WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University baseball team returns to MIAC play on Monday, as the Cardinals host Hamline a 2:30 p.m. MIAC doubleheader at Max Molock Field.





The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (2-10 MIAC | 8-20 Overall) vs.
Hamline Pipers (7-3 MIAC | 14-10 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals dropped a pair of conference games on Thursday, falling to Saint John's 3-0 and 5-4 in Collegeville, Minn. Hamline, meanwhile, stepped out of conference play on Thursday, sweeping Luther 3-2 in nine innings in the opener and 8-3 in the nightcap in St. Paul, Minn.

Last Meeting — April 25, 2010:
Getting the lead wasn't the problem for the Cardinals vs. Hamline. Hanging on to that lead, however, was. The Cardinals scored first in both games of their MIAC doubleheader against Hamline, but those leads proved to be short-lived, as the Pipers scored five unanswered runs to beat SMU 5-2 in the opener, then rallied from a 3-0 first-inning lead — then scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the 11th inning — to complete the sweep with a 5-4 victory in Game 2.

Up Next:
The Cardinals are back at Max Molock Field on Tuesday, hosting UW-Stout in a nonconference doubleheader at 2:30 p.m. … Hamline, meanwhile, is back on the road on Tuesday, traveling to Collegeville, Minn., for a 2:30 p.m. conference twinbill against Saint John's.

Senior Day:
The SMU baseball team is honoring its eight graduating seniors today: Joe O'Neill (St. Paul, Minn.), Andrew Warren (Stillwater, Minn.), Jake Lechner (Shoreview, Minn.), Chris Bogie (St. Paul, Minn.), David Timmons (Rochester, Minn.), Gary Seifert (Prescott, Wis.), Sam Levisen (Rochester, Minn.) and Andrew Ruf (Chippewa Falls, WIs.)

Saint Mary's Cardinals Around The Horn:
2011 Schedule | 2011 Roster | 2011 Overall Statistics
SMU pitcher Gary Seifert (Prescott, Wis.) had a no-hitter through five innings against Saint John's on Thursday. The senior surrendered all three runs and all four hits in the sixth inning in the 3-0 Game 1 loss. … Andrew Warren (Stillwater, Minn.) and Jake Lechner (Shoreview, Minn.) each had two hits in Game 2 vs. the Johnnies Thursday. … Curt Swanson (Woodbury, Minn.) had a hit in the second game vs. SJU Thursday and has now had a hit in 22 of the 26 games he's played this season. The sophomore has also reached base safely in 24 of his 26 games. … Swanson has put together hitting streaks of eight and 11 games this season. … Swanson also leads the team with 12 multiple-hit games, while Jon Schlemmer (De Pere, Wis.) boasts a team-high seven multiple-RBI games. … Swanson enters Saturday's doubleheader vs. Hamline hitting a team-leading .365, while also boasting team-highs in at-bats (96), hits (35) and total bases (43). … Swanson's .448 slugging percentage is second to Schlemmer's team-leading .481. Schlemmer also leads the team in RBIs with 23. … Schlemmer is one of eight Cardinals with 10 or more RBIs — Warren (15), Bogie (11), Lulic (11), Lechner (10), Swanson (10), Larson (10) and Cody Pfennig (La Crosse, Wis. / 10) are the other seven. … Warren delivered his first HR of the season in Game 1 against Finlandia on April 8. He joined Swanson and Schlemmer as the only Cardinals with a home run this season. … Warren and Lulic share the team lead in doubles with eight each, while Lechner owns the team lead in triples with three. …
Seifert's four-hitter vs. Saint John's Thursday was his first complete game of the season and third of his career. … Chris Bogie (St. Paul, Minn.) tossed his second straight complete game vs. Augsburg on April 17, allowing five hits and two earned runs in the 2-1 loss. … Bogie has now thrown three complete games this season, sharing the team lead with Andrew Ruf (Chippewa Falls, Wis.), who tossed his third complete game of the season on April 12 against Concordia. … Bogie owns a team-leading 2.76 ERA and his 29.1 innings are second to Ruf's team-best 37.1 … Bogie and Ruf are two of five SMU hurlers with 20 or more innings pitched. … Bogie struck out two Auggies in his last start on April 16, pushing his team-leading total to 18. … SMU's 4-3, 10-inning loss in the opener vs. Cornell on March 19 was the second extra-inning game of the season for the Cardinals, who dropped an 8-7, eight-inning decision to Presentation on March 10. … SMU is 7-0 when leading after the sixth inning, but just 1-20 when tied or trailing heading into the seventh inning.

Hamline Pipers Around The Horn:
2011 Schedule | 2011 Roster | 2011 Overall Statistics
The Pipers had 13 games cancelled due to the collapse of the Metrodome roof. … Hamline has also had nine games postponed due to inclement weather. … Brett Bugielski tallied a win and three saves — all in conference play — to lead Hamline to a 6-1 record last week and earn the junior hurler MIAC Pitcher of the Week honors. Bugielski gave up just three hits — all singles — in seven innings pitched and didn't walk a batter last week. He posted a 0.00 ERA and held his opponents to a .125 batting average. … Rob Miller picked up a pair of pitching wins for the Pipers in Thursday's nonconference sweep of Luther. He pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his second win of the year in the opener, then struck out four an allowed just one hit in four innings of relief to earn the victory in Game 2. … Andy King had two of HU's five hits in Game 1 vs. Luther Thursday, while Dan Ellefson and Tyler Johnson each had two hits to pace the Pipers' 10-hit Game 2 attack. … Ryan Hackel (.333) and Tony Rogers (.318) lead the Pipers in batting, while Rogers also boasts team highs in at-bats (85), hits (27), triples (6), RBIs (21), total bases (42) and slugging percentage (.494). … Andy Powell has scored a team-leading 27 runs. … King has accounted for both of Hamline's home runs this season. … Bugielski has made a team-high 10 pitching appearances, going 2-1 with a 2.70 ERA in 20 innings. … Cass Kreitlow leads the Pipers' pitching staff in wins (4), innings pitched (30.1) and strikeouts (27). … Hamline boasts nine pitchers who have thrown 10 or more innings. … The Pipers are 12-3 when tied, or leading, after six innings. … HU is 1-1 when King hits a home run this season. … The Pipers are 9-1 when scoring in the first inning.