The Records:

Saint Mary's Cardinals (1-1 Overall)

Indiana University Northwest Red Hawks (0-8 Overall)

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Last Action: The Cardinals kicked off their season splitting a nonconference doubleheader against Mayville (N.D.) State last Wednesday. Andrew Ruf (Chippewa Falls, Wis.) tossed a complete-game, seven-hit shutout in leading SMU to a 1-0 victory in the opener. Mayville State turned the tables in Game 2, scoring three times in the third inning and held off a seventh-inning SMU rally to beat the Cardinals 4-3. Indiana University Northwest, meanwhile, saw its season-opening losing streak climb to eight straight, as the RedHawks dropped both ends of a nonconference doubleheader against Goshen College on March 9, falling 13-3 and 11-1.

Last Meeting: Today's DH is the first-ever meeting between the Cardinals and the RedHawks.

Saint Mary's Cardinal Notes: After needing six games to pick up their first win of the season a year ago, SMU won its first game in 2010, getting a complete-game, seven-hit shutout from Andrew Ruf (Chippewa Falls, Wis.) in last Wednesday's 1-0 win over Mayville (N.D.) State. … Wednesday's 1-0 win was SMU's first season-opening win since the Cardinals kicked off the 2005 season with a 3-2 win over Valley City State. … Ruf struck out three and did not walk a batter en route to his first collegiate shutout and complete game. … SMU pitchers walked just one batter in 13 innings vs. Mayville State last Wednesday. … The Cardinals' four runs scored vs. Mayville State all came without the benefit of a hit. SMU's Game 1 run came via a bases-loaded walk, while the Cardinals' three Game 2 runs scored on a first-and-third, double-steal, a groundout wild pitch, and a Mayville error. … Chris Bogie (St. Paul, Minn.) and Andrew Warren (Stillwater, Minn.) each collected two hits in the doubleheader vs. Mayville State to account for four of the team's eight hits. …  Warren also collected SMU's lone extra-base hit, a Game 1 double. … Kyle Servais (Coon Valley, Wis.) picked up his first collegiate hit in his first collegiate at-bat vs. the Comets. … SMU pitchers fanned nine Mayville State batters, while Comet pitchers struck out 10 Cardinal batters. … SMU scored single runs in four different innings vs. Mayville State — the second, third, fifth and seventh. Mayville State, meanwhile, scored three of its four runs in the third inning.

Indiana University Northwest RedHawk Notes: Indiana University Northwest is located in Gary, Ind. The RedHawks baseball program began three years ago. … The RedHawks went 1-13 a year ago, after failing to win a game in 19 contests in 2008. …  Coach Dan Soria is in his first year as the RedHawks head coach. Soria played college baseball at Chicago State University, while also playing for the Gary Southshore Railcats of the Independent League. … Soria has coached at Calumet College in Whiting, Indiana and Chicago State University. … The 2010 IUN squad consists of nine sophomores and eight freshmen.