NORTHFIELD, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University baseball team is back on the road on Wednesday, as the Cardinals head to St. Olaf for a 2:30 p.m. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader against the Oles.



The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (2-6 MIAC | 13-14 Overall)
at St. Olaf Oles (2-8 MIAC | 9-18 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals picked up their first two Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference wins of the season, beating Gustavus 7-6 and 15-4 in St. Peter, Minn., on Saturday. … St. Olaf, meanwhile, dropped post of its conference games against league-leading St. Thomas, falling to the Tommies 12-8 and 9-1 in Northfield, Minn.

SMU vs. St. Olaf — Their Last Meeting:
April 2, 2011: A trio of Ole hurlers kept the Cardinals' bats in a deep freeze, igniting St. Olaf to a 7-0, 10-1 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference sweep of SMU at Max Molock Field.

Up Next:
The Cardinals return home on Saturday, as SMU hosts Saint John's in a 1 p.m. conference doubleheader at Max Molock Field. … St. Olaf, meanwhile, is back on its home turf on Saturday, entertaining Carleton in a 1 p.m. conference twinbill in Northfield, Minn.

Saint Mary's Cardinals News and Notes:
2012 Roster | 2012 Statistics | 2012 Schedule | 2012 Media Guide
Wednesday's doubleheader against St. Olaf is the second of back-to-back conference road doubleheaders. When SMU returns home to face Saint John's on April 21, the Cardinals will have played 25 of its first 29 games on the road. … The Cardinals' 7-6, 15-4 victories over Gustavus Saturday marked the Cardinals' first conference sweep since taking a pair of one-run decisions against Hamline on April 8, 2008. It was also SMU's first sweep of Gustavus since the Cardinals beat GAC 9-3 and 6-4 on April 6, 2005. … The Cardinals' 15 Game 2 runs against Gustavus Saturday were a season high, one more than the 14 runs they scored in a 14-9 win over Albright on March 9. … SMU now scored nine or more runs seven times this season. … Vince Lulic (Mendota Heights, Minn.) finished 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored, while LaNasa was 2-for4 with two RBIs and Matt Tessmer (West St. Paul, Minn.) was 2-for-4 with a pair of runs scored in SMU's 7-6 Game 1 win over Gustavus Saturday. … The Cardinals banged out 14 Game 2 hits vs. Gustavus Saturday, led by Zach Wolfe's (Wabasha, Minn.) 3-for-4 effort. Feriancek, Curt Swanson (Woodbury, Minn.) and Kevin Gannon (Roselle, Ill.) all chipped in two hits. Gannon finished with four RBIs, while Pat Krieger (Mendota Heights, Minn.) drove in three, and Lulic and Wolfe each had two RBIs. … Krieger owns a team-leading .400 batting average. He is one of 11 Cardinals hitting above .300. … As a team, the Cardinals enter Wednesday's DH at St. Olaf hitting .319. … Gannon leads the team in at-bats (93), runs (18), hits (34), doubles (12), RBIs (24) and total bases (41). …  Jon Schlemmer's (De Pere, Wis.) owns a team-best two home runs — both coming against Viterbo on April 5, when the sophomore went 4-for-5. The 4-for-5 effort equaled Schlemmer's career high for hits in a game. … Gannon and Zach Wolfe (Wabasha, Minn.) join Schlemmer as the only Cardinals to hit home runs this season.  Gannon hit his first collegiate home run in Game 1 against Lewis & Clark on March 10, while Wolfe's first collegiate round-tripper came against Simpson on March 8. … Matt Feriancek (River Falls, Wis.) has stolen a team-leading 13 bases on 14 attempts this season. … SMU has put together two lengthy hitting streaks this season. Danny Geraghty (Park Ridge, Ill.) hit safely in 11 straight games, while Andy Edholm (Hudson, Wis.) owned a nine-game streak. Lulic currently owns the longest active hit streak at five straight. … Gannon has recorded a team-best 11 multiple-hit games — including four three-hit performances — while Lulic boasts a team-leading five multiple-RBI games. … LaNasa has recorded a team-high two four-hit games, while Schlemmer's five RBIs vs. Viterbo on April 5 is a single-game team-best. … Teddy VanRanst (St. Paul, Minn.) tossed his second straight complete game — and team-leading third of the season — in Game 1 vs. Gustavus Saturday. The junior left-hander, who has thrown six or more innings in each of his last three starts — and has not pitched fewer than four innings in any of his seven starts this season — allowed two earned runs on seven hits, while striking out three. … VanRanst earned his team-best fourth win of the season vs. Gustavus Saturday. … VanRanst, who has thrown a team-high 42 innings, boasts a 3.00 ERA and shares the team lead in strikeouts (24) with Justin Kronebusch (Altura, Minn.). … Sean Minder (Maplewood, Minn.) — who notched his first collegiate pitching win in Game 2 vs. Viterbo on April 5, allowing three earned runs on eight hits in six innings — picked up win No. 2 in the nightcap vs. Gustavus Saturday, holding GAC to one hit in 2.1 innings of relief. … Minder is one of six Cardinal pitchers to notch his first collegiate pitching win this season, joining Nord, Tyler Krysiak (Bloomington, Minn.), Pat Regan (Mound, Minn.), Jake Merkle (Mahtomedi, Minn.) and Will DeBruin (Neenah, Wis.). … Krysiak leads the team with three saves. Krysiak's three saves are three shy of the single-season saves record, held by Eric Van Brocklin. … The Cardinals boast three pitchers with ERAs below 4.00 — VanRanst (3.00), Krysiak (3.86) and Geraghty (3.86). … Eight of SMU's 12 losses this season have been by one run. … SMU's Game 2 loss to Luther on March 27 marked the only time in SMU's 13 wins that the Cardinals have lost when outhitting their opponent. … As a team, the Cardinals have plated 160 runs in 27 games this season. … The Cardinals' 1-0, 14-inning victory over UW-Oshkosh on March 25 was their longest game since beating Christian Brothers University 6-5 in 14 innings on March 30, 1999. … The 1-0 win over UW-Oshkosh was also SMU's first shutout victory since blanking Mayville State 1-0 to open the 2010 season. … SMU has played two extra-inning games this season, having also dispatched of Lewis & Clark 14-13 in 10 innings on March 10. … With their 9-2, 5-2 victories over NCAA Division II Northern State on March 4, the Cardinals opened the season with a sweep for the first time since taking two from Valley City State to kick off the 2005 season.

