WINONA, Minn. — For the second time in as many days, the Saint Mary's University of Minnesota volleyball team takes the court at the Saint Mary's Gym on Saturday, as the Cardinals entertain Concordia in a 3 p.m. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (3-1 MIAC | 14-3 Overall) vs. Concordia Cobbers (4-0 MIAC | 11-3 Overall)
 
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Last Action:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals had their seven-match losing streak snapped Friday evening, falling to Saint Benedict 3-2 at the Saint Mary's Gym | Recap
• Concordia: The Cobbers pushed their conference winning streak to four straight on Friday, breezing to a 3-0 win over St. Olaf in Northfield, Minn. | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. Concordia—Their Last Meeting:
• October 4, 2014 * Moorhead, Minn.: Saint Mary's boasted three players with 10 or more kills, and Lex Krogstad (Chicago, Ill.) delivered 21 digs, as the Cardinals put together a dominating 15-5 Set 5 win to drop the host Cobbers 3-2 (13-25, 25-20, 25-23, 25-27, 15-5) at Memorial Auditorium | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals will play their third straight home match on Wednesday, hosting St. Olaf in a 7 p.m. conference matchup at the Saint Mary's Gym.
• Concordia: The Cobbers step out of conference play on Tuesday, traveling to Valley City, N.D., for a 7 p.m. nonconference showdown with Valley City State.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2015 Roster | 2015 Statistics | 2015 Schedule
•  Friday's 3-2 loss to Saint Benedict snapped the Cardinals' season-high seven-match winning streak. … Despite the loss, the Cardinals' 14-3 overall record is the best start through 17 matches in program history. … With their 3-1 win over St. Thomas last Saturday, Saint Mary's snapped a 14-match losing streak against the Tommies, dating back to a 3-1 triumph on Oct. 2, 2002—also on the Tommies' home court. … The Cardinals had dropped just three sets during their seven-match winning streak—sweeping St. Catherine (twice), UW-River Falls, and Ripon, while beating St. Norbert, Hamline, and St. Thomas by 3-1 counts. … Sara Lind (Peterson, Minn.) banged out a career-high 15 kills to pace the Cardinals against Saint Benedict Friday. … Lind was one of four Cardinals with 10 or more kills vs. the Blazers—Alex Peterson (Harmony, Minn. / 14), Molly Urban (Roseville, Minn. / 14), and Macki Fadness (Eau Claire, Wis. / 13) were the other three. … Urban's 14-kill effort vs. the Blazers marked the second straight match in which she has recorded a career-high in kills. Urban recorded a then-career-high 13 kills vs. St. Thomas last Saturday. … Fadness, who has recorded a season- and career-high 18 kills three times this season, leads the team with 211 kills. … Fadness is one of five Cardinals who have eclipsed the 100-kill plateau this season—Cassidy Bittle (Winona, Minn. / 141), Jenna Sullivan (Woodbury, Minn. / 134), Peterson (133), and Urban (103) are the others. … Peterson has also recorded an 18-kill match this season. … Tayler MacVey (Dodge Center, Minn.) notched 29 assists and 17 digs vs. Saint Benedict for her fifth double-double of the season, one more than Sullivan. … Brittney Hanson (Janesville, Iowa) posted a season-high 31 assists vs. Saint Benedict Friday and heads into Saturday's match against Concordia with a team-best 347 assists, 37 more than MacVey. … Hanson has now recorded 20 or more assists 12 times this season. … Saint Mary's had a season-high three players with 10 or more assists against Hamline on Sept. 23—MacVey dished out a team-high 21 helpers, followed by Hanson with 20 and Krogstad with 10. … Maddie Hess (Lewiston, Minn.) posted career-bests in assists (17) and digs (12) en route to her first collegiate double-double against UST last Saturday. … Lex Krogstad (Chicago, Ill.) posted her first double-double of the season vs. Hamline on Sept. 23, notching 16 digs and 11 assists. … Krogstad, who equaled her career-high with 36 digs against St. Norbert on Sept. 18, has collected 305 digs through 17 matches and is second all-time with 1,908 career digs—274 digs shy of school record-holding Theresa Perrini. … Saint Mary's match against Saint Benedict Friday was just its second five-set match of the season—the Cardinals beat Loras 3-2 on Sept. 14. … The Cardinals are 6-1 in three-set matches and 7-1 in matches extended to four sets. … With their 4-0 showing at the Ripon Red Hawk Invitational, the Cardinals have now gone 10-2 in their three regular-season tournaments this season. … With their 3-1 win over UW-Eau Claire on Sept. 1, the Cardinals are now 5-0 in their last five season openers.
 
Scouting The Concordia Cobbers:
2015 Roster | 2015 Statistics | 2015 Schedule
• With their win on Friday, the Cobbers pushed their winning streak to five straight. … The Cobbers—who have won six of their last seven and nine of their last 11—have dropped just one set during their current five-match run—sweeping Luther, Augsburg, Hamline, and St. Olaf, while dropping UM-Morris 3-1. … With their 3-1 win over UM-Morris last Tuesday, the Cobbers improved to 4-0 on their home court this season. … Olivia Wangensteen—who recorded a season-high 22 digs to go along with 11 kills in Concordia's 3-1 win over UM-Morris last Tuesday—led CC with 11 kills and hit .217 against St. Olaf Friday. … Wangensteen leads the team in kills with 153 and is second in digs at 165. … Wangensteen owns 751 kills and 783 digs in her four-year career at Concordia. … Mandy Mercil and Jena Klaphake have shared the setting duties for the Cobbers this season, with Mercil owning a team-high 291 assists, while Klaphake is close behind with 236 helpers. … As a team, Concordia has served up 94 aces, led by Mercil with 23 and Wangensteen with 18. … The Cobbers boast four players with 100 or more digs, led by Korbyn Ross with 264. … Seven of Concoordia's 11 wins have come via three-set sweeps. CC is 7-1 in three-set matches, and 2-1 in four- and five-setters.