MOORHEAD, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University volleyball team, coming off a Friday night match at Saint Benedict, is right back on the court Saturday, squaring off against Concordia in a 3 p.m. MIAC match.




The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (2-2 MIAC | 7-6 Overall)
at Concordia Cobbers (4-0 MIAC | 6-6 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals could not get their offense on track against Saint Benedict Friday, falling to the Blazers 3-0 in St. Joseph, Minn. . … Concordia, meanwhile, remained red-hot, as the Cobbers outlasted St. Olaf 3-2 in a conference match Wednesday in Moorhead, Minn.

SMU vs. Concordia — Their Last Meeting:
October 8, 2011: Concordia headed into its Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match against the Cardinals ranked No. 10 in the nation and riding a three-match winning streak — and having won its last eight matches by identical 3-0 scores. And the Cardinals learned first-hand just how good the Cobbers were, as CC posted its ninth straight 3-0 victory, beating SMU 25-15, 25-23, 25-14 at the SMU Gym.

Up Next:
The Cardinals are back on the road on Wednesday, as they travel to Northfield, Minn., for a 7 p.m. conference showdown with St. Olaf. … Concordia, meanwhile, takes the court on Tuesday, traveling to St. Paul, Minn., for a 7 p.m. MIAC match against St. Thomas.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2012 Roster | 2012 Statistics | 2012 Schedule
Friday's match at Saint Benedict kicked off a stretch of 12 straight road matches — including tournaments at UW-Stout and UW-Platteville — for the Cardinals, who do not return home until Oct. 19, when they host nationally ranked St. Thomas in a 7 p.m. match at the SMU Gym. … Last Saturday's 3-1 loss to Augsburg snapped the Cardinals' season-high four-match winning streak. … SMU's loss vs. the Auggies was also just the second loss on its home court for SMU, which is 4-2 at the SMU Gym. … Mary Nordick (Plymouth, Minn.) finished with a team-best 10 kills against Saint Benedict Friday. It was the fourth straight match the sophomore middle hitter has led the team in kills. … Nordick has now had 10 or more kills in four straight matches and seven times this season. … Nordick recorded a season- and career-high 51 attack attempts against St. Catherine on Sept. 19. … Nordick enters Saturday's match vs. Concordia boasting a team-high 117 kills, while Carissa Hahn (Hutchinson, Minn.) — who had seven kills and a team-best 15 digs vs. Saint Benedict Friday — is second with 82 kills. … Lexi Assimos (Northbrook, Ill.) — who collected a season-high 42 assists vs. St. Catherine on Sept. 19 — has amassed 399 assists for the season and 1,649 for her career. … Assimos equaled her career high with eight kills vs. St. Catherine on Sept. 19. … Lex Krogstad (Chicago, Ill.) owns a team-high 217 digs. She is one of three Cardinals who enter Saturday's match at Concordia with 100 or more digs — Hahn (134) and Cathy Rennie (Pine Island, Minn. / 129) are the other two. … SMU has recorded 63 services aces this season, led by Rennie with 15, and Krogstad and Assimos with 12. … Four of the Cardinals' seven wins have been 3-0 sweeps. … SMU's 3-2 win over St. Catherine on Sept. 19 was the Cardinals' first match that went the maximum five sets. SMU was 5-7 in five-setters in 2011. … SMU has won the first set in all seven of its victories this season. … The Cardinals' 2-0 start to the conference season marked the first time since 2008 that they opened MIAC play with back-to-back wins.

Scouting The Concordia Cobbers:
2012 Roster | 2012 Statistics | 2012 Schedule
Saturday's match against Saint Mary's is the second straight home contest — and the third straight home conference match — for the Cobbers. … After opening the season 2-6, the Cobbers have won four straight — including back-to-back 3-2 wins over St. Catherine and St. Olaf in the last seven days. … The Cobbers have now played four matches that have gone the maximum five sets, going 2-2. … CC snapped a five-match losing streak with a 3-0 win over Hamline on Sept. 12 — a win that ignited the Cobbers' current four-match winning streak. … Olivia Wangensteen and Angie Waller led the way for CC vs. St. Olaf Wednesday, recording identical 18-kill, 20-dig performances. … Wangensteen has now recorded 15 or more kills in each of the Cobbers' last three matches. … Wangensteen's 18 kills and 20 digs were both season highs. … Wangensteen enters Saturday's match boasting a team-best 150 kills — 21 more than Kynndyl Ross. … Danelle Loomis owns the team lead in assists with 301, while Shelby Bommersbach has chipped in 134. … CC boasts three players with 100 or more digs, led by Rachel Wilnanen with 176. Wangensteen is second with 140 and Angie Waller is third at 129. … The Cobbers — who have posted eight 20-win seasons in the last 10 years — advanced to the NCAA Regional Final for the second time in four seasons a year ago. … Concordia coach Tim Mosser has 379 career wins — the most by any active coach in the MIAC.