WINONA, Minn. — After three rather quiet games to kick off her collegiate career, Saint Mary's University's Allie Urlaub (Burnsville, Minn.) has certainly stepped up her game over the past three contests.
 
Coming off a goal and an assist in Saint Mary's conference-opening sweep of Concordia last weekend, Urlaub was at it again Friday night — in a big way.
 
Urlaub extended her point streak to three straight games, accounting for both Saint Mary's goals in leading the Cardinals to a 2-1 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference win over Saint Benedict.
 
The Cardinals struck first — scratch that, Urlaub struck first — as the freshman tallied her second of the season, banging home a Sydney Green (East Bethel, Minn.) rebound at 8:28 of the opening stanza.
 
Still clinging to that one-goal advantage, Urlaub would strike again just four minutes into the second period, scoring an unassisted goal to give Saint Mary's a 2-0 advantage.
 
The Bennies would not go down without a fight, cutting the SMU lead in half on a goal by Corrine Brown with just under eight minutes to play in regulation.
 
That, however, would be the only puck the Bennies would get past Saint Mary's goalie Ary Ziakas (Palatine, Ill.), who finished with 22 saves.
 
The Cardinals (3-0-0 MIAC, 4-2-0 overall) and Bennies will conclude their two-game conference series on Saturday, squaraing off in a 2 p.m. matinee at the Saint Mary's Ice Arena.