By DONNY NADEAU
Saint Mary's Sports Information Director
 
WINONA, Minn. — It's Monday morning, and time to take one final look back at all the Cardinal highlights from the week that was — by the numbers.
 
1: Danielle Franke (Mounds View, Minn.) was the first across the finish line for the Cardinal women's cross country team at last Saturday's NCAA Central Regional, touring the six-kilometer course in 24:27. It was the fourth time in five races this season that the junior has been the team's top finisher | Recap
 
1 x 2: The Saint Mary's men's basketball team gave coach Joe Fano his first collegiate coaching win — in his first game at the helm — as the Cardinals opened the season with a 76-71 win over Crown last Saturday | Recap
 
1 + 3 x 2: Griffin Rades (Shawano, Wis.) led the way for the Cardinal men's swimming and diving team at last Saturday's Roger Ahlman Invitational, placing first in the 200 IM (2:06.41), while adding thirds in both the 100 backstroke (58.42) and 200 backstroke (2:07.63) | Recap

1 = 13: In his first collegiate game as a member of the Cardinal men's basketball team, Caden Freetly (Farmington, Minn.) netted a career-high 13 points in Saint Mary's season-opening, 76-71 win over Crown last Saturday. Freetly was one of three Cardinals to score in double figures | Recap
 
2: The Saint Mary's women's soccer team boasted two players who earned MIAC post-season honors last Friday. Maura Michener (Winona, Minn.) was named First-Team All-MIAC, while Lexi Banda (El Paso, Texas) was tabbed honorable-mention All-MIAC | Release
 
2: Brooke Shefchik (Stevens Point, Wis.) posted the Cardinal women's swimming and diving team's top individual finish at last Saturday's Roger Ahlman Invitational, placing second in the 1,000 freestyle with a time of 11:42.03 | Recap
 
2 x 2: Dylan Robertson (Alpharetta, Ga.) picked up assists on both of the Saint Mary's men's hockey team's goals in last Friday's 3-2 loss to top-ranked UW-Stevens Point. It was Robertson's second straight two-assist game | Recap
 
3: The Cardinal men's soccer team had three players — Josh Balsiger (Camas, Wash.), Chris Beiersdorf (Arlington Heights, Ill.), and Robbie Sobczak (Cloquet, Minn.) — named honorable-mention All-MIAC when the league office handed out its awards last Friday | Release
 
3: Alex DiBacco (Darien, Ill.) scored for the third straight game to account for the Cardinal men's hockey team's goal in their 3-1 loss to No. 10 UW-Eau Claire last Saturday | Recap
 
3 x 3: Kevin Gleason (Minneapolis, Minn.) scored nine points in the Cardinal men's basketball team's season-opening 76-71 win over Crown last Saturday. All three of Gleason's made field goals were 3-pointers — including a trey with less than 10 seconds remaining that broke a 71-71 deadlock and sparked the Saint Mary's victory | Recap
 
4: Tyson Liverance (Burford, Ontario) scored his team-leading fourth goal of the season in the Cardinal men's hockey team's 3-2 loss to top-ranked UW-Stevens Point last Friday | Recap
 
10: Jada Biermeier (Eau Claire, Wis.) scored a team-high 10 points in the Cardinal women's basketball team's 81-54 loss to NCAA Division II Winona State in an exhibition game last Saturday | Recap
 
10: The Saint Mary's swimming and diving teams put together 10 top-five finishes at Macalester's Roger Ahlman Invitational last Saturday — with the Cardinal men recording six top fives, while the women added four | Recap
 
13: The Cardinal men's basketball team drained 13 3-pointers in their season-opening win over Crown last Saturday. It was the most 3-pointers since pouring in 13 against Saint John's on Jan. 14, 2017 | Recap

18 / 17: Eli Cave (St. Paul, Minn.) poured in a team-high 18 points and Sawyer Rosner (Phelps, Wis.) chipped in 17 to lead the Cardinal men's basketball team to a season-opening 76-71 win over Crown last Saturday | Recap
 
20: Eli Cave (St. Paul, Minn.) scored a team-, season- and career-high 20 points in the Cardinal men's basketball team's 70-60 nonconference loss against UW-La Crosse last Sunday. It was the second straight game in which Cave recorded a career-high for points scored, having netted 18 against Crown the day before | Recap
 
27:02: Jordan Malikowski (Royalton, Minn.) posted a season-best eight-kilometer time of 27:02 to pace the Saint Mary's men's cross country team at the season-ending NCAA Central Regional last Saturday | Recap
 
114:07: St. Thomas' goal at 14:07 of the third period last Friday snapped Jordan Keeley's (St. Peter, Minn.) shutout streak at 114:07. The Cardinal women's hockey freshman, posted a 16-save shutout in her collegiate debut against Marian on Oct. 27, and blanked the ninth-ranked Tommies for the first 54:07 last Friday | Recap