WINONA Minn. — The Saint Mary's University women's hockey team closes out its regular-season schedule and bids farewell to its five graduating seniors on Sunday, hosting Hamline in a 2 p.m. contest at the SMU Ice Arena.

The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (6-11-0 MIAC | 8-15-1 Overall) vs. Hamline Pipers (3-12-2 MIAC | 7-15-2 Overall)

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Last Night:
The Cardinals scored a pair of second-period goals en route to a 2-1 MIAC win over Hamline Saturday afternoon at Warner Coliseum in St. Paul, Minn.

SMU vs. Hamline — A Year Ago:
November 9, 2012: Mary DeBartolo (Chicago, Ill.) scored the game-winner with 2:52 left in overtime, as the Cardinals kicked off conference play with a 2-1 victory over Hamline at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, Minn.
November 10, 2012: The Cardinals got goals from four different players — including the eventual game-winner off the stick of Brittany Therrien (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) with less than six minutes remaining in regulation — as SMU completed a two-game conference sweep of the Pipers with a 4-3 win at the SMU Ice Arena.

Up Next:
Sunday's game is the season finale for both the Cardinals and the Pipers.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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Sunday's game against Hamline was the final collegiate home game for SMU seniors Brooke Bartelt (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Haley Coolsaet (Grosse Ile, Mich.), Heidi Martin (Ankeny, Iowa), Brittany Therrien (Brooklyn Center, Minn.) and Sarah Gustafson (Esko, Minn.). … With their 2-1 victory over Hamline Saturday, the Cardinals have won back-to-back games — scoring two goals in each. … Katie Ehlenfeldt (Beaver Dam, Wis.) and Macki Fadness (Eau Claire, Wis.) accounted for SMU's two goals vs. Hamline. The Cardinals have now had four different goal scorers in their last two games — Lindsay Paschke (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Kassie Lien (Grantsburg, Wis.) accounted for SMU's two goals, both on the power play, in last Saturday's 2-0 win over Concordia. … Lien's goal vs. the Cobbers moved her into a tie for the team lead (6) with Jesse Cwik (Chicago, Ill.) — one goal more than Therrien, Breanna Peterson (Macomb, Mich.), Mary DeBartolo (Chicago, Ill.) and McKenna Parent (Anoka, Minn.). … DeBartolo picked up her ninth assist vs. Hamline, moving her into a tie with Peterson for the team lead in assists (9) and points (14). … SMU boasts four players with 10 or more points — Peterson (14), DeBartolo (13), Parent (10) and Therrien (10). … DeBartolo put together a team-best five-game point-scoring streak in January, recording nine points — two goals and seven assists. … Lien had a goal and two assists in SMU's 5-1 win over UW-Eau Claire on Jan. 11 en route to her first collegiate three-point game. … 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 five players who have scored their first collegiate goals this season — Paschke, Lien, Cwik, Jane Hannula (Coon Rapids, Minn.) and Ingrid Curwin (Duluth, Minn.). … SMU's 53 goals have come from 14 different players. … SMU has scored three shorthanded goals this season — with Lien accounting for two of them. … All three of SMU's shorthanded goals have come in the third period. … Gustafson picked up her fourth shutout of the season — and ninth of her collegiate career — with a 24-save performance against Concordia last Saturday. … Gustafson has now recorded at least one shutout in each of her four seasons as a Cardinal. … Gustafson — who finished with 17 saves against Hamline Saturday — stopped a season-high 39 shots in SMU's 2-1 win over Bethel on Jan. 17. … Gustafson, who leads the team with 428 saves, enters Sunday's game against Hamline boasting a team-best 2.24 goals-against-average and .916 save percentage. … Fellow goalie Marah Shields (Mitford, Mich.) finished with 24 saves against Concordia last Friday. … Shields, who stopped a career-high 36 shots in the Cardinals' 2-2 tie vs. St. Norbert on Jan. 15, owns a 3.61 GAA and .881 save percentage. …  The Cardinals posted a season-high 52 shots on goal in their 3-0 win over UW-Eau Claire on Jan. 10. It was the most shots on goal since Feb. 25, 2004, when the Cardinals peppered Hamline with 53 shots. … SMU's five goals in its 5-1 Jan. 11 win over UW-Eau Claire equaled their season high. The Cardinals also netted five goals in a 6-5 loss to Lake Forest on Jan. 5. … SMU has scored 37 of its 53 goals after the first period — netting 20 goals in the second and 17 more in the third. … The Cardinals have scored first in 12 of their 23 games — including six of their seven wins. SMU is just 1-9-0 when its opponent scores first. … SMU collected its second series sweep of the season with its 3-0, 5-1 victories over UW-Eau Claire on Jan. Jan. 10-11. The Cardinals also swept Saint Benedict (3-1 and 4-0) in late November. … 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.

Scouting The Hamline Pipers:
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Saturday's 2-1 loss to Saint Mary's Saturday snapped the Pipers' two-winning streak. … HU enters Sunday's game having won four of its last six games. … Hamline has held its opponents to two goals or less in five of their seven wins this season. … Five of Hamline's seven wins have come on the Pipers' home ice. HU is 5-6-1 at home and just 2-9-1 on the road. … Corrine Henning accounted for HU's lone goal against Saint Mary's Saturday, moving her into a tie with Jordan Verleye for the team lead in points with 20 each. … Seven of Verleye's 11 goals have come on the power play. … Verleye and Henning are two of four Pipers with 10 or more points this season — Chelsea Koehn (13) and Jenny Magill (10) are the other two. … Katie Beckman and Sam Stark have shared the goaltending duties, with Beckman owning a team-best 2.63 goals-against-average and .913 save percentage in 13 games, while Stark owns a 3.90 GAA and .887 save percentage in 14 appearances. … Stark has made a team-leading 391 saves. … Hamline has been outscored 85-46 — including 28-13 in the first period. … The Pipers are 2-2-0 when scoring the game's first goal, but just 5-12-2 when their opponent scores first. … Last Friday's 3-2 win over Augsburg was Hamline's third overtime game of the season — HU is unbeaten (1-0-2) in those three OT contests. … HU's five goals vs. the Auggies last Saturday were a season high. On the flip side, the Pipers have surrendered five or more goals eight times this season — including a season-high 12 in a season-opening 12-1 loss to UW-Superior on Nov. 1.