WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's hockey team returns to the Saint Mary's Ice Arena on Saturday, as the Cardinals host Concordia in the second game of their two-game conference series. Face-off is set for 2 p.m.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (3-1-1 MIAC | 4-3-1 Overall) vs. Concordia Cobbers (4-1-0 MIAC | 5-4-0 Overall)
 
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Last Night:
• McKenna Parent (Anoka, Minn.) scored a pair of goals—the first and last of the game—as the Cardinals handed league-leading Concordia its first MIAC loss, beating the Cobbers 4-2 at the Saint Mary's Ice Arena | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. Concordia—A Year Ago:
• February 13, 2015 * Moorhead, Minn.: It was a tale of two halves for Saint Mary's—the first period and a half belonged to the Cardinals, while the second period and a half was all Concordia. And, unfortunately for the Cardinals, the Cobbers' half was one goal better, as Concordia rallied from a two-goal deficit with three unanswered goals in handing Saint Mary's a 3-2 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference setback at the Moorhead Youth Rink | Recap
• February 14, 2015 * Moorhead, Minn.: Kelsey Vandegrift scored a pair of goals for the second straight game, leading the Cobbers to a 2-0 victory over the Cardinals—completing the two-game conference sweep and leaving Saint Mary's still searching for its playoff-clinching victory | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals are now off until Jan. 1, when they entertain UW-Eau Claire in a 5 p.m. nonconference game at the Saint Mary's Ice Arena.
• Concordia: The Cobbers hit the road again on Wednesday, traveling to Drake Arena in St. Paul, Minn., for a 7:30 p.m. nonconference game against Hamline.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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• With Friday's 4-2 win over Concordia, the Cardinals improved to 3-1-1 in their last five games—the lone blemish a 3-2 overtime loss to St. Norbert on Nov. 28. … The Cardinals' 4-2 win over Concordia Friday was their seventh straight game—and the 19th time in their last 20 contests—that the game has been decided by two goals or less. … Saint Mary's 3-2 loss to the Green Knights on Nov. 28 was its second overtime game of the season—the Cardinals battled Bethel to a 1-1 draw on Nov. 13. Saint Mary's played six OT games a year ago, going 2-1-3. …  The Cardinals' five-goal effort against UW-Superior in their 5-2 season-opening win on Oct. 30 was the Cardinals' highest offensive output since netting five goals in a 5-3 win over Hamline on Feb. 23, 2014. … McKenna Parent (Anoka, Minn.) recorded her first collegiate two-goal game against Concordia Friday evening. … Parent has now scored in four of the Cardinals' last five games. … Kassie Lien (Grantsburg, Wis.) and Jamie Henderson (Madison, Wis.) accounted for Saint Mary's other two goals vs. the Cobbers Friday. … Henderson has now scored in four straight games and leads the team with six goals, one more than Parent. … Parent and Lien share the team lead in assist with five each, while Parent also boasts a team-leading 10 points. … Henderson and Parent each recorded their first collegiate three-point games against St. Olaf on Nov. 21, while Macki Fadness (Eau Claire, Wis.) and Kassie Lien (Grantsburg, Wis.) both recorded career-best two-assist nights in that same game. … Ashley Corcoran (Red Wing, Minn.) stopped 42 St. Norbert shots in her collegiate debut between the pipes last Saturday. … Corcoran is the third goalie to start for the Cardinals this season. … Tori Herrmann (Elk River, Minn.)—who finished with 16 saves against Concordia Friday—has made four starts in goal, going 3-0-1 with a 1.47 goals-against-average and .950 save percentage, with Marah Shields (Milford, Mich.) close behind with a 2.01 GAA and .955 save percentage. … Herrmann collected her first collegiate assist in the Cardinals' 1-1 tie against Bethel on Nov. 14. … Shields recorded a school-record 79 saves in the Cardinals' 2-0 loss to UW-Superior on Oct. 31. … The 79-save effort—which ranks No. 6 all-time in NCAA Division III history—is 24 saves more than the previous record of 55, set by Nikki Jung against Gustavus on Jan. 21, 2005. … Shields made 22 saves in the first period, 33 in the second, and 24 in the third en route to her 79-save performance. … The Cardinals have scored first in all four of their wins this season (4-1-0). Saint Mary's is 0-2-1 when its opponent nets the game's first goal. … Saint Mary's is coming off an 11-win season a year ago—the Cardinals' highest win total since going 11-11-3 during the 2010-11 season. … With their 5-2 win over UW-Superior on Oct. 30, the Cardinals snapped a four-game season-opening winless streak (0-3-1). Saint Mary's last season-opening win was a 5-0 victory over Marian on Oct. 29, 2010.
 
Scouting The Concordia Cobbers:
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• Last Sunday's 3-1 loss to Marian snapped the Cobbers' season-high five-game winning streak. … Concordia, which opened the season with back-to-back 5-4 losses to UW-Stevens Point, outscored its opponents 17-2 during its five-game win streak. … Jess Nelson—who scored just four goals in her first two years as a Cobber—recorded her first collegiate hat trick in leading the Cobbers' to last Saturday's 5-2 win over Marian. … Tori Davis scored both of the Cobbers' goals against Saint Mary's Friday evening. … Jessica Kongelf enters Saturday's rematch against Saint Mary's as the team-leader in both goals (5) and points (9). … Kongelf's five goals are one more than Nelson, David and Ellen Retwisch, while her nine points are two in front of Nelson. … Morgan Bruns has amassed a team-best six assists. … Andrea Klug put together a school-record 273-minute shutout streak in which the Cobber goalie stopped 102 consecutive shots—and earned back-to-back MIAC Athlete of the Week honors. Klug's shutout streak came to an end four minutes into the second period of CC's 5-2 win over Marian last Saturday. … Klug—who finished with 21 saves Friday against Saint Mary's—has started seven of the Cobbers' eight games this season, compiling a 1.43 goals-against-average and a .942 save percentage. … She has made 163 saves, owns a 5-2-0 record, and boasts four shutouts. … Brittany Boss has started CC's other two games in goal, going 0-2-0 with a 3.50 GAA and .863 save percentage. … Concordia has outscored its opponents 28-19 —including 10-5 in the first period and 10-4 in the second. … The Cobbers have scored first in six of their nine games this season—including all five of their wins—while going 0-3-0 when their opponent scores first. … The Cobbers have played one overtime game this season, falling to UW-Stevens Point 5-4 on Nov. 7.