The Records:

Saint Mary's Cardinals: 7-7 MIAC / 10-20 Overall

Concordia Cobbers: 5-11 MIAC / 8-25 Overall

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Last Action:
The Cardinals came up one run short in both games of its MIAC doubleheader against Gustavus Thursday at SMU Field. SMU scored one run in the bottom of the seventh inning, but left the game-tying run at second and the game-winning run at third in falling 3-2 in the opener. SMU then rallied from a 4-0 deficit, scoring three runs in the bottom of the fifth, but again came up just short in losing 4-3. Concordia, meanwhile, picked up a road conference split Thursday at St. Catherine, dropping the first game 9-6, before rebounding with a 4-3, nine-inning victory in the nightcap.

 

Last Meeting — April 11, 2009:
With the score knotted at 2-2 in the top of the ninth inning, Concordia's Emily Jensen laced a Mallory Betzold (Farmington, Minn.) offering over the fence in right field, and, three batters later, Kesley Jones delivered a three-run shot off the scoreboard in center, lifting the Cobbers to a 7-2 Game 1 victory at SMU Field. The Cobbers put up another seven runs in the nightcap, but — thanks to a five-run SMU sixth — seven runs wasn't enough, as the Cardinals salvaged a split with a 9-7 come-from-behind victory.

Saint Mary's Cardinals Around The Horn:
Kellie Simons (Richfield, Minn.) collected two of SMU's four hits in its opener against Gustavus on Thursday — including her team-leading second home run of the season. Simons also drove in both Game 1 runs in the Cardinals' 3-2 loss. … Erin Stenseth (Eau Claire, Wis.) and Mallory Betzold (Farmington, Minn.) accounted for four of SMU's five Game 2 hits vs. the Gusties, with Betzold also driving in two of the Cardinals' three runs in the 4-3 loss. … In her last four games, Betzold has gone 7-for-14 (.500) with six RBIs. … With her two Game 2 hits vs. Gustavus Thursday, Stenseth pushed her team-leading batting average to .364, while Simons# (.361), Joanna Mangan (Chicago, Ill. / .313) and Katy Gannon (Roselle, Ill. / .302) are also hitting above .300. … Stenseth also leads the team in at-bats (99), hits (36), and doubles (9), while sharing the team lead in runs (19) and RBIs (14). … Simons leads the team in total bases (51) and slugging percentage (.526), while Gannon shares the team lead in runs (19) and Betzold is tied with Stenseth for the top spot in RBIs (14). … Stenseth also owns the top spot with 10 multiple-hit games — one more than Gannon and Simons — and five multiple-RBI games. … Angie Diercks (Red Wing, Minn.) went 2-for-3 in Game 2 vs. Hamline Tuesday — including her first collegiate home run, a solo shot in the fifth inning. … Three of SMU's six home runs this season have been career firsts — Diercks, Stenseth (vs. Augsburg) and Paige Carter (Rosemount, Minn. / vs. Hastings, Neb.). … The Cardinals have allowed five or more runs in 15 of their 20 losses. … SMU has scored three of more runs in all 10 of their wins — including a season-high 11 vs. Macalester on April 10, and equaled vs. Augsburg on April 17 — while scoring two runs or less in 14 of their 20 losses. … SMU's 3-1, eight-inning loss to Hamline on Tuesday was the Cardinals' second extra-inning game of the season — with both games being decided in the eighth inning. … The Cardinals are 8-1 when scoring first, but just 2-19 when their opponent plates the first run. … The Cardinals put an end to a 20-game winless streak against St. Thomas with a 3-0 win over the Tommies on April 13, 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. 

Concordia Cobbers Around The Horn:
Thursday's split against St. Catherine was Concordia's third straight conference split. … The Cobbers are now 3-9 in their last 12 games. … Thursday's Game 2 win over St. Catherine was the Cobbers' first extra-inning contest of the season. … Kesley Jones was 4-for-7 and drove in four runs in the Cobbers split vs. St. Catherine Thursday. … Kaia Sele came up with her second game-winning hit in the last two days with her two-out, RBI single in the ninth inning of Game 2 vs. the Wildcats. … Maddie Haroldson enters today's DH vs. Saint Mary's with a team-best .415 batting average. Haroldson is one of five Cobbers hitting above .300. … Kesley Jones is second to Haroldson with a .351 batting average, while Sele is hitting .303 with team high sin at-bats (99), runs (17), hits (30), home runs (3), RBIs (15), and total bases (45). … Jones has also been the workhorse on the mound for the Cobbers, tossing a team-high 98 innings. She boasts a 4-11 record with a 5.21 ERA and 42 strikeouts. … The Cobbers — who are 1-18 when their opponent scores in the first inning and 2-21 when their opponent scores first — have been outscored 58-13 in the first inning. … Concordia has allowed six or more runs in 21 of its 33 games.