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Saint Mary's Cardinals   0-8 MIAC / 4-16 Overall		Carleton Knights   1-3 MIAC, 9-13 Overall

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Last Action: The Cardinals scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, but came up one run short in falling to Hamline 7-6 in the opener of their Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader Tuesday at Max Molock Field. Hamline then completed the sweep, shutting out SMU 6-0 in the nightcap. … Carleton, meanwhile, stepped out of conference play on Tuesday, taking a pair of games against North Central, winning 8-4 and 11-5 in Northfield, Minn.

Last Meeting: Four runs should have been enough for SMU to win its third straight, as the Cardinals took a 4-2 lead into the top of the seventh inning in the opener of their Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader at Carleton a year ago. Carleton, however, erupted for five runs in the top of the seventh, then held off a meager SMU seventh-inning rally to beat the Cardinals 7-5. SMU left little doubt in the nightcap, scoring two runs in the first, third, fourth and fifth innings — then erupted for seven, sixth-inning runs en route to a 15-5 Game 2 win.

Saint Mary's Cardinal Notes: SMU's two losses to Hamline Tuesday kept the Cardinals winless in conference play and left first-year head coach Nick Winecke still searching for his first MIAC win. … Zach Olberding (Maplewood, Minn.), who  accounted for both his in SMU's 3-0 Game 1 loss to Macalester last Saturday, continued his torrid hitting vs. the Pipers Tuesday, going 2-for-3 in both games, while also driving in four of the team's six runs in the doubleheader. … Olberding has now hit safely in 14 of the team's 20 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. …  Andrew Warren (Stillwater, Minn.), who had his team-, season- and career-high 11-game hitting streak snapped in the opener vs. Macalester last Saturday, went 1-for-3 in Game 1 vs. Hamline and has also had a hit in 14 of SMU's 20 games. … Nine of SMU's 11 hits vs. the Pipers were singles. In their past six games, the Cardinals have collected 32 hits — 28 of which have been singles. On the flip side, eight of Hamline's 10 Game 1 hits Tuesday were for extra bases. … Olberding launched his team-leading third home run of the season vs. Hamline. … 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 (.426), hits (23), home runs (3), RBIs (10), slugging percentage (.648) and on-base percentage (.483. … Warren and Brandon Haugh (Easton, Minn.) share the team's RBI lead with 10, while Kyle Ryan (St. Paul, Minn.) tops the squad in at-bats (67), runs (9) and stolen bases (10). … Kruse is the team-leader in extra-base hits (7) — including two triples. …  The Cardinals have stolen 25 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 have scored five or more runs in nine of their last 15 games. On the flip side, however, SMU's shutout loss in Game 2 vs. Hamline was the third time in the last four games that the Cardinals have failed to plate a run. … The Cardinals' 6-5, eight-inning loss in Game 2 vs. GAC 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.

Carleton Knight Notes: With their two wins vs. North Central Tuesday, Carleton has now won three straight. … The Knights' 11-run outburst vs. North Central — currently ranked No. 8 in the latest NCCAA Division II national poll — equaled their season high. … Carleton has recorded 10 or more hits in six of its last seven contests, including a team-high 12 vs. North Central Tuesday. … Russ Fujisawa has been the team's offensive leader, boasting team highs in average (.415), at-bats (65), runs (27), doubles (12), triples (2), total bases (43), walks (17), on-base percentage (.542) and he's a perfect 6-for-6 in stolen bases. … Jay Nelson, who has accounted for two of the team's three home runs this season, has driven in a team-best 13 runs. … The Knights have seven pitchers who have thrown at least 10 innings, led by Ethan Guevin, who has tossed 27.1 innings in posting a 3.62 earned-run-average. … Michael Servis has fanned a team-best 20 in 15 innings of work, while Alex Wirta has earned both Carleton saves. … Six of Carleton's 22 games have been decided by one run. The Knights are 2-4 in those six one-run games. … Carleton has been outscored 20-8 in the sixth inning. … The Knights have played their last four games at home, and have not played a “road” game this season, going 6-12 in neutral-site contests (the Metrodome and Fort Pierce, Fla.).