HASTINGS, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University women's hockey team steps out of conference play on Tuesday, squaring off against St. Scholastica in a neutral-site nonconference game at the Hastings Ice Arena.



The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (3-3-0 Overall)
vs. St. Scholastica Saints (2-1-2 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals came up empty in their conference series against St. Catherine last weekend, falling 3-2 to the Wildcats at the SMU Ice Arena on Friday, before dropping a 4-1 decision in the teams' rematch on Saturday at Drake Arena in St. Paul, Minn. … St. Scholastica, meanwhile, has been off since Nov. 13, when the Saints scored two goals in the game's final 25 seconds to earn a 4-4 tie with Hamline in a nonconference game in Duluth, Minn.

SMU vs. St. Scholastica — Their Last Meeting:
Tuesday's game between SMU and St. Scholastica marks the first-ever meeting between the two schools.

Up Next:
The Cardinals return to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play on Friday, Nov. 30, when they travel to Northfield, Minn., for a 7:30 p.m. game against St. Olaf. The same two teams will return to the SMU Ice Arena for the second-game of their conference series on Saturday, Dec. 1, at 2 p.m. … St. Scholastica, meanwhile, is on the road on Nov. 30-Dec. 1, heading to Adrian, Mich., for back-to-back NCHA games against Adrian. Both games are slated for 7 p.m. starts.

Did You Know?
Tuesday's game pits St. Scholastica junior Jordan Klimek against her younger sister, Saint Mary's sophomore Mackenzie Klimek. The game is played in Hastings, Minn. — the hometown of the Klimek sisters.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2012 Roster | 2012 Statistics | 2012 Schedule
Last Friday's loss to St. Catherine snapped the Cardinals' three game-winning streak. … The Cardinals' 4-1 loss to SCU, meanwhile, snapped a streak of three straight games decided by one goal. … SMU's setbacks vs. St. Catherine mark the first time this season the Cardinals have lost back-to-back games. … Breanna Peterson (Macomb, Mich.) scored her team-leading third goal of the season against St Catherine on Friday, while Macki Fadness (Eau Claire, Wis.) accounted for SMU's other goal in its 3-2 Friday loss to the Wildcats. … McKenna Parent (Ham Lake, Minn.) netted SMU's lone goal in Saturday's 4-1 setback to St. Catherine. … Peterson's first-period goal last Friday was her team-leading second shorthanded goal of the year. … Peterson's two goals are one better than Fadness, Parent, Mary DeBartolo (Chicago, Ill.) and Haley Coolsaet (Grosse Island, Mich.). … The Cardinals have gotten first collegiate goals from five different players this season — Fadness, Parent, Mackenzie Klimek (Hastings, Minn.), Katie Ehlenfeldt (Beaver Dam, Wis.) and Rory Petrisin (High Bridge, N.J.). … Klimek enters Tuesday's nonconference game against St. Scholastica boasting the team lead in assists (5), while sharing the team's points lead (6) with Peterson. … Coosaet's two goals came in the Cardinals' 4-1 win over Concordia-Wis. on Oct. 27. It was the fourth multiple-goal game of her collegiate career. … Sarah Gustafson (Esko, Minn.) — who stopped a season-high 34 shots against Hamline on Nov. 9 — made 16 saves against St. Catherine last Friday, while Tori Herrmann (Elk River, Minn.) made 25 saves in the teams' rematch on Saturday. … Herrmann, who made 20 saves against Concordia-Wis. on Oct. 27 en route to her first collegiate win, and added a career-best 31-save effort against Hamline on Nov. 10 — enters Tuesday's game against St. Scholastica with a 2.07 goals-against-average and a .905 save percentage, while Gustafson has a 3.31 goals-against-average and an .890 save percentage. … After not allowing a single first-period goal in their first five games combined, the Cardinals surrendered three goals in the opening 20 minutes against St. Catherine last Saturday. … Eight of the 15 goals the Cardinals have allowed this season have come in the third period. … SMU's 2-1 overtime win over Hamline on Nov. 9 snapped its eight-game overtime winless streak — it was the Cardinals' first OT win since beating St. Thomas 2-1 on Jan. 29, 2011. … The Cardinals played eight overtime games a year ago, going 0-2-6. The six ties were a school record. … With their 2-1 win over Hamline on Nov. 9, the Cardinals improved to 3-0-1 in their last four conference openers. … SMU's 2-1, 4-3 sweep of Hamline on Nov. 9-10 was their first conference sweep since the Cardinals beat Augsburg 5-0 and 3-1 on Feb. 4-5, 2012. … With their two wins over Hamline, the Cardinals are now 5-0-3 in the last four conference-opening series. … The Cardinals' 2-0-0 start to conference was its first since opening the 2003-04 MIAC season by beating Concordia 2-1 and 3-0.

Scouting St. Scholastica Saints:
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With their 4-4 tie against Hamline last Tuesday, the Saints are now 1-0-1 in their last two games. … St. Scholastica has had two of their five games decided in a tie — with both games ending 4-4. … Tuesday's game against Saint Mary's is the second of five contests against Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference teams for the Saints — who play St. Olaf on Jan. 4, and have a home-and-home two-game series against St. Catherine on Jan. 5 and Jan. 8. … Alana Levido and Alex Blair scored in the game's final 25 seconds — with Blair's game-tying goal coming with five ticks on the clock — to give the Saints their 4-4 tie vs. Hamline last Tuesday. … Gina Dodge and Briana Stephens scored CSS's other two goals vs. Hamline. … Stephens goal vs. Hamline was her team-leading fourth of the season, one more than Blair, Dodge, Nina Waldacher and Nikki Logergren. … Stephens has now scored a goal in each of St. Scholastica's last four games. … Waldacher leads the team in both assists (7) and points (10). … The Saints' 24 goals this season have come from 10 different players. … Sheriden Friesen stopped 21 shots in her first start of the season vs. Hamline last Tuesday. … Teraysa White, who started CSS's first four games, enters Tuesday's game vs. Saint Mary's with a team-leading 2.45 goals-against-average and a .925 save percentage. … St. Scholastica has outscored its opponents 8-4 in the first period and 7-4 in the second. … The Saints hold an 11-1 advantage in shots on goal in their two overtime periods this season.