| The Cardinals head into their showdown at Concordia sitting at 5-13 in conference play as part of an 8-22 overall mark. … The Cardinals are coming off a pair of shutout losses at Saint Benedict Wednesday, falling 3-0 in the opener and 1-0 in the nightcap. … Jordan Meyers (Eyota, Minn.) had a hit in each game against the Bennies Wednesday, while six other Cardinals all had one hit on the day. … Meyers enters Saturday's doubleheader at Concordia leading the team with a .342 batting average. Amber Chow (West St. Paul, Minn.) is also hitting above .300, sitting at .325. … Justine Schultz (Winona, Minn.) leads or shares the team lead in at-bats (94), runs (15), hits (28), doubles (6), and total bases (38). … Chow owns a team-high 15 RBIs and leads the Cardinals in slugging percentage (.403) and on-base percentage (.404). … Meyers and Paige Gudmundson (Plainview, Minn.) lead the team with seven stolen bases, two in front of Schultz. … Chow has posted a team-high nine multiple-hit games — including a pair of three-hit performances — and owns a team-best five multiple-RBI games. … Schultz and Sullivan each put together team-high five-game hitting streaks this season, