The Records:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (6-5-1 MIAC / 9-9-1 Overall)
Saint Benedict Blazers (0-8-4 MIAC / 2-13-4 Overall)

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Last Action: The Cardinals salvaged a split in its conference series against Augsburg last weekend. After managing just one goal in falling to the Auggies 4-1 in Minneapolis, Minn., on Friday, the Cardinals erupted for five goals — including two each from Stevie Fiek (Rochester, Minn.) and Ingrid Klockars (Wheaton, Ill.) — en route to a 5-1 triumph in the rematch at the SMU Ice Arena. Saint Benedict, meanwhile, bounced back from a 4-3 road overtime loss at Hamline on Friday to earn a conference point with a 1-1 tie in the teams' second game at CSB.

Last Meetings: February 20-21, 2009: Saint Mary's and Saint Benedict split their conference series a year ago, with each team picking up a 4-1 victory in Winona, Minn. Stevie Fiek (Rochester, Minn.) scored two goals to lead the Cardinals to their 4-1 victory in the opener of their conference series, while CSB responded in the rematch, scoring the game's first three goals en route to its 4-1 win — a win that eliminated SMU from playoff contention.

Saint Mary's Cardinal Notes: Saturday's 5-1 win over the Auggies snapped the Cardinals' three-game losing streak. … With Friday's 5-4 loss to Augsburg, the Cardinals have now lost their last three Friday night games — scoring just one goal in each. … Stevie Fiek (Rochester, Minn.) and Ingrid Klockars (Wheaton, Ill.) each scored two goals vs. the Auggies on Saturday, while Erin Stenseth (Eau Claire, Wis.) knocked in the other. … Cassie Stoner (Kenosha, Wis.) scored the Cardinals' lone goal vs. Augsburg Friday. It was her first of the season and fourth of her career. … Fiek collected her team-leading 10th assist of the season on Stoner's goal last Friday. … Fiek's 10 assists are the most by a Cardinal since Laura Mueller led the team with 13 during the 2006-07 season. She also leads the team in oints with 16. … Nicole Olson (New Brighton, Minn.) leads the team with 10 goals. Like Fiek, Olson's 10 goals are the most since the 2006-07 season, when Melissa Mondo led the team with 15. … SMU boasts four players with 10 or more points — Fiek (16), Olson (15), Katie Cachey (Orland Park, Ill.) (11) and Stenseth (10). … Kaye Collier (Hibbing, Minn.), who has stopped 36 or more shots three times in her collegiate career — including a career-best 39 saves vs. Lake Forest on Nov. 1 — enters today's game with a team-leading 1.85 goals-against-average and a .929 save percentage. … The Cardinals have played 11 one-goal games this season — including three in their last six contests. SMU is 3-7-1 in those 11 games. … SMU's six goals vs. Marian on Jan. 9 equaled its season high and are the most in a game since the Cardinals beat Hamline 8-0 on Feb. 25, 2004. … The Cardinals have outscored their opponents 18-9 in the first period and 17-11 in the second, but have been outscored 18-12 in the game's final 20 minutes. … The Cardinals have scored first in 13 of their 19 games, going 9-3-1 in those 11 games. On the flip side, SMU is winless when its opponent scores first (0-6-0).

Saint Benedict Blazer Notes: Saturday's 1-1 tie vs. Hamline snapped the Blazers' two-game losing streak, but it also extended their winless string to eight straight (0-6-2). CSB has now won since beating Chatham 3-1 in a nonconference game on Jan. 9. … CSB has been outscored 29-10 during its current eight-game slump. Five of those 10 goals came in Blazers' ties — a 4-4 deadlock vs. Concordia and Saturday's 1-1 stalemate vs. Hamline. … Saint Benedict has now played five overtime games — including both games vs. Hamline last weekend — and the Blazers are still looking for their first OT win of the season (0-1-4). … Ten of CSB's 19 games have been decided by one goal or less — including its last four in a row. … Gretchen Leyendecker leads the team in goals (6) and points (11), while also sharing the team lead in assists (5) with Jennifer Yelle. … Lauren Herzog and Abbie Helminen have shared the goaltending duties, combining for a 2.99 goals-against-average and a .014 save percentage. … CSB has scored first five times this season, going 1-1-3 in those five games, while the Blazers are just 1-12-1 when their opponent scores first.