The Teams:

Saint Mary's Cardinals: 8-14 Overall

UW-La Crosse Eagles: 7-6 Overall

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Last Action:
The Cardinals got a complete-game, four-hit performance from pitcher Brett Ferschweiler (Rochester, Minn.) in winning Game 1 of their MIAC doubleheader against Carleton, 5-1, but the Knights got the better of SMU in the nightcap, rolling to a 7-1 victory to earn the conference split. UW-La Crosse, meanwhile, split a pair of high-scoring games against UW-Stout on Wednesday, falling 13-12 in the opener, before rebounding with a 20-9 victory in Game 2 in Menomonie, Wis..

 

Last Meeting — March 24, 2009:
The Cardinals raced out to a 6-2 lead, then held off late UW-L rally as David Dahlstrom (Rochester, Minn.) worked out of a one-out, bases-loaded jam to seal SMU's 6-5 victory in La Crosse, Wis.

 

Saint Mary's Cardinals Around The Horn:
With their Game 1 win vs. Carleton Wednesday, the Cardinals collected their eighth win, equaling their win total of a year ago. … After snapping their season-high six-game losing streak with Monday's 6-5, Game 2 win over Luther, the Cardinals collected their second straight split on Wednesday. … Ryan Archambault (Faribault, Minn.) continued his sizzling week against Carleton. After going 2-for-2 with a two-run double and a solo home run in Game 2 vs. Luther on Monday, Archambault was 4-for-7 with three RBIs in SMU's split vs. Carleton Wednesday. … Archambault's third-inning home run vs. Luther on Monday was his first of the season — and SMU's first HR not hit by Curt Swanson (Woodbury, Minn.). … Brett Ferschweiler (Rochester, Minn.) threw his second straight complete game Wednesday, scattering four hits and allowing just one earned run in SMU's 5-1 Game 1 win over Carleton. … Ferschweiler has now thrown a team-leading 25.0 innings, going 2-2 with a 3.60 ERA. He has also struck out a team-best 16 batters. … Justin Kronebusch (Altura Minn.) earned his first collegiate win vs. Luther, tossing two innings of one-hit relief. … Zach Olberding (Maplewood, Minn.), who posted his first collegiate five-hit game in Game 1 vs. St. Olaf on April 3 — going 5-for-5 with two RBIs and a pair of runs scored — leads the Cardinal offense with a .316 batting average. … Andrew Warren (Stillwater, Minn.) leads the team in hits (21) and doubles (8), while Swanson boasts team highs in home runs (2), RBIs (20), total bases (32) and slugging percentage (.492). … Kyle Ryan (St. Paul, Minn.) leads the team in at-bats (76), runs (16) and is a perfect 14-for-14 in stolen bases. … Ryan collected his team-leading seventh multiple-hit game with his 2-for-4 effort in Game 2 vs. Luther on Monday. …  Ryan and Warren are the only two Cardinals to have started all 22 games this season. Ryan also extended his consecutive starts streak to 120 straight. … SMU surrendered two runs in the first inning of Game 2 against Carleton on Wednesday and have now allowed at least one first-inning run in six of their last seven games.

UW-La Crosse Eagles Around The Horn:
The Eagles set a school record with 25 hits in their 20-9 Game 2 drubbing of UW-Stout on Wednesday, breaking the record of 22 set against UW-River Falls in 1995 and 2002. … The Eagles' 20 runs tied for ninth in single-game school history, while their 18 RBI tied for sixth. UW-L had 11 extra-base hits in the nightcap, including five home runs. … Brooks Braga and Brett Jacobson both went 5-for-8 (.625) at UW-Stout Wednesday. … Braga scored five runs and had three home runs and 12 RBIs. … Zach Harazin collected a team-best six hits (6-for-10) against the Blue Devils, with five runs scored and four doubles. while Matt Trocke went 5-for-10 with five runs and three doubles. … The Eagles hit .439 in the doubleheader at UW-Stout with 32 runs scored, 11 doubles and six home runs. … As a team, UW-L is hitting .310, with Harazin at a team-leading .425. Lance Poppy is hitting .375 after missing the first seven games of the season with an injury and Jay Fanta is at .357. … Fanta was the only player to start all 38 games in 2009, when he led UW-L in hitting (.384), at-bats (151), runs (37), hits (58), doubles (18), home runs (6), RBI (41), total bases (96) and walks (18). … The Eagles boast a 5.12 ERA, while opponents hitting .290 overall. … Tim Verthein has not allowed a run in 7.2 innings. Tim Larson is 1-1 with a 0.75 earned run average. … The Eagles have already played nine games against MIAC opponents, going 5-4. UW-L dropped two to top-ranked St. Thomas (10-3, 3-2), split with Concordia (losing 6-5, winning 4-1), lost to Augsburg (6-3), and swept Saint John's (4-2, 5-4) and Gustavus (5-1, 3-1).