The Records:

Saint Mary's Cardinals: 6-4 MIAC / 9-17 Overall

Hamline Pipers: 5-5 MIAC / 11-13 Overall

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Last Action:
Luther pitchers silenced the Cardinals' bats Sunday, as SMU managed just three hits — two in Game 1 and one in Game 2 — as the sixth-ranked Norse left SMU field with 8-0 and 2-0 nonconference victories. Hamline, meanwhile, battled to a conference split against Saint Benedict on Saturday, dropping the opener 4-3, while bouncing back for an 8-3 win in the nightcap in St. Joseph, Minn.

Last Meeting — April 14, 2009:
The Cardinals outscored Hamline 4-0 in the sixth inning alone, but the Pipers held a 9-1 advantage in the other six innings, beating SMU 4-3 and 5-2 in a key Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference showdown at the SMU Field.

Saint Mary's Cardinals Around The Horn:
Kellie Simons (Richfield, Minn.) and Paige Carter (Rosemount, Minn.) accounted for SMU's two hits in their 8-0 Game 1 loss to sixth-ranked Luther Sunday, while Hanna Schmitt (Rosemount, Minn.) collected the Cardinals' lone hit — a first-inning single — in its 2-0 Game 2 loss to the Norse. … Simons and Katy Gannon (Roselle, Ill.) each had 11 hits in the Cardinals' eight games last week. Four of Simons' 11 hits were doubles. … Erin Stenseth (Eau Claire, Wis.) belted her first collegiate home run — a three-run, third-inning shots — in Game 2 vs. Augsburg last Saturday. … Stenseth enters today's DH at Hamline leading the team with a .373 batting average. The freshman also boasts team highs in runs (16), hits (31), doubles (9), RBIs (14), total bases (43), slugging percentage (.518) and on-base percentage (.429). … Gannon, Simons and Stenseth share the team lead with eight multiple-hit games — with Stenseth and Simons each boasting one four-hit game — while Stenseth is the team-leader with five multiple-hit games. … SMU scored a season-high eight runs in the first inning of Saturday's 10-6 Game 1 win over Augsburg. … The Cardinals have allowed five or more runs in 15 of their 17 losses. … SMU has scored three of more runs in all nine of their wins — including a season-high 11 vs. Macalester on April 10, and equaled last Saturday vs. Augsburg — while scoring two runs or less in 13 of their 17 losses. … SMU's 11-6, eight-inning win over Macalester on April 10 was the first extra-inning game of the season for SMU. … The Cardinals are 7-1 when scoring first, but 2-16 when their opponent plates the first run. … The Cardinals not only snapped a three-game losing streak with their 3-0 Game 2 win over St. Thomas on April 13, 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. 

Hamline Pipers Around The Horn:
Saturday's 5-2, Game 2 win over Saint Benedict snapped the Pipers' seven-game losing streak. … Hamline has been held to two runs or less in 11 of their 13 losses, and have been shut out five times. … Hamline belted a pair of home runs against the Blazers Saturday, with Erin Farley launching a solo shot — her team-leading third HR of the season — in the third inning of Game 1, while Ashley Anderberg delivered a two-run, seventh-inning HR in Game 2. … Jessalyn Weaver threw back-to-back complete games vs. the Blazers. The senior right-hander has now tossed a team-best 11 complete games, while also leading the Pipers in ERA (3.52), wins (8), appearances (20), innings pitched (92.0) and strikeouts (51). … Bethany Hine boasts a team-high .380 batting average, while Heidi Larsen, who is hitting .344, leads the team in at-bats (61), runs (10), hits (21), doubles (6), total bases (33), and slugging percentage (.541). … Farley and Hine share the team lead with six multiple-hit games, while Farley also leads the team with four multiple-RBI games. … Hamline has not lost when leading after six innings (9-0), but the Pipers have not won when trailing after the sixth, either (0-10). … The Pipers are 7-1 when hitting at least one home run.