St. Olaf Oles News and Notes:
2012 Roster | 2012 Statistics | 2012 Schedule
The Oles' 12-8, 9-1 losses to nationally ranked St. Thomas on Saturday pushed their losing streak to five straight. … After winning five of six during a nine-day stretch from March 20-29, the Oles have gone 2-8 in their last 10 games. … The Tommies' 12 Game 1 runs were the most allowed by St. Olaf this season. On the flip side, St. Olaf has scored a season-high 10 runs on three occasions — sweeping Edgewood 10-1 and 10-3 on March 17 and beating UW-Superior 10-1 on March 29. … Sam Mause when 4-for-5 with two doubles and three RBIs in Game 1 vs. St. Thomas Saturday, while Chris Paradise was 3-for-3 to lead the Oles' offensive in the nightcap. … St. Olaf committed a season-high four errors in the second game vs. St. Thomas. … Mause's four-hit performance vs. St. Thomas marked the third time this season St. Olaf has had a player record four hits in a game. Dan Lee had four hits against Fontbonne on March 20, while Paradise's four-hit performance came against UW-Superior on March 29. … Nick Kulla enters Wednesday's games against Saint Mary's hitting a team-best .342, while also leading the team in hits (27) and total bases (33). … Sam Maus has scored a team-best 14 runs — he is one of four Oles to score 10 or more runs this season. Maus also boasts a team-leading 13 RBIs, one more than Lee. … Jack Schechinger has belted a team-best eight doubles, while Kulla, Maus and Erik Nelson have accounted for the Oles' three home runs. … St. Olaf has stolen 21 bases on 27 attempts, led by Sylan Porter, who is 6-for-9 in stolen base attempts. … Brady Sand has been the ace of the Oles' pitching staff, compiling team bests in wins (3), ERA (3.59), starts (7), complete games (4), shutouts (1), saves (1) and innings pitched (42.2). … The Oles have been outscored 139-104 — including 32-8 in the third inning and 14-6 in the fifth. … St. Olaf has not lost a game in which it has led after six innings (8-0). On the flip side, the Oles are 0-16 when trailing heading into the seventh inning. … St. Olaf has held its opponents to two runs or less in six of its nine wins. … The Oles are 2-9 when their opponent scores in the first inning and 2-12 when their opponent scores the game's first run.