The Teams:

Saint Mary's Cardinals: 0-2 MIAC / 7-13 Overall

Carleton Knights: 0-2 MIAC / 4-15 Overall

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Last Action:
The Cardinals gave up four runs in the seventh inning — three after a two-out SMU error — in dropping a 6-1 Game 1 decision to Luther Monday, then took advantage of two seventh-inning Norse errors to earn the nonconference split with a 6-5 Game 2 win in Winona, Minn. Carleton, meanwhile, has been off since Saturday, when the Knights opened conference play with 4-1 and 9-4 losses to defending national champion St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn.

 

Last Meeting — April 11, 2009:
The Knights got the best of the Cardinals in their conference doubleheader a year ago, winning 6-1 and 7-2 in Northfield, Minn.

 

Saint Mary's Cardinals Around The Horn:
The Cardinals snapped their season-high six-game losing streak with Monday's 6-5, Game 2 win over Luther. … Ryan Archambault (Faribault, Minn.) drove in three of SMU's six runs in their streak-snapping, Game 2 win over Luther on Monday. Archambault went 2-for-2 with a two-run double and a solo home run. … Archambault's third-inning home run was his first of the season — and SMU's first HR not hit by Curt Swanson (Woodbury, Minn.). … Justin Kronebusch (Altura Minn.) earned his first collegiate win vs. Luther, tossing two innings of one-hit relief. … Zach Olberding (Maplewood, Minn.) posted his first collegiate five-hit game in Game 1 vs. St. Olaf last Saturday, as the Cardinal senior was a perfect 5-for-5 with two RBIs and a pair of runs scored. … Olberding's effort was the first time this season an SMU player has had more than three hits in a game. … Fueled by his 5-for-5 Game 1 effort vs. St. Olaf — and a hit in each game vs. Luther — Olberding pushed his team-leading batting average to .346. … Swanson, meanwhile, boasts team highs in hits (20), home runs (2), RBIs (20), total bases (32) and slugging percentage (.492). … Kyle Ryan (St. Paul, Minn.) leads the team in at-bats (69), runs (14) and is a perfect 12-for-12 in stolen bases. … Ryan collected his team-leading seventh multiple-hit game with his 2-for-4 effort in Game 2 vs. Luther. …  Ryan and Andrew Warren (Stillwater, Minn.) are the only two Cardinals to have started all 20 games this season. … SMU surrendered single runs in the first inning of each game vs. Luther Monday and has now allowed at least one first-inning run in five straight games.

Carleton Knights Around The Horn:
Carleton's two losses to top-ranked St. Thomas last Saturday extended the Knights' losing streak to seven straight. … Carleton has surrendered 75 runs during their current seven-game slide — including 38 in 20-1 and 18-2 losses to Eastern Connecticut State on March 26. … Carleton's last three opponents — No. 22 University of Southern Maine, No. 14 Eastern Connecticut State and No. 1 St. Thomas — have all been nationally ranked. … Kiyota Gomi boasts a team-leading .457 batting average, while Alex Wirta is hitting .353 with team highs in hits (18) and doubles (5). … Russ Fujisawa is the team's leader in at-bats (55), runs (11), triples (2), home runs (1), walks (12) and total bases (26). Fujisawa is also a perfect 6-for-6 in stolen bases. … Wirta and Fujisawa are the only Knights to have started all 19 games this season. … The Knights have been outscored in every inning — including 36-6 in the first and 30-6 in the sixth. … Carleton is 3-1 when scoring the game's first run, but just 1-3 when scoring in the first inning.