NORTHFIELD, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University baseball hits the road on Wednesday, as the Cardinals travel to Carleton for a 2:30 p.m. conference doubleheader against the Knights.





The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (0-2 MIAC, 4-12 Overall) vs.
Carleton Knights (1-1 MIAC, 4-10 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals were held to nine hits in their MIAC-opening doubleheader against St. Olaf Saturday at Max Molock Field, as the Oles swept SMU 7-0 and 10-1. … Carleton, meanwhile, opened its conference schedule with a split against defending MIAC regular-season and tournament champion St. Thomas in Northfield, Minn. The Knights won the opener 6-3, but dropped a 3-2 decision in the nightcap.

Last Meeting — April 7, 2010:
SMU made the most of its six Game 1 hits, as the Cardinals dropped Carleton 5-1 in the opener, but SMU's nine Game 2 hits were not enough, as the Knights earned the split with a 7-1 victory at Max Molock Field.

Up Next:
The Cardinals kick off a busy weekend on Friday, as SMU hosts Finlandia in a 2:30 p.m. nonconference doubleheader at Max Molock Field. SMU then hosts Gustavus in an MIAC twinbill on Saturday, beginning at 1 p.m. … Carleton, meanwhile, is right back in action on Thursday, hosting Presentation in a 2:30 p.m. nonconference doubleheader.

Saint Mary's Cardinals Around The Horn:
2011 Schedule | 2011 Roster | 2011 Overall Statistics
For the first time this season, St. Olaf held SMU sophomore Vince Lulic (Mendota Heights, Minn.) hitless last Saturday, snapping his season- and career-high 15-game hitting streak. Lulic had hit safely in his last three games last year, and in all 12 games he played this year, before going 0-for-3 in the opener vs. the Oles. … Curt Swanson (Woodbury, Minn.) pushed his hitting streak to 11 straight with a 1-for-3 Game 1 effort vs. St. Olaf, but a hitless Game 2 snapped the junior's hitting streak at 13 straight, also dating back to last year … Swanson, Jon Schlemmer (De Pere, Wis.) and Luke Larson (Bloomington, Minn.) accounted for SMU's three hits in Game 1 vs. St. Olaf, while Schlemmer had two of the team's six hits vs. the Oles in Game 2. … Lulic enters Wednesday's DH at Carleton with a team-leading .404 batting average. He is one of five Cardinals hitting above .300 through 15 games — Mike Feriancek ( / .400), Schlemmer (.388), Swanson (.373), and Joe O'Neill (St. Paul, Minn. / .333) are the other four. … Andrew Warren (Stillwater, Minn.) leads the team in at-bats (62), runs (13), doubles (5) and triples (2), while Swanson boasts a team-leading 22 hits and Schlemmer owns the team lead in RBIs (17) and slugging percentage (.551). … Swanson and Schlemmer have accounted for SMU's two home runs this season. … Cody Pfennig (La Crosse, Wis.) joins Warren atop the team lead in runs scored with 13. The duo are among four Cardinals with 10 or more runs scored. … With his 2-for-4 showing against UW-L last Thursday, Swanson now boasts a team-leading eight multiple-hit games — one more than Lulic — while Schlemmer owns a team-best five multiple-RBI games, including a six-RBI performance during a 4-for-4 showing against Concordia-Wisconsin on March 11. … Chris Bogie (St. Paul, Minn.), who tossed his first collegiate nine-inning complete game in SMU's 4-2 win over Marian on March 12, leads the team with a 3.86 ERA, while Andrew Ruf (Chippewa Falls, Wis.) is the team-leader in wins (2) and innings pitched (20.0). … Ruf and Bogie (16.1 IP) are two of five Cardinal pitchers who have thrown 10 innings or more through 16 games. … Gary Seifert (Prescott, Wis.) allowed three earned runs in six innings to beat Cornell on March 19 and record his first collegiate pitching win. … Sam Levisen (Rochester, Minn.) struck out two in the seventh inning vs. Cornell on March 19, giving the senior his first collegiate save. … 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. … The Cardinals have scored in their first at-bat in seven of their 16 games this season. SMU is 3-0 when leading after the sixth inning, but 1-10 when tied or trailing heading into the seventh inning. … Saturday's 7-0, Game 1 loss to St. Olaf marked the first time this season the Cardinals have failed to score at least one run. … SMU has not faced a left-handed starter this year.

Carleton Knights Around The Horn:
2011 Schedule | 2011 Roster | 2011 Overall Statistics
The Knights had their two-game winning streak snapped with their Game 2, 3-2 loss to St. Thomas Saturday. … After opening the season with eight straight losses, Carleton is 4-2 in its last six games. … Jacob Anderson recorded his first collegiate complete game in leading the Knights to their 6-3, Game 1 win over UST Saturday. The senior scattered six hits, while walking one and striking out two. He also retired 13 of the last 14 batters he faced. … Erik Fabry, David Ames and Kiyota Gomi each had two hits in the opener vs. UST, while Ames also drove in three runs. … The Knights managed just four hits — all singles — in the nightcap vs. St. Thomas. … Jeff Dsida drove in both Carleton runs with a third-inning single. … Alex Wirta enters Wednesday's doubleheader against Saint Mary's with a team-leading .419 batting average. He also leads the team in runs (9) and hits (18). … Ray Young has belted a team-best five doubles and has accounted for one of the team's two triples. … With his two Game 2 RBIs, Dsida pushed his team lead to eight. … Adam Zweber has hit Carleton's lone home run this season — a solo shot against Loras on March 6. … Paul Dimick has pitched a team-high 24.1 innings. He is one of five Knight pitchers who have logged at least 10 innings this season. … Anderson Cole enters Wednesday's games with a team-low 3.24 ERA. … Cole, Anderson, Jackson Tears and Paul Dimick have accounted for Carleton's four pitching wins. … Carleton, which has scored in the first inning in six of the team's 16 games, has been outscored 26-13 in the first two innings combined. … Carleton has not scored a run in the fifth inning. … The Knights are 4-1 when leading after six innings, but 0-9 when trailing heading into the seventh inning. … Carleton has been outscored 29-11 after the sixth inning.