WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota fastpitch softball team closes out its regular-season conference schedule—and bids farewell to graduating seniors Alex Raske and Sam Borawski—Saturday afternoon, hosting Concordia in a 1 p.m. conference doubleheader at the Saint Mary's Field.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (10-10 MIAC | 16-16 Overall) vs. Concordia Cobbers (3-17 MIAC | 11-22 Overall)
 
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Last Action:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals picked up a pair of conference wins over Macalester on Wednesday in St. Paul, Minn., outlasting the Scots 18-15 in the opener, before completing the sweep with a 5-1 win in the nightcap | Recap
• Concordia: Concordia recorded a pair of nonconference victories on Thursday in Morris, Minn., as the Cobbers dropped UM-Morris 5-4 in 11 innings and 12-0 in five innings
 
Saint Mary's vs. Concordia—Their Last Meeting:
• April 26, 2014:  Ashley Betzold (Farmington, Minn.) allowed just five hits—and no runs —while striking out 16 in 15 innings of work, as the Cardinals beat the Cobbers 4-0 in the opener and 1-0 in eight innings in the nightcap of their conference doubleheader in Moorhead, Minn. | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: Saturday's doubleheader is the conference finale for the Cardinals, who play nonconference doubleheaders against UW-Eau Claire at home on Monday and at fourth-ranked Luther on Tuesday.
• Concordia: The Cobbers close out their regular-season with a nonconference doubleheader against Bemidji State on Monday beginning at 3 p.m. in Moorhead, Minn.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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With their 2-1 Game 1 win against league-leading Hamline last Saturday, the Cardinals snapped their three-game losing streak. It was just the second time this season Saint Mary's had lost three consecutive games. … The Cardinals' 18 runs in their 18-15 Game 1 win over Macalester Wednesday were the most since plating 27 in a 27-0 rout of Mount Mary College on March 20, 2009. … The Cardinals' 11-run fourth inning was it highest single-inning output since plating 13 against Mount Mary College on March 20, 2009. … Kali Aldrich (Rochester, Minn.) recorded her first collegiate four-hit game vs. Macalester Wednesday, going 4-for-5 with three RBIs and three runs scored in Game 1. … Alex Raske (Chicago, Ill.), who went 3-for-3 with three RBIs, scored five runs in the opener vs. Macalester Wednesday—it was the most runs scored by a Cardinal player since Jaci Prondzinski scored five times vs. Mount Mary College on March 20, 2009. … Kathi Opsahl (Elk River, Minn.) had a hit in both games vs. Macalester Wednesday and has now had a hit in 11 of the Cardinals' last 12 games—including two hits four times. … Raske belted her third home run of the season vs. Macalester Wednesday, while Brittney Birkhauser (Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.) also hit a round-tripper vs. the Scots. … Saint Mary's boasts four players who have hit their first collegiate home runs this season—Birkhauser, Stanzy Snyder (Johnston, Iowa), Ashley Betzold (Farmington, Minn.), and Sam Borawski (Stickney, Ill.). … Snyder and Opsahl enter Saint Mary's doubleheader against Concordia leading the team in batting average at .365 each. … Opsahl also leads the team with 38 hits, three more than Snyder, and 27 RBIs. … Snyder boasts team-highs in doubles (9), slugging percentage (.531), walks (17) and on-base percentage (.470). … Raske scored six runs in Saint Mary's DH vs. Hamline last Saturday, pushing her team-leading run total to 31. She has scored 23 times in Saint Mary's last 21 contests. … Harper belted her team-leading third triple of the season vs. Macalester Wednesday. … Opsahl has recorded a team-best 12 multiple-hit and seven multiple-RBI games. … Opsahl's five RBIs in Game 2 vs. Carleton on March 31 marked the second time in her collegiate career the sophomore has driven in five runs in a game. … Snyder had her season- and team-high nine-game hitting streak snapped in Game 2 vs. St. Thomas on April 8. … Betzold tossed her team-leading 16th complete game in Saint Mary's 5-1 Game 2 win over Macalester Wednesday. … Betzold has been the Cardinals' workhorse in the pitcher's circle, logging 174.0 of the team's 217.2 innings. The sophomore right-hander has compiled an 13-12 record and a 2.94 ERA in a team-high 30 appearances. … Betzold has struck out a team-best 95 batters, including a season-high nine against Augsburg in Game 1 on April 11—one shy of her career-high—and owns both of the team's shutouts. … Katie Homan (North Mankato, Minn.) notched her first collegiate pitching win with a complete-game three-hitter in a 4-1 win over Misericordia on March 2 … Abbey Killian (Fountain City, Wis.) collected her first collegiate win with 2/3 innings of hitless relief in Game 2 against Gustavus on April 6. …  The Cardinals have held their opponents to two runs or less in 10 of their 16 wins. … The Cardinals' 18 runs in their 18-15 Game 1 victory over Macalester Wednesday marked the fourth time this season they have plated 10 or more runs. … Saint Mary's has outscored its opponents 18-6 in the second inning and 15-7 in the third. … The Cardinals own a pair of walk-off wins this season—Betzold belted a three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning of Saint Mary's 3-1 Game 1 win over St. Olaf on April 10, while Allie Borawski (Stickney, Ill.) delivered a game-ending RBI single, capping a two-run seventh inning in the Cardinals' 5-4 Game 2 win over Augsburg a day later. … Saint Mary's 14-5, six-inning Game 2 victory over Carleton on March 31 was its second win shortened by the eight-run rule. … Thirteen of Saint Mary's 30 games have been decided by one run. … With their 4-1, 5-4 sweep of Gustavus on April 6, the Cardinals snapped a pair of lengthy streaks against the Gusties. The Game 1 victory ended Saint Mary's 11-game losing streak vs. GAC—dating back to an identical 4-1 win on May 2, 2011. And the sweep-clinching 5-4 win in the nightcap completed the Cardinals' first sweep of the Gusties since winning 5-3 and 9-1 on April 12, 2005—a span of nine years and 18 regular-season games.
 
Scouting The Concordia Cobbers:
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The Cobbers' 5-4, 11-inning win in Game 1 against UM-Morris Thursday snapped Concordia's 11-game losing streak. … Seven of Concordia's last nine games have been decided by two runs or less—including a pair of extra-inning games. … The Cobbers have played four extra-inning games this season, going 2-2. … Madison Little has been the offensive sparkplug for the Cobbers, boasting team highs in batting average (.375), at-bats (112), runs (21), hits (42), triples (2), and on-base percentage. … Little has also recorded 13 multiple-hit games. … Ashley Tibbetts (.304) has belted a team-high 10 doubles, while also leading the Cobbers in RBIs (21), total bases (48) and slugging percentage (.471). … Tibbetts has posted six multiple-RBI games. … Concordia has hit nine home runs this season, led by Dominique Giesen with three and Devonie Smith with two. … Mackenzie Jensen is a perfect 9-for-9 in stolen base attempts this season. … Abigail Haraldson and Hillary Rotunda have been the workhorses in the pitcher's circle for the Cobbers—Rotunda has tossed a team-high 117.0 innings, while Haraldson is close behind at 102.0 IP. … Rotunda (6-12, 3.41 ERA) has recorded 16 complete games in 17 starts with a team-leading 91 strikeouts, with Haraldson (5-10, 3.36 ERA) tossing 14 complete games in 15 starts. … Concordia has been held to two runs or less in 17 of its 22 losses this season. … CC is unbeaten (9-0) when leading after the sixth inning, but the Cobbers are 0-16 when trailing heading into the seventh. … The Cobbers have scored 10 or more runs three times this season, including their season-high 12-run effort against UM-Morris on Thursday.