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Saint Mary's Cardinals   4-18 Overall		Luther Norse   14-7 Overall

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Last Action: The Cardinals' bats were silenced by Carleton Saturday, as the Knights held SMU to just 10 hits in handing Saint Mary's 6-1 and 7-2 setbacks in Northfield, Minn. … Luther, meanwhile, picked up a pair of key IIAC victories, beating Simpson 6-3, 7-3 Saturday in Decorah, Iowa.

Last Meeting: The Cardinals and Norse have not met since the 2006 season, when SMU traveled to Decorah, Iowa, and handed Luther 7-4 and 6-4 nonconference setbacks.

Saint Mary's Cardinal Notes: SMU's losses to Carleton Saturday extended their conference winless streak to 10 straight. … Andrew Warren (Stillwater, Minn.) collected two of SMU's six Game 1 hits vs. Carleton Saturday, while Jake Lechner (Shoreview, Minn.) drove both of SMU's Game 2 runs vs. the Knights with a two-run, fifth-inning double. … Lechner's double in the nightcap was the only extra-base hit for the Cardinals vs. Carleton. SMU has collected 42 hits in its last eight games — 37 of which have been singles. On the flip side, six of Carleton's 18 hits were for extra bases. In their last four games, the Cardinals have allowed 14 extra-base hits. … Zach Olberding (Maplewood, Minn.), who went 1-for-3 in Game 1 vs. Carleton, has now hit safely in 15 of the team's 22 games, and is tied for the team lead in multiple-hit games (8) and multiple-RBI games (3). Olberding shares the multiple-hit games lead with Kyle Ryan (St. Paul, Minn.), while Tyler Kruse (Minneapolis, Minn.) joins Olberding with three multiple-RBI games. …  Warren, who had his team-, season- and career-high 11-game hitting streak snapped in the opener vs. Macalester on April 4, went 2-for-3 in Game 1 vs. Carleton Saturday and has also had a hit in 15 of SMU's 22 games. … Olberding launched his team-leading third home run of the season vs. Hamline last Tuesday. … Kruse became the fourth SMU player to hit his first collegiate home run this season, as the Cardinal senior delivered a two-run, second-inning shot in vs. Gustavus on April 2. Ryan Archambault (Faribault, Minn. / vs. Augsburg), Olberding (vs. Monmouth), and Curt Swenson (Woodbury, Minn. / vs. Monmouth) are the other three. … Olberding leads the team in batting average (.400), hits (24), home runs (3), RBIs (11), slugging percentage (.600) and on-base percentage (.435). …  Kyle Ryan (St. Paul, Minn.) tops the squad in at-bats (73) and stolen bases (10), while Kruse is the team leader in runs (10) and extra-base hits (7) — including two triples. …  The Cardinals have stolen 26 bases this season. … Andrew Junker (Lakeland, Minn.) has thrown a team-leading 22.0 innings, while Andy Pass (Prescott, Wis.) and Willy Shetka (West St. Paul, Minn.) share the team strikeout lead with 13 each. … The Cardinals' 6-5, eight-inning loss in Game 2 vs. Gustavus on April 2 was the second time this season SMU has dropped an extra-inning game. SMU's last extra-inning win came on April 26, 2008, when the Cardinals dropped Buena Vista 7-6 in eight innings. … SMU has surrendered 31 first-inning runs and are 0-10 when its opponent scores in their first at-bat. … The Cardinals have won just once (1-15) when their opponent scores first. … SMU is 0-15 when being outhit by its opponent.

Luther Norse Notes: With their two wins vs. Simpson Saturday, the Norse completed a three-game conference sweep of the Storm, which also included a n 8-5, 11-inning victory on Friday. … The Norse pounded out 23 hits in their sweep vs. Simpson Saturday, with Steve Beckman, Nate Neis, Chris Reynolds and Ben Schott all rapping out two hits in the opener, while Zack Topping had a big game in the nightcap, going 3-for-4 and driving in three runs. … Mark Weber hit his first home run of the season in the second game, a fifth-inning solo shot to right-center field. … Zach Topping his hitting a team-best .516 and is one of four Norse batting over .400. … Nate Neis has scored a team-best 28 runs, while also leading the team in hits (31) and stolen bases (4). … Ben Schott has driven in a team-leading 22 runs and is one of eight Luther players with at least 10 RBIs. … Nate Todd has thrown a team-high 33.1 innings and has compiled a team-leading 1.89 earned-run-average, while Cody Hyland is 4-0 with a 3.86 ERA in 30.1 innings. He has also struck out a team-high 27 batters. … As a pitching staff, Luther hurlers have put together a 4.65 ERA with 107 strikeouts. … Luther has outscored its opponents in every inning but the second, including 34-11 in the opening inning. … Luther has scored six or more runs in 13 of its 14 wins, including a perfect 8-0 when they score between six and nine runs. … The Norse are 13-0 when leading after six and 11-2 when outhitting their opponent.