WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University women's hockey team steps out of conference play for a rare mid-week nonconference game, as the Cardinals host St. Scholastica Tuesday in a 7 p.m. contest at the SMU Ice Arena

The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (2-3-0 Overall) vs. #8 St. Scholastica Saints (6-0-2 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals picked up their first two wins of the season last weekend, as SMU swept Saint Benedict in the teams' MIAC series in St Cloud, Minn. — winning 3-1 on Friday and 4-0 on Saturday. … St. Scholastica erupted for 14 goals in a 6-6 tie and an 8-2 win over Lake Forest in Duluth, Minn., last weekend

SMU vs. St. Scholastica — Their Last Meeting:
November 20, 2012: After exchanging first-period goals, St. Scholastica used a late second-period tally by Nina Waidacher to lift the Saints to a 2-1 nonconference victory over the Cardinals in Hastings, Minn.

Up Next:
The Cardinals are now off until Dec. 6, when they travel to Drake Arena in St. Paul, Minn., for a 7 p.m. MIAC game against St. Catherine. SMU will then host the Wildcats in a 2 p.m. conference contest on Saturday, Dec. 7, at the SMU Ice Arena. … St. Scholastica is also off until Dec. 6-7, when the Saint host Adrian for a pair of NCHA contests at the Mars Lakeview Arena in Duluth, Minn.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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Tuesday's game against St. Scholastica is just the second home game of the season for the Cardinals, who play five of their first seven games on the road. … Tuesday's game against ninth-ranked St. Scholastica marks the second time this season SMU has faced a team ranked in the USCHO.com Top 10. SMU dropped an 8-2 decision to sixth-ranked Gustavus to open the season. … Last Friday's win over Saint Benedict snapped the Cardinals' season-opening three-game losing streak. … McKenna Parent (Anoka, Minn.) scored a goal in both games vs. Saint Benedict last weekend, while Breanna Peterson (Macomb, Mich.) posted a goal and two assists in Saturday's 4-0 win. … Peterson's effort Saturday was the fourth three-point game of her career. … Brittany Therrien (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) recorded a goal and an assist in Saturday's 4-0 victory vs. CSB, while Mary DeBartolo (Chicago, Ill.) had a goal and an assist in Friday's 3-1 win. … Jane Hannula (Coon Rapids, Minn.) and Kassie Lien (Grantsburg, Wis.) each scored their first collegiate goals vs. the Blazers last weekend. … SMU now boasts four players who have scored their first goals in a Cardinal uniform this season — Hannula, Lien, Jesse Cwik (Chicago, Ill.) and Lindsay Paschke (New Prague, Minn.). … With her three points against Saint Benedict, Peterson moved into the team lead with five points. … Peterson also shares the team lead in goals (2) with Cwik, DeBartolo, Parent and Therrien. … Mackenzie Klimek (Hastings, Minn.) picked up her team-leading fourth assist of the season against Saint Benedict Saturday. … SMU's 14 goals have come from nine different players. … SMU has scored two shorthanded goals this season. Peterson, who led the nation with three short-handed goals a year ago, recorded her first short-handed tally in the third period against UST on Nov. 17, while Lien scored a shortie against CSB Saturday. … Sarah Gustafson (Esko, Minn.), who led the team with 324 saves a year ago, stopped 42 CSB shots last weekend — including all 23 in recording her first shutout of the season Saturday. … Gustafson has now recorded six career shutouts — including at least one in each of her four collegiate seasons. … Gustafson heads into Tuesday's game vs. St. Scholastica with a 3.15 goals-against-average and an .889 save percentage. … SMU has scored eight of its 14 goals in the second period. On the flip side, SMU has surrendered 14 of its 17 goals in the first two periods combined. … The Cardinals are 2-1-0 when scoring first — SMU is still looking for its first win when its opponent scores the game's first goal (0-2-0).

Scouting The St. Scholastica Saints:
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Last Saturday's 6-6 tie with Lake Forest snapped the Saints' season-high five-game winning streak, but with their 6-6 tie and 8-2 win over the Foresters, St. Scholastica pushed its season-opening unbeaten streak to eight (6-0-2). … Six of the 15 goals allowed by the Saints through eight games came in last Friday's 6-6 tie with Lake Forest. … CSS has scored 47 goals in eight games — including a season-high 10 in 10-0 and 10-2 wins over Finlandia. … Despite scoring 14 goals in last weekend's sweep of Lake Forest, St. Scholastica did not have a multiple-goal scorer in either game — CSS's six goals Friday came from six different players, and its eight goals on Saturday came from eight different players. … Isabel Waidacher leads the Saints with 17 assists and 27 points, while sister Nina Waidacher owns a team-best 15 goals, and is second in points with 25. … CSS boasts four players with 10 or more points — Isabel Waidacher (27), Nina Waidacher (25), Michelle Fischer (16) and Alex Blair (11). … The Saints' 47 goals have come from 16 different players, while 18 of the 19 players on the roster have recorded at least one point. … St. Scholastica has netted 15 power-play goals. … Lindsey Hartfiel, who made a season-high 43 saves in last Saturday's win over Lake Forest, enters Tuesday's game against Saint Mary's with a 2.14 goals-against-average and a .914 save percentage. … CSS has scored 23 second-period goals, while adding 11 in the first and 13 in the third. … The Saints are a perfect 4-0-0 when scoring first, while going 2-0-2 when their opponent scores first. … St. Scholastica is 3-0-1 on its home ice, and boasts an identical 3-0-1 record on the road.