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ASCHWAUBENON, Wis. — It took the Saint Mary's University women's hockey team 20 minutes to get warmed up, but once they did, the Cardinals appeared in mid-season form, scoring a pair of second-period goals and a third minutes into the third.

St. Norbert, on the other hand, needed 40 minutes to get its offense cranked up.

And, unfortunately for the Cardinals, once the Green Knights' got warmed up, they were unstoppable, as St. Norbert scored five unanswered goals — all in the third period — in handing SMU a 6-3 nonconference setback Friday evening.

“We were cruising along pretty good and all of the sudden the flood gates opened (for St. Norbert),” said SMU coach Terry Mannor. “We got things going in the second period, but then in the third, whatever could go wrong, did.”

After a scoreless first period, St. Norbert got the game's first goal, but the Cardinals would answer, as Brooke Bartelt (New Prague, Minn.) knotted the game at 1-1 and Breanna Peterson (Macomb, Mich.) gave SMU a 2-1 advantage with her first of the season with 15 seconds remaining in the period.

Macki Fadness (Eau Claire, Wis.) scored her first goal as a Cardinal early in the third period to give SMU a 3-1 lead, but it was all St. Norbert after that, as the Green Knights scored five goals in a six-minute span to seal the win.

The Cardinals (0-1-0 overall) are back in action on Saturday, traveling to Mequon, Wis., for a 2 p.m. nonconference game against Concordia-Wis.