The Teams:

Saint Mary's Cardinals: 6-8 Overall

Viterbo V-Hawks: 13-10-1 Overall

Last Action:
The Cardinals played seven games in the Phoenix, Ariz., area last week, finishing 2-5, including dropping two games vs. Elmhurst (15-5 and 12-0), splitting vs. Oberlin (3-2, nine-inning loss and 9-6 win), falling in 10 innings to Thomas College (17-16), and splitting with Williams College (winning 5-4 and losing 11-7).

Last Meeting — March 26, 2009:
Viterbo had the upper hand in the teams' meeting a year ago, coming away with 7-2 and 10-8 nonconference victories at Max Molock Field in Winona, Minn.

Saint Mary's Cardinals Around The Horn:
Zach Olberding (Maplewood, Minn.) hit a team-best .462 during SMU's seven-game stay in Phoenix, Ariz., as the junior went 6-for-13 with a pair of doubles and five RBIs. … Olberding was one of seven SMU players to hit above .300 at the Russ Matt Invitational. … Kyle Ryan (St. Paul, Minn.) and Curt Swanson (Woodbury, Minn.) shared the team lead with 11 hits during SMU's spring trip. Swanson also finished with a team-best six extra-base hits — five doubles and one home run — while also driving in a team-high 12 runs and boasting a .731 slugging percentage. … Swanson has now hit both of SMU's home run this season. … Ryan, who led the team in multiple-hit games with five, was a perfect 5-for-5 in stolen bases. … Swanson hit safely in all seven games during the Russ Matt Invitational — and enters today's DH at Viterbo with an eight-game hitting streak — while Ryan and John Swenson (Eagan, Minn.) hit safely in each of the last four spring trip games. … Jack Dwyer (Minnetonka, Minn.) and Teddy VanRanst (St. Paul, Minn.) picked up SMU's two pitching wins down south, with Dwyer going 6 1/3 innings in SMU's 5-4 win over Williams, while VanRanst went five innings in SMU's 9-6 victory over Oberlin. … Andrew Ruf (Chippewa Falls, Wis.) threw a team-best 9.1 innings, compiling a 1.93 ERA, as the sophomore right-hander went 8 2/3 innings in falling to Oberlin 3-2, while collecting his first collegiate save in SMU's 5-4 win over Williams. … SMU outscored its Russ Matt opponents 12-1 in the fourth inning and 22-11 in the fifth.

Viterbo V-Hawks Around The Horn:
The V-Hawks enter today's game having already played 24 games, including wins in 10 of their last 11. … Viterbo's 4-3 Game 2 loss to Saint Ambrose on March 27 snapped the V-Hawks' season-high nine-game winning streak. … Brandon Buelow enters today's DH vs. SMU as the team's offensive leader, hitting a team-high .397, while also leading the team in at-bats (73), runs (24), hits (29), home runs (5), total bases (49) and slugging percentage (.671). … Brett Rettenmeier has collected 24 hits in 50 at-bats, including 11 extra base hits — eight doubles, one triple and two home runs. … Rettenmeier, who has also put together a team-best nine multiple-hit games, enters today's DH vs. the Cardinals riding a season-high 14-game hitting streak. … Brett Moravec boasts 10 extra-base hits, including a team-high three triples and four home runs. He also leads the team with eight multiple-RBI games. … As a team, the V-Hawks are hitting .319 and have launched 17 home runs in 24 games. … On the mound, Viterbo boasts five pitchers with two wins and six pitchers with 10 or more innings pitched. … Howard Heinrich has compiled a 2.60 ERA and a 2-2 record, allowing eight earned runs in 27.2 innings, while striking out a team-high 24 batters. … The V-Hawks have outscored their opponents in every inning but the first and fourth — including a 36-21 edge in the second inning. … Viterbo has gone 8-2 when scoring in the first inning and 10-4-1 when scoring the game's first run.