MOORHEAD, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University women's hockey team hits the road to open its Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference schedule, as the Cardinals travel to Concordia Friday for the first of two games against the Cobbers. Friday's contest is scheduled for 7 p.m.


The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (0-0-0 MIAC / 3-1-0 Overall) vs.
Concordia Cobbers (0-0-0 MIAC / 4-1-0 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals split their two nonconference games against UW-Eau Claire last weekend, scoring three times in the second period in beating the Blugolds 4-1 on Friday in Winona, Minn., only to drop the rematch 4-3 in Eau Claire, Wis. … Concordia, meanwhile, is coming off a busy weekend, playing three road games in three days. CC bounced UW-Superior 3-1 on Friday, fell to the Yellowjackets 5-2 on Saturday and knocked off St. Scholastica 5-4 on Sunday.

A Year Ago:
December 11, 2009: The Cardinals broke a scoreless tie midway through the third period, then added another goal six minutes later, as SMU collected a key 2-0 MIAC win over the Cobbers at the SMU Ice Arena.

December 12, 2009: SMU needed double the offensive output of the previous night — getting a second-period goal from Brianna Drude and the game-winner off the stick of Ingrid Klockars (Wheaton, Ill.) midway through the third period — to beat Concordia 4-3 at the SMU Ice Arena.

Saint Mary's Cardinals News and Notes:
Last Saturday's 4-3 loss to UW-Eau Claire snapped the Cardinals' season-opening three-game winning streak. … SMU's 3-0-0 start was its first since going 4-0-0 to open the 1999-2000 season — the program's second year of existence. … SMU's seven goals vs. UW-Eau Claire last weekend came from six different players. … Brittany Therrien (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) scored in each game vs. UWEC. … Therrien and Haley Coolsaet (Grosse Island, Mich.) share the team lead in goals with three, while Coolsaet and Nicole Olson (New Brighton, Minn.) share the team lead in points with four. … Olson's four assists are a team high. .… Cecilia Hardacker (Bloomington, Minn.) scored her first collegiate goal vs. UW-Eau Claire last Friday, while Melissa Haight (Brandon, S.D.) netted her first as a Cardinal vs. the Blugolds on Saturday. … Sarah Gustafson (Esko, Minn.) stopped 43 shots in her first collegiate start on Saturday. … Kaye Collier (Hibbing, Minn.), who started the Cardinals' first three games, enters the weekend with a 0.67 goals-against-average and a .966 save percentage — including a seven-save shutout in SMU's 5-0 season-opening win over Marian. … Nine of the Cardinals' 14 goals this season have come from freshmen. … The Cardinals have outscored their opponents 6-1 in the second period and 5-2 in the third. … SMU has scored first in all three of its wins | 2010-2011 Overall Statistics

Concordia Cobbers News and Notes:
This weekend's games vs. Saint Mary's are the first at home for the Cobbers, who opened the season with five straight road games. … The Cobbers, who had their season-opening three-game winning streak snapped with Saturday's loss at UW-Superior, hopped right back on the winning track with their 5-4 win over St. Scholastica on Sunday. … The Cobbers have scored 22 goals in their four wins — including a season-high 10 goals in a 10-1 win over Finlandia on Oct. 31. … After holding their first three opponents to a combined three goals, Concordia has surrendered nine goals in its last two games — a 5-2 loss to UW-Superior and Sunday's 5-4 win over St. Scholastica. … Katelyn Dold and Abby Taffe each scored two goals in Sunday's win over the Saints, while Emily Sell collected three assists. … Dodd's two goals vs. St. Scholastica give her a team-leading six for the season, while Sell and Abby Taffe share the team lead in points with nine. … Sell also boasts a team-best eight assists. … CC has gotten scoring from nine different players, while 16 different players have notched at least one point. … The Cobbers have used three different goalies this season — Casey Fiore (1.63 GAA, .919 save percentage), Tamara Twite (2.35 GAA, .907 save percentage) and Tracy Skluzacek (12.41 GAA, .667 save percentage). … The Cobbers have scored 21 of their 24 goals after the first period, outscoring their opponents 11-4 in the second period and 10-2 in the third | 2010-2011 Overalll Statistics