ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's hockey team heads to Drake Arena on Saturday, as the Cardinals square off against St. Catherine in the second game of their two-game Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference series. Game time is slated for 2 p.m.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (8-7-2 MIAC | 9-12-3 Overall) vs. St. Catherine Wildcats (5-10-2 MIAC | 6-13-5 Overall)
 
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Last Night:
• St. Catherine scored three unanswered goals in dealing the Saint Mary's MIAC Playoff hopes a serious blow with a 4-2 win over the Cardinals at the Saint Mary's Ice Arena  | Recap

Saint Mary's vs. St. Catherine—A Year Ago:
• December 5, 2014 * St. Paul, Minn.:  Jamie Henderson (Madison, Wis.) had so much fun scoring her first collegiate goal in Saint Mary's nonconference game against St. Norbert a week ago, that the Cardinal freshman was at it again against St. Catherine. Unfortunately for the Cardinals, Henderson's second goal in as many games was all the offense they would muster, as St. Catherine used a pair of second-period goals to hand Saint Mary's a 2-1 conference setback at Drake Arena | Recap
• December 6, 2014 * Winona, Minn.: The Cardinals—thanks to Rory Petrisin's (High Bridge, N.J.) goal with 12 seconds remaining in overtime—finally gave their three seniors their first win over St. Catherine, beating the Wildcats 3-2 at the Saint Mary's Ice Arena | Recap
 
MIAC Playoff Picture:
•  St. Thomas (11-4-2, 24 points), Bethel (11-4-2, 24 points), and Concordia (11-6-0, 22 points) have already locked up three of the five MIAC Playoff berths. Augsburg (9-5-3, 21 points) and Gustavus (8-6-3, 19 points) currently hold down the No. 4 and No. 5 spots, with Saint Mary's (8-7-2, 18 points) just one point back with one game remaining. A win against St. Catherine Saturday—AND a loss by Gustavus against Hamline—would clinch a post-season berth for the Cardinals.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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• Friday's 4-2 loss to St. Catherine snapped the Cardinals' three-game winning streak. … Saint Mary's heads into its regular-season finale against the Wildcats Saturday with a 5-3-1 record in its last nine games. … Friday's 4-2 loss against St. Catherine marked the 21^st time in the last 23 games that the outcome was decided by two goals or less. … The Cardinals' 3-1, 3-0 sweep of Saint Benedict  last weekend was their second conference sweep of the season—Saint Mary's also won back-to-back games against St. Olaf on Nov. 20-21. … Jane Hannula (Coon Rapids, Minn.) scored both Saint Mary's goals against the Wildcats Friday, with Katie LeTourneau (White Bear Lake, Minn.) and Kayla Pierson (Shorewood, Ill.) collecting assists. … Hannula's two-goal game vs. the Wildcats was the third multiple-goal game of her collegiate career. … Jamie Henderson (Madison, Wis.) is the team-leader in goals with 11 and shares the team lead in points (18) with McKenna Parent (Anoka, Minn.). … Henderson's 11 goals are the most by a Cardinal since Haley Coolsaet netted 11 during the 2010-11 season. … Parent—who posted her first collegiate two-goal game against Concordia on Dec. 4—leads the team in assists with nine, two more than Henderson and Kassie Lien (Grantsburg, Wis.). … Parent (18) and Lien (11) join Henderson as Cardinals who have recorded 10 or more points this season. … Lien recorded her second collegiate two-goal game against Hamline on Jan. 22. … Henderson and Parent each posted their first collegiate three-point games against St. Olaf on Nov. 21, while Macki Fadness (Eau Claire, Wis.) and Lien both notched career-best two-assist nights in that same game. … Maddy Wallraff's (Blaine, Minn.) second-period goal against UW-Eau Claire on Jan. 2 was the first of her collegiate career. … Tori Herrmann (Elk River, Minn.) recorded her second straight Saturday shutout with the Cardinals' 3-0 win over Saint Benedict. The senior goalie—who made 21 saves against the Blazers last Saturday—posted a 30-save shutout in Saint Mary's 2-0 win over Gustavus on Feb. 6. … Herrmann finished with 20 saves against St. Catherine Friday. … Herrmann's shutout against Saint Benedict last Saturday was the fourth of her collegiate career. … Herrmann has made 30 or more saves in seven of her 13 starts this season. … Marah Shields (Milford, Mich.) has made 30 or more saves in four of her seven starts this season. … Ashley Corcoran (Red Wing, Minn.) stopped 42 St. Norbert shots in her collegiate debut between the pipes on Nov. 28. … Herrmann—who notched her first collegiate assist in the Cardinals' 1-1 tie against Bethel on Nov. 14—has made 14 starts in goal for the Cardinals, going 8-4-2 with a 1.55 goals-against-average and .953 save percentage. … Herrmann's 1.55 GAA and .953 save percentage both rank No. 2 in the MIAC. … Shields (7 starts, 2.47 GAA, 940 save percentage) 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. … With their 2-0 win over Gustavus on Feb. 6, the Cardinals snapped a 28-game losing streak against the Gusties. Prior to Saturday's win, the last time Saint Mary's had beaten GAC was a 2-1 win in the MIAC Tournament on March 2, 2002. … The Cardinals have played seven overtime games this season—falling to Gustavus (3-2), Hamline (2-1), UW-Eau Claire (2-1), and UW-Eau Claire (3-2), while tying UW-Eau Claire (1-1), Bethel (1-1), and Augsburg (1-1). … The Cardinals', 0-4-3 in overtimes this season, last OT win was a 3-2 victory over St. Olaf on Jan. 31, 2015. … Saint Mary's played six OT games a year ago, going 2-1-3. … All three of Saint Mary's ties this season have been 1-1 decisions. … The Cardinals have scored first in all nine of their wins this season (9-6-1). Saint Mary's is 0-6-2 when its opponent nets the game's first goal. … With their 4-2 win over Hamline on Jan. 22, the Cardinals snapped their season-high seven-game winless streak (0-6-1). … 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. … The Cardinals' games against St. Thomas on Jan. 15-16 marked the third and fourth straight games against teams ranked in the Top 5 of the latest USCHO.com national poll. Along with their two conference games vs. No. 4 St. Thomas, Saint Mary's dropped 2-1 and 4-2 decisions to third-ranked Lake Forest the previous weekend. … 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 St. Catherine Wildcats:
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• With their 4-2 win over Saint Mary's, the Wildcats improved to 5-1-1 in their last seven games—the lone setback a 2-1 loss to Hamline last Saturday. … St. Catherine's last three losses have all been 2-1 decisions. … Thirteen of St. Catherine's 24 games have been decided by one goal or less—the Wildcats are 2-6-5 in those 13 contests. … The Wildcats have scored one goal or less in 12 of their 13 losses. … Mallory Ryan and Laken Muller each scored two goals against Saint Mary's Friday evening. … Ryan and Muller head into Saturday's regular-season finale sharing the team lead in goals with seven each. … Randi Fabsits and Tori Thompson are the team-leaders in assists with six apiece, while Ryan has a team-high 12 points, two more than Muller. … St. Catherine's six game-winning goals have come from five different players. … Solheim (6), Ryan (7), and Muller (7) have accounted for 20 of the team's 30 goals. … Kristen Pechacek and Abbi White have shared the goaltending duties this season, with both making 12 starts. … Pechacek, who stopped 40 shots in blanking Hamline last Friday, finished with 16 saves against Saint Mary's Friday and owns a team-leading 1.36 goals-against-average and a .960 save percentage, while White boasts a 2.26 GAA and .929 save percentage. … Pechacek has made 40 or more saves five times this season—including a season-best 46 against UW-Superior on Jan. 9. White, meanwhile, owns three games of 40 or more saves, including a 44-save effort against Lake Forest on Oct. 31. … St. Catherine has scored just four first-period goals this season. … The Wildcats are 3-1-1 when scoring the game's first goal, while going 3-12-3 when their opponent scores first. … SCU has played six overtime games this season, falling to UW-Eau Claire (2-1), while tying Lake Forest (2-2), UW-Eau Claire (0-0), UW-Superior (1-1), Gustavus (1-1), and Saint Benedict (1-1).