Scouting the Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2020 Roster | 2020 Schedule | 2019 Final Statistics
• • The Cardinals boasted three players who earned MIAC post-season honors in 2019 — Justine Schultz (Winona, Minn.) was a First-Team All-MIAC selection, while Amber Chow (West St. Paul, Minn.) and Haley Williams (Littleton, Colo.) were honorable-mention selections. … With their season-ending 9-1 loss and 6-3 win against Bethel, the Cardinals split their last three doubleheaders last season — Saint Mary's posted a 4-1 win and 7-5 loss to Augsburg, while adding a 4-2 loss and 14-0 win over Concordia prior to their split vs. the Royals. … The Cardinals picked up their only doubleheader sweep of the season with 4-0 and 4-2 wins over Macalester on April 8. … Saint Mary's 4-0 win over the Scots on April 8 snapped their season-high seven-game losing streak. … The Cardinals' 14 runs in their 14-0, five-inning win over Concordia on April 27 were a season-high — and the most since plating 17 in a 17-1 win over Lyndon State on Feb. 24, 2016. Saint Mary's 19 hits against the Cobbers, meanwhile, were the most since banging out 20 against Ohio Northern on March 4, 2014. … Saint Mary's 14-0 win vs. CC was its third shutout win of the season — the Cardinals also blanked Macalester 4-0 on April 8 and Rose-Hulman 1-0 on Feb. 25. … Every Cardinal starter had at least one hit in Saint Mary's 14-0 win over Concordia on April 27, while eight of the nine starters scored at least one run. … Maria Averbeck (Lewiston, Minn.), Schultz, and Hallie Schmeling (Onalaska, Wis.) led the team with .324, .311, and .292 batting averages, respectively. … Schultz also led the team with 32 hits, one more than Schmeling. … Schmeling was the team-leader in runs scored with 17, while also leading the Cardinals in doubles (8), RBIs (13), walks (16), total bases (44), and slugging percentage (.415). … Schmeling, Tara Nikolich (Chicago, Ill.), and Amy Kulaga (Riverside, Ill.) hit the Cardinals' three triples. … One of Schmeling's two hits in Game 2 against Hamline on April 6 was a home run — the first round-tripper of her career. … Williams hit the Cardinals' other home run this season — also her career first. … Trendle, who went 2-for-3 in the nightcap vs. Concordia on April 27, posted a career-high four RBIs. … With her two-run, first-inning single against St. Catherine on April 20, Averbeck finished the year with two RBIs in a game three times — the first three two-RBI games of her career. … Averbeck delivered her first collegiate double as part of her first career two-hit game in the nightcap against St. Thomas on April 14. … Saint Mary's boasted six players who recorded their first hits in a Cardinal uniform in 2019. … The Cardinals closed out the year 12-for-15 in stolen base attempts — led by Schultz with seven steals on eight attempts. … The Cardinals boasted 49 multiple-hit games — including the first career three-hit contests by Chow, Schmeling, Schultz, Kulaga, Stevens, and Sullivan. … Schmeling delivered her first career five-RBI game in the Cardinals' season-opening 10-9 win over Alma on Feb. 24. … Saint Mary's collected a season-high nine walks in their 3-2 Game 1 loss to St. Olaf on March 31. It the most walks in a game since inducing nine walks from Macalester pitchers during the 2015 season. … Chow — who picked up her second career shutout with a three-hitter against Macalester in Game 1 on April 8 — made a team-leading 20 starts in the pitcher's circle, four more than Trendle. … Chow logged a team-high 125.0 innings, compiling a 5-12 record and 4.09 ERA, while Trendle finished with a 4-14 record and 4.48 ERA in 89.0 innings. … Stoesz made 10 pitching appearances, going 1-0 with a 3.59 ERA in 13.2 innings. … Chow struck out a team-high 42 batters, seven more than Trendle. … Trendle struck out a career-high eight batters in the Cardinals' 1-0 win over Rose-Hulman on Feb. 25. … Saint Mary's outscored its opponents 27-18 in the fifth inning, but were outscored 34-19 in the first, 37-9 in the third, and 38-18 in the fourth. … The Cardinals played eight one-run games last season, going 3-5. … The Cardinals finished the year 5-7 when scoring first, but just 5-19 when their opponent plated the game's first run. … Saint Mary's held its opponents to two runs or less in six of its 10 wins. On the flip side, the Cardinals were held under three runs in 17 of their 26 losses.
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