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Saint Mary's Cardinals   3-1 MIAC, 11-5 Overall		St. Olaf Oles   2-0 MIAC, 4-14 Overall

Last Action: The Cardinals rallied for a 3-2 Game 1 win over Saint Benedict with a single run in the bottom of the seventh inning Saturday in Winona, Minn., but came up a run short when Katy Gannon (Roselle, Ill.) was gunned down at the plate in the bottom of the seventh of the Blazers' 3-2 Game 2 win. … St. Olaf, meanwhile, picked up a pair of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victories Saturday, rolling to wins of 5-3 and 7-1 vs. Macalester in Northfield, Minn.

Last Meeting: Katy Gannon (Roselle, Ill.) went 5-for-8 with four RBIs and three runs in leading the Cardinals to a sweep of St. Olaf on April 2 at Cotter Field in Winona, Minn. The Cardinals banged out 16 hits and scored six sixth-inning runs in rolling to a 9-1, six-inning Game 1 victory, then followed that up with a three-run sixth — and a second-straight nine-run performance — en route to a sweep-clinching 9-4 victory.

Saint Mary's Cardinal Notes: The Cardinals' Game 2 loss over Saint Benedict snapped their three-game winning streak. It was also SMU's first loss in four conference games this season. … SMU's game-winning, seventh-inning run vs. Saint Benedict in the opener Saturday marked the first time this season the Cardinals had scored a run in their final at-bat. … Nicole Olson (New Brighton, Minn.) went 2-for-3 to pace the Cardinals' offensive attack in Game 1 vs. Saint Benedict Saturday, while Cassie Otte (Randolph, Minn.) was 3-for-4 and Danielle Geske (Rosemount, Minn.) and Mallory Betzold (Farmington, Minn.) each chipped in two hits in Game 2. … Otte, who went 6-for-8 vs. Carleton on March 29, has now gone 10-for-16 in her last four games. Otte's 3-for-4 effort in Game 2 vs. CSB was also her sixth three-hit game and her team-leading 11th multiple-hit performance. … Katy Gannon (Roselle, Ill.) was held hitless in Game 1 vs. the Blazers, snapping her season-, team- and career-high 14-game hitting streak and marking the first time this season she has failed to collect at least one hit. … Kellie Simons (Richfield, Minn.) went 3-for-3 with a career-high 5 RBIs — including her first collegiate grand slam — in SMU's Game 1 victory over Carleton on March 29. … Otte is the team's offensive leader, posting team-bests in average (.534), at-bats (58), runs (22), hits (31), on-base percentage (.565) and stolen bases (9). … Gannon is the team-leader in home runs (2), RBIs (18), while sharing the team lead in walks (6) with Jaci Prondzinski (Ettrick, Wis.). … Gannon has recorded six multiple-hit games and also leads the team with four multiple-RBI games, including a five-RBI effort during a 3-for-3, three-run effort vs. Mount Mary on March 21. … SMU's 27 runs vs. Mount Mary on March 20 marked the second time this season the Cardinals have plated 20 or more runs. SMU opened the season with a 29-0 rout of North Central (Minn.) on March 14. … SMU's 27- and 29-run outbursts were the second- and third-most runs scored in school history, behind the 43 runs the Cardinals plated in a 43-2 win over St. Catherine on April 24, 1997. … SMU's pitching staff enters today's DH boasting a 2.45 earned-run-average. … Betzold tossed her second straight complete game in Saturday's Game 1 vs. CSB. She has thrown a team-leading 60 winnings, posting a 2.68 earned-run-average and a 6-4 record, while also striking out a team-best 27. … Madeline Salmon (Woodbury, Minn.) tossed a six-inning, two-hit, complete-game shutout in her first collegiate start vs. St. Joseph's on March 21. … The Cardinals have outscored their first 16 opponents 136-45 — including 29 3 in the second inning and 36-8 in the third. … SMU is 7-0 when scoring in the first inning and 7-0 when scoring the game's first run. … Five of SMU's 11 wins have come via shutout. … SMU is a perfect 9-0 when leading after the fourth inning and is unbeaten (9-0) when holding its opponents to two runs or less. On the flip side, SMU has been held under three runs in all five of its losses.

St. Olaf Ole Notes: With their Game 1 win over Macalester last Saturday, the Oles snapped a three-game losing streak. … Last Saturday's games were the first since March 27 for the Oles, who had DHs vs. SMU and Hamline postponed. St. Olaf's twinbill vs. St. Thomas, scheduled for Sunday, was also postponed, meaning STO faces three of the conference's top teams — Saint Mary's (today), Gustavus (Wednesday) and St. Thomas (Thursday) — in a three-day span. … Ali Berens delivered the game-winning, two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the sixth to give St. Olaf the Game 1 win over Macalester Saturday. … Berens is the team's offensive leader, boasting a team-best .423 batting average, while also leading the team in at-bats (52), runs (10), hits (22), doubles (6), triples (1), home runs (1), RBIs (11), slugging percentage (.635), and on-base percentage (.444). … Erin Johnson and Katie Truax have been the workhorses of the St. Olaf pitching staff, throwing 34. 0 and 42.1 innings, respectively. Truax has also fanned a team-leading 19 batters. … As a team, the Oles are batting .245, while opponents are hitting .424 and are averaging 9.5 runs-per-game. … St. Olaf has been outscored 152-52, including 32-2 in the second inning. … St. Olaf has been shutout four times, while allowing 10 or more runs nine times. … The Oles have scored first in three of their four wins, but are just 1-11 when their opponent scores first. … Oles' opponents have scored in the first inning in 12 of the teams' 16 games.