The Records:
Saint Mary's Cardinals: 6-10 Overall
UW-La Crosse Eagles: 16-6 Overall

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Last Action:
The Cardinals picked up a pair of conference wins on the road on Saturday, beating Macalester 7-3 in the opener, then scoring five runs in the top of the eighth to complete the sweep with an 11-6 win in Game 2 in St. Paul, Minn. UW-La Crosse, meanwhile, rebounded from a pair of nonconference losses to Gustavus earlier in the week with 9-2 and 13-5 wins over UW-Oshkosh on Saturday in Oshkosh, Wis.

Last Meeting — April 29, 2009:
The Eagles got the better of SMU in the teams' nonconference meeting last year, as UW-L collected 3-2 and 6-0 wins in La Crosse, Wis.

Saint Mary's Cardinals Around The Horn:
The Cardinals pushed their winning streak to three straight with Saturday's sweep of Macalester. … Erin Stenseth (Eau Claire, Wis.) continued her torrid spring, going 5-for-10 with four RBIs vs. Macalester Saturday. … In her last six games, Stenseth has gone 13-for-24 with seven RBIs. … Kellie Simons (Richfield, Minn.) also hit .500 vs. the Scots, going 4-for-8 with a triple and two RBIs. … Joanna Mangan (Chicago, Ill.) recorded her first collegiate four-hit game in the opener vs. Macalester, going a perfect 4-for-4. … Paige Carter (Rosemount, Minn.) went 3-for-5 and drove in two runs in SMU's Game 2 win over Macalester. … With her five hits vs. Macalester, Stenseth pushed her team-leading batting average to .462. She also leads the team in hits (24), doubles (7), total bases (31), slugging percentage (.596) and on-base percentage (.491). … With her effort vs. Macalester, Stenseth has now collected seven multiple-hit games and enters today's DH vs. UW-La Crosse riding a season-high nine-game hitting streak. She has hit safely in 14 of the team's 16 games. … Mangan, Simons and Julianne Bartosz (Mokena, Ill.) are also hitting above .300 — .417, .367 and .318, respectively — heading into today's nonconference DH vs. UW-La Crosse. … With her three RBIs vs. Macalester, Hanna Schmitt (Rosemount, Minn.) pushed her team-leading RBI total to 11. … The Cardinals have allowed five or more runs in nine of their 10 losses. … SMU has scored three of more runs in all six of their wins — including a season-high 11 runs vs. Macalester Saturday — while scoring two runs or less in eight of their 10 losses. … Saturday's game was the first extra-inning game of the season for SMU. … The Cardinals are 5-1 when scoring first, but 1-9 when their opponent plates the first run.

UW-La Crosse Around The Horn:
UW-L was picked to finish second in the WIAC preseason poll. The Eagles picked up two first-place votes. … UW-L is coming off its first NCAA Division III championship appearance since 1986. … Last year's team established school single-season records in wins (34), batting average (.330), runs scored (282), hits (412), doubles (65), RBI (244), saves (7) and pitching strikeouts (240). … Jenna Ahnen set program single-season marks in batting average (.478), runs scored (49), hits (64) and doubles (12) a year ago. … Heather Schultz collected program records for wins (16) and tied the mark in appearances (33) last season. … Freshman Lauren Schaller leads the team with a .453 batting average, seven doubles, six home runs and 21 RBIs this season. … As a team, Eagles are hitting .325, with Schaller (.453), Rachel Croak (.423), Ahnen (.355), Lacy Probst (.333), Natalie Stoll (.322), Kelsey Golackson (.304), Cara Salm (.303) and Katie Pietrowiak (.302) all over .300. The team is averaging 6.25 runs per game with 67 extra-base hits, including 22 home runs. … UW-L has a 2.57 team earned run average with Schultz leading with a 10-2 record and 1.90 ERA. She is holding opponents to a .215 batting average.