Shetka (West St. Paul, Minn.) is the team-leader in strikeouts with 12. … With Tuesday's win, SMU improved to 2-1 in one-run games.

Viterbo V-Hawk Notes: With their losses to William Penn, the V-Hawks have now dropped four straight and six of their last eight. … Eli Tupuola comes into today's nonconference doubleheader with a team-best .390 batting average. He is one of five V-Hawks hitting above .300. … Tupuola also leads the team in at-bats (59), hits (23), doubles (6) and stolen bases (5). … Eric Gruhlke has scored a team-best 13 runs, while also collecting a team-leading 15 RBIs. Gruhlke has also drawn 16 walks in the team's first 19 games. … Viterbo has three pitchers — Nick Sutherland (25.1), Blake Shepherd (24.1) and Howard Heinrich (24.0) who has thrown 24 or more innings. Sutherland also leads the team in strikeouts (22), while Shepherd has compiled a 3-1 record with two complete games in five starts. … As a team, the V-Hawks own a 4.02 earned-run-average. … Viterbo has outscored its opponents 24-6 in the seventh inning. … Six of Viterbo's nine wins have come when the V-Hawks score first. … Viterbo is just 2-9 when trailing after the sixth inning.