DE PERE, Wis.  — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's hockey team steps out of conference play on Saturday, as the Cardinals head to the Resch Olympic Pavilion for a 4 p.m. nonconference showdown with St. Norbert.
 
The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (2-3-1 Overall) at St. Norbert Green Knights (3-4-1 Overall)
 
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Last Action:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals picked up a pair of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victories last weekend at the Saint Mary's Ice Arena. Saint Mary's got a pair of goals from Molly Abraham (Plymouth, Minn.) en route to a 3-2 win over Saint Benedict on Friday, while Marah Shields (Milford, Mich.) posted a 19-save shutout in the Cardinals' sweep-clinching 2-0 victory on Saturday | CSB Recap 1 * CSB Recap 2
• St. Norbert: The Green Knights went 0-1-1 in its two Northern Collegiate Hockey Association games against Adrian in De Pere, Wis. SNC and Adrian battled to a 1-1 overtime tie in last Friday's opener, before the Bulldogs handed the Green Knights a 2-0 setback a day later | Adrian Recap 1 * Adrian Recap 2
 
Saint Mary's vs. St. Norbert—Their Last Meeting:
• January 15, 2014: Saint Mary's Mary DeBartolo (Chicago, Ill.) has been unstoppable for the Cardinals, as the junior forward entered their nonconference game against St. Norbert riding a four-game point streak—a streak that included one goal and six assists. Make that a five-game point streak that includes two goals and seven assists. DeBartolo had a hand in both Saint Mary's goals—assisting on the first and scoring the game-tying tally—as the Cardinals battled St. Norbert to a 2-2 tie at the Saint Mary's Ice Arena | Recap
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Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals return to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play against St. Catherine next weekend. Saint Mary's travels to Drake Arena in St. Paul, Minn., on Friday for a 7 p.m. matchup vs. the Wildcats, before returning home for the 2 p.m. rematch a day later at the Saint Mary's Ice Arena.
• St. Norbert: The Green Knights are back in action next Friday-Saturday, hosting Concordia (Wis.) in a pair of contests. SNC and Concordia will play at 6:30 p.m. on Friday and 4 p.m. on Saturday, with both games taking place at the Resch Olympic Pavilion in De Pere, Wis.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2014-15 Roster | 2014-15 Schedule | 2014-15 Statistics
The Cardinals enter Saturday's nonconference game against St. Norbert riding their first two-game winning streak of the season. … Five of the Cardinals' first six games this season have been at home. … Molly Abraham (Plymouth, Minn.) recorded her first collegiate two-goal game in Saint Mary's 3-2 win over Saint Benedict on Nov. 21. Saint Mary's other three goals against the Blazers in the weekend series came from Lindsay Paschke (New Prague, Minn.), Mary DeBartolo (Chicago, Ill.) and McKenna Parent (Anoka, Minn.)—and all were their first goals of the season. … DeBartolo—who led the team in assists with 10 and shared the team lead in points with 15 a year ago—picked up an assist on Paschke's third-period tally on Nov. 21, giving the senior a team-leading four assists. … DeBartolo also leads the team in points with five, one more than Abraham—who is the team-leader in goals with three. … The Cardinals' two goals in their season-opening 3-2 overtime loss to UW-Superior on Nov. 7 came from freshmen—Abraham and Kayla Pierson (Shorewood, Ill.)—who were playing in their first collegiate games. … Marah Shields (Milford, Mich.) picked up her first collegiate shutout on Nov. 22, stopping all 19 shots in the Cardinals' 2-0 victory over Saint Benedict. … Shields' effort marked the second straight Saturday shutout for the Cardinals, who battled St. Thomas to a 0-0 tie on Nov. 15 behind Tori Herrmann's (Elk River, Minn.) 43-save effort. … Herrmann's 43-save shutout vs. UST was the second shutout of her collegiate career. … Herrmann's 43 saves vs. the Tommies on Nov. 15 were a season high and one save shy of her career high. The junior stopped 44 shots against Concordia on Feb. 16, 2013. … Herrmann and Shields share the team lead in saves (86) and save percentage (.925), while Herrmann boasts a 2.27 goals-against-average and Shields owns a 2.30 GAA. … The Cardinals have scored first in four of their first six games this season. … Saint Mary's did not trail in their season-opener against the UW-Superior—until UW-Superior scored 2:35 into overtime. … Four of the Cardinals' first six games this season have been against nationally ranked teams. UW-Superior was ranked No. 9 in the USCHO.com Top 10 when the teams met on Nov. 7-8, while St. Thomas headed into the teams' conference openers on Nov. 14-15 ranked No. 8. … The Cardinals' tie against St. Thomas on Nov. 15 marked the second time in the last three seasons that Saint Mary's has played to a 0-0 tie. Saint Mary's and Concordia battled to a 0-0 stalemate on Feb. 15, 2013. … Two of the Cardinals' first six games have gone into overtime—along with its 0-0 tie vs. St. Thomas, Saint Mary's also dropped a season-opening 3-2 OT decision to UW-Superior on Nov. 7.
 
Scouting The St. Norbert Green Knights:
2014-15 Roster | 2014-15 Schedule | 2014-15 Statistics
After opening the season with back-to-back wins over Saint Benedict, St. Norbert has just one win in its last six games. … SNC enters Saturday's nonconference game against Saint Mary's winless in its last three (0-2-1). … The Green Knights have scored four goals in each of their three wins—4-2 and 4-0 vs. Saint Benedict and 4-3 vs. St. Scholastica. On the flip side, St. Norbert has managed a combined three goals in its four losses. … Jillian Kosteck, Kylie Gazzolo and Myranda Hayes all share the team lead in goals with three each. The trio have accounted for nine of the Green Knights' 16 goals through eight games. … Katie Conton is the team's assist leader with four, while sharing the team lead in points (6) with Kosteck. … Leigh Grall and Brianna Kelly have shared the goaltending duties for the Green Knights this season. Grall has compiled a 2.16 goals-against-average and .926 save percentage in 305 minutes, while Kelly boasts a 3.03 GAA and .883 save percentage in 178 minutes. … St. Norbert has scored eight of its 16 goals in the second period. SNC's opponents, meanwhile, have netted 16 of their 21 goals after the first period—scoring eight times in both the second and third periods. … Two of St. Norbert's three wins have come at home—the Green Knights are 1-3-0 away from the Resch Olympic Pavilion.