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(4-1-0 MIAC, 5-3-0 O'ALL)

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(1-4-0 MIAC, 5-5-0 O'ALL

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LAST NIGHT:

Dec. 3, 2021 * SMU 2, St. Olaf 1 * Recap

HEAD-2-HEAD: Series History

SAINT MARY'S UP NEXT:

Jan. 1, 2022 * Eau Claire * Winona, MN * 2:00

Jan. 2, 2022 * Stevens Pt. * Stevens Pt., WI * 2:00

ST. OLAF UP NEXT: 

Dec. 10 * Northland * Ashland, WI * 7:00

Dec. 11 * Northland * Ashland, WI * 2:00

• FOR RECORD: The Cardinals head into Saturday’s rematch against St. Olaf sitting at 4-1-0 in conference play and own a 5-3-0 overall record. Saint Mary’s lone conference loss to date was a 4-1 loss to Saint Benedict on Nov. 20.

• LAST ACTION: The Cardinals got goals from Kas Kingston (Black Diamond, Alberta) and Nina Langley (Chaska, Minn.) — Langley’s coming with less than three minutes remaining in regulation — en route to a 2-1 win over St. Olaf in Northfield, Minn., Friday afternoon.

• ON A ROLL: With their 2-1 win over St. Olaf on Friday, the Cardinals have won four of their last five — with all four wins by two goals or less, including three one-goal victories.

• HOME SWEET HOME: Saturday’s game against St. Olaf is the sixth home game in the last seven contests for the Cardinals, who are 3-2-0 on their home ice this season.

• SCORE GOALS, WIN GAMES: Saint Mary’s has scored 14 goals in its five wins this season. The Cardinals have managed just one goal in their three losses.

• JOINING THE CROWD: Kingston and Langley each scored their first goals in a Cardinal uniform against St. Olaf on Friday. The duo are the sixth and seventh players to score their first Saint Mary’s goals this season. Allie Urlaub (Burnsville, Minn.), Sidney Polzin (Chippewa Falls, Wis.), and Morgan Leib (Farmington Heights, Mich.) all scored career goal No. 1 against Concordia on Nov. 12, while Jordan Kurkowski (North Branch, Minn.) scored her first two collegiate goals and Anna Braun (Mantorville, Minn.) netted her first goal in a Cardinal uniform in SMU’s 4-1 win over St. Norbert on Oct. 29.

• TWO FOR NO. 6: Allie Urlaub (Burnsville, Minn.) picked up her first collegiate multiple-goal game, scoring both of SMU’s goals in SMU’s 2-1 win over Saint Benedict on Nov. 20. The two-goal game is Saint Mary’s first since Anne Carmean (Spring Lake Park, Minn.) found the back of the net twice in the Cardinals’ 4-0 win over … Saint Benedict … on March 13, 2021. … Urlaub has now recorded at least one point in three of Saint Mary’s last five games.

• LIGHTING THE LAMP: Urlaub and Polzin — who accounted for all three of SMU’s goals against Saint Benedict on Nov. 19-20 — share the team lead with three goals each, with Kurkowski and Leib each owning two goals. Kingston, Langley, Braun, Sheridan, and Avrey Simonson (Waupaca, Wis.) — who netted Saint Mary’s first goal of the season against St. Norbert on Oct. 29 —  have scored the Cardinals’ other three goals.

• LENDING A HAND: Jordan Modjeski (South Lyon, Mich.) and Delaney Wolf (Bismarck, N.D.) sit atop the team lead in assists with two each, while 10 other Cardinals have recorded one helper.

• THE GAME-WINNER: Both of Leib’s goals against Concordia on Nov. 12-13 were game-winners, while Urlaub, Kurkowski, and Langleyown Saint Mary’s other two game-winning goals this season.

• MULTIPLE-POINTS: Kurkowski’s three-point game against St. Norbert (2 G, 1 A) on Oct. 29 was the first of her collegiate career, and the three-points were the most by a Cardinal since Anne Carmean (Spring Lake Park, Minn.) scored two goals and added an assist against Saint Benedict on March 13, 2021. … Kingston added an assist to her first career goal against St. Olaf en route to her first multiple-point game as a Cardinal.

• YOUTH MOVEMENT: Thirteen of Saint Mary’s 15 goals this season have come from players wearing the Cardinal jersey for the first time this season.

• BETWEEN THE PIPES: Ary Ziakas (Palatine, Ill.) and Jordan Keeley (St. James, Minn.) have shared the goaltending duties this season. Keeley kicked out a career-high 44 Concordia shots in SMU’s 3-1 win over the Cobbers on Nov. 13, and enters Saturday’s rematch against St. Olaf with a 3.06 goals-against-average and .918 save percentage in four appearances (156:46). Ziakas — who made a season-high 33 saves against Concordia on Nov. 19 — has compiled a 2.41 goals-against-average and .907 save percentage in 323:07 minutes. … Ziakas has collected a team-leading 127 saves, with Keeley close behind with 90. … Ziakas recorded a pair of shutouts in 2020-21, making 35 saves in a 0-0 tie against Concordia on Feb. 6, before stopping all 31 shots she faced against Saint Benedict on March 14. 

• FIRST-GOAL ADVANTAGE: The team that has scored first has won all eight of the Cardinals’ games this season. SMU scored first in sweeping Concordia (3-2; 3-2), and beating Saint Benedict (2-1), St. Olaf (2-1), and St. Norbert (4-1), while the Green Knights and UW-River Falls both scored first in the Cardinals’ two losses.

• A YEAR AGO: The Cardinals posted 2-6-2 record during the 10-game  2020-21 season. In their last full season in 2019-20, SMU finished 10-14-3 overall, including a 6-10-2, fifth-place showing in the MIAC. The Cardinals beat St. Thomas (4-2) and dropped a 4-1 decision to Gustavus in the 2020 MIAC Tournament.

• FOR THE RECORD: St. Olaf comes into Saturday’s road rematch against Saint Mary’s sitting at 5-5 overall, including a 1-4 showing in conference play. After dropping its first three MIAC contests, St. Olaf picked up its first MIAC win with a 4-2 victory over Concordia on Nov. 20, before falling to Saint Mary’s 2-1 on Friday.

• LAST ACTION: Maddie Anderson scored her second goal of the season late in the second period to pull St. Olaf even with Saint Mary’s 1-1, but the Cardinals scored the game-winning goal late in the final stanza in dealing the Oles a 2-1 setback.

• STREAKING ALONG: After opening the season with four straight wins — including their first three all by one goal — St. Olaf has gone just 1-5 in its last six contests.

• ROAD WEARY: The Oles are in the midst of playing six of seven games on the road — the lone exception, Friday’s 2-1 home loss to Saint Mary’s. St. Olaf is 4-2-0 on its home ice, while going just 1-3-0 away from the St. Olaf Ice Arena.

• NIGHT AND DAY: St. Olaf has scored 19 goals in its five wins, while netting just three in its five losses. The Oles outscored their opponents 15-9 during their season-opening four-game winning streak, but have been outscored 23-7 since.

• LEADING THE CHARGE: Annika Patterson leads the Oles in goals with six, three more than Lauren Spear. Iona Welsch, Emma Boyer, Kate Carfagini, Maddie Anderson, and Heather Sager have all scored twice. Sophie McBane, Jessica Wernli, and Carolyn Carpenter have accounted for St. Olaf’s other three goals.

• LENDING A HAND: Patterson, Spear and Zephryn Jager have all dished out a team-leading three assists, followed by Anderson, Grace Lankas, Lexie Ligday, Mia Jutz, Mandy Moran, and Hannah Metric with two each.

• POINT PRODUCERS: Patterson and Spear are the Oles points leaders, boasting nine (6 G, 3 A) and six (3 G, 3 A), respectively. Seventeen other Oles have recorded at least one point this season.

• NETTING THE WINNER: Patterson and Boyer have accounted for four of the team’s five game-winning goals — both scoring the game-winning goal twice — while Spear has netted the other.

• VERY SPECIAL TEAMS: St. Olaf has scored nine special-team goals this season — six on the power play and three shorthanded tallies.

• BETWEEN THE PIPES: St. Olaf has had three different goalies start between the pipes this season, led by Ivy Shonka, who has compiled a 3.32 goals-against-average and .883 save percentage in five starts (235:04 minutes). Grace Boswell-Healey boasts a 2.21 GAA and .930 save percentage in four starts (298:14) and Taylor Smith owns a 6.88 GAA and .794 save percentage in one start (61:05). … Boswell-Healey leads the trio with 147 saves, followed by Shonka with 98. … Boswell-Healey has been in goal for three of St. Olaf’s five wins (3-2-0), while Shonka owns the other two wins (2-2-0).

• STRONG ENDING: The Oles have scored 10 goals in the third period, while scoring five goals in the first and six in the second. On the flip side, St. Olaf’s opponents have scored eight goals in the first, 13 in the second and 11 in the third. 

• PUTTING IN A LITTLE OT: The Oles have played one overtime game this season — beating UW-Stevens Point 5-4 to open the season on Oct. 29.