The Records:

Saint Mary's Cardinals: 4-2 MIAC / 7-13 Overall

Bethel Royals: 3-5 MIAC / 11-15 Overall

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Last Action:
The Cardinals rebounded from a 5-3 Game 1 loss — in which they surrendered a three-run, fifth-inning home run that erased a 2-1 SMU lead — with a 3-0 victory in the nightcap to earn a key conference split against league-leading St. Thomas Tuesday in St. Paul, Minn. Bethel, meanwhile, has been off since Saturday, when the Royals used the long ball — a Game 1 grand slam and a Game 2 three-run homer — to sweep St. Catherine 8-0 and 6-5 in Arden Hills, Minn.

Last Meeting — April 28, 2009, Arden Hills, Minn.
Bethel limited the Cardinals to just one run on four hits en route to a 5-1 Game 1 victory, then got a walk-off, two-run home run from Lynnae Thompson to cap a four-run seventh inning and lead the Royals to an 8-6 Game 2 win, and a sweep of the teams' conference twinbill.

Saint Mary's Cardinals Around The Horn:
The Cardinals not only snapped their three-game losing streak with their 3-0 Game 2 win over St. Thomas on Tuesday, but they also put an end to a 20-game winless streak against the Tommies, dating back to a 1-0 SMU victory during the 2001 season — when current head coach Jen Miller was the team's starting catcher. … SMU also had the honor of snapping a pair of lengthy UST streaks — 71 games without shutout loss dating back to a 2008 loss to UW-Oshkosh in the NCAA national tournament and 165 without a shutout loss to an MIAC school, dating back to a 1-0 loss to Gustavus in 2003. … After having her season-high 10-game hitting streak snapped with an 0-for-3 effort vs. UW-La Crosse on Sunday, Erin Stenseth (Eau Claire, Wis.) got right back on track, going 1-for-4 in the opener and 3-for-4 with two doubles in the nightcap vs. St. Thomas. … Stenseth was one of three Cardinals to go 3-for-4 in Game 2 vs. UST Tuesday. Katy Gannon (Roselle, Ill.) and Kellie Simons (Richfield, Minn.) were the other two. … Simons finished the afternoon 5-for-9 with two RBIs and Among Gannon's three hits was her team-leading second home run of the season — a two-run, fifth-inning shot. … With her four hits vs. UST, Stenseth pushed her batting average to .439. The freshman also leads the team in at-bats (66), runs (14), hits (29), doubles (9), total bases (38), slugging percentage (.576) and on-base percentage (.464). … Stenseth has now hit safely in 17 of the 19 games she's appeared in, while reaching base safely in 18 of her 19 contests. … Hanna Schmitt (Rosemount, Minn.) pushed her team-leading RBI total to 12 with a run-scoring single in the fourth inning of Game 2 vs. UW-La Crosse last Sunday. … The Cardinals have allowed five or more runs in 12 of their 13 losses. … SMU has scored three of more runs in all seven of their wins — including a season-high 11 runs vs. Macalester last Saturday — while scoring two runs or less in 11 of their 13 losses. … Saturday's 11-6, eight-inning win over Macalester was the first extra-inning game of the season for SMU. … The Cardinals are 6-1 when scoring first, but 1-12 when their opponent plates the first run.

Bethel Royals Around The Horn:
Since snapping a season-high seven-game losing streak with a 7-3 win over Concordia last Wednesday, the Royals have gone 3-2 in their last five games. … Jess Newstrom hit a grand slam home run in Saturday's first game vs. St. Catherine, while Rachel Gilbert belted a three-run shot in the second game. … Saturday's round-trippers were the fourth and fifth of the for Bethel. Bethel's five HRs last week came from five different players. … Lauren Habisch hit safely in all six games for the Royals last week, raising her batting average 39 points to .307. … Kelly Berg is the team's offensive sparkplug, leading the team in average (.402), runs (24), hits (33), doubles (12), triples (2), home runs (3), RBIs (21), slugging percentage (.707) and on-base percentage (.474). … Pitcher Becky Akerson boasts a 3.13 ERA and a 6-5 record in 67 innings. She has also struck out a team-best 35 and has thrown three complete-game shutouts — including Saturday's three-hitter vs. St. Catherine. …  Bethel has been outscored 67-58 in the first two innings combined. … Bethel is 9-5 when scoring in the first inning and 7-3 when scoring the game's first run.