LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The Saint Mary's University women's hockey team squares off against Lake Forest for the second game of their two-game nonconference series on Monday. Puck drops at the Alumni Memorial Rink at 4 p.m.

The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (2-7-0 Overall) at Lake Forest Foresters (6-3-2 Overall)

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Last Night:
Lake Forest scored two goals in each of the three periods to build a 6-2 lead, then held off a furious SMU rally in the game's final five minutes to beat the Cardinals 6-5 Sunday at Alumni Memorial Rink in Lake Forest, Ill.

SMU vs. Lake Forest — Their Last Meeting:
October 28, 2011: The first game of the season unfolded pretty much the way SMU coach Terry Mannor expected — some good and some not-so-good. And the end result pretty much said the same thing, as the Cardinals settled for a 2-2 nonconference tie against Lake Forest at Alumni Memorial Rink in Lake Forest, Ill.
October 29, 2011: After watching his team control play for the first 20 minutes of their nonconference game against Lake Forest, SMU coach Terry Mannor issued a warning to his players in the locker room between the first and second periods. Unfortunately for the SMU head coach, his Cardinals didn't heed his warning, as the Foresters erupted for three second-period goals and never looked back in handing Saint Mary's a 3-0 nonconference setback in the second game of their two-game series.

Up Next:
The Cardinals are right back in action this weekend, as SMU takes on UW-Eau Claire in a home-and-home nonconference series. Saint Mary's hosts the Blugolds in a 3 p.m. nonconference game on Friday, before traveling to Eau Claire, Wis., for the 2 p.m. rematch on Saturday. … Lake Forest also returns to the ice this weekend, as the Foresters host Bethel in a pair of nonconference games Friday (7 p.m.) and Saturday (2 p.m.) at the Alumni Memorial Rink in Lake Forest, Ill.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2013-14 Roster | 2013-14 Statistics | 2013-14 Schedule
Monday's game against Lake Forest is the second of five straight nonconference games for the Cardinals. … Kassie Lien (Grantsburg, Wis.) recorded her first collegiate two-goal game against Lake Forest Sunday, while Haley Coolsaet (Grosse Ile, Mich.), Jesse Cwik (Chicago, Ill.) and Brittany Therrien (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) accounted for SMU's other three goals vs. the Foresters. … With their goals on Sunday, Therrien and Lien moved into the team lead with four goals each, one more than Breanna Peterson (Macomb, Mich.), McKenna Parent (Anoka, Minn.) and Cwik. … Peterson also leads the team in assists (6) and points (9). … Peterson recorded the fourth three-point game of her collegiate career against Saint Benedict on Nov. 23, recording a goal and two assists in SMU's 4-0 win. … SMU boasts four players who have scored their first goals in a Cardinal uniform this season — Lien, Cwik, Jane Hannula (Coon Rapids, Minn.) and Lindsay Paschke (New Prague, Minn.). … SMU's 26 goals have come from 12 different players. … SMU has scored three shorthanded goals this season — with Lien accounting for two of them. The freshman scored her first shorthanded tally against Saint Benedict on Nov. 23, then added her second against Lake Forest on Sunday. … Peterson, who led the nation with three short-handed goals a year ago, netted SMU's other shortie vs. St. Thomas on Nov. 17. … All three of SMU's shorthanded goals have come in the third period. … Tori Herrmann (Elk River, Minn.) made her first start of the season on Sunday against Lake Forest, stopping 24 shots. … Sarah Gustafson (Esko, Minn.) stopped 54 shots against St. Catherine on Dec. 6-7 — including a season-high 33-save effort in the Saturday rematch on Dec. 7. … Gustafson recorded her first shutout of the season and sixth of her career — including at least one in each of her four collegiate seasons — with a 23-save effort against Saint Benedict on Nov. 23 … Gustafson heads into Monday's rematch against Lake Forest with a 3.26 goals-against-average and an .888 save percentage. … SMU has scored 13 of its 26 goals in the second period — while netting five goals in the first and eight in the third period. … On the flip side, SMU's opponents have scored 13 of their 34 goals in the middle period. … The Cardinals have scored first in five of their nine games — including both of their wins. SMU is still looking for its first win when its opponent scores the game's first goal (0-4-0). … SMU's Nov. 26 game against ninth-ranked St. Scholastica marked 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. … The Cardinals have now faced St. Scholastica twice in the program's history — with the Saints winning both games 2-1. … The Cardinals' 3-1 win over Saint Benedict on Nov. 22 snapped the Cardinals' season-opening three-game losing streak.

Scouting The Lake Forest Foresters:
2013-14 Roster | 2013-14 Statistics | 2013-14 Schedule
The Foresters head into their nonconference rematch against Saint Mary's having won three straight, while going 5-1-1 in their last seven games. … Sunday's game against the Cardinals was just the fourth home game of the season for Lake Forest, which played seven of its first 10 games on the road. … Melissa Paluch accounted for two of the Foresters' six goals vs. SMU on Sunday, while Michelle Greeneway, Logan Taylor, Isabel Regine and Marissa Weber accounted for the other four. … Michelle Greeneway, who scored five goals in the Foresters' sweep of Finlandia on Dec. 6-7 — scoring three times in the 10-2 win, while adding two more a day later — leads the team with 15 goals and 20 points through the Foresters' first 11 games. … Alex Stensland, who finished with six assists against Finlandia — collecting three helpers in each of the two games — heads into Monday's game vs. Saint Mary's with a team-best 11 assists. …  Greeneway is one of five Foresters with 10 or more points through 11 games — Paluch (15), Morgan Pope (13), Taylor (13) and Stensland (11) are the others. … Casey Hartfield has appeared in 10 of the team's 11 games in goal for Lake Forest, compiling a 2.50 goals-against-average and an .898 save percentage. … Hartfiel has stopped 185 of the 206 shots she's faced this season. … Lake Forest has scored first in seven of its 11 games, going 5-1-1. The Foresters are 1-2-1 when their opponent nets the game's first goal. … Lake Forest recorded its top two offensive performances in routing Finlandia on Dec. 6-7 — scoring a season-high 10 goals in a 10-2 victory on Dec. 6, while added seven goals in a 7-0 win in the teams' rematch a day later. … The Foresters' 7-0 victory over Finlandia on Dec. 7 was their second shutout of the season. Lake Forest also blanked Concordia (Wis.) 4-0 on Nov. 15. … The Foresters play two Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference foes in a seven-day span — squaring off twice against Saint Mary's, before hosting Bethel on Friday and Saturday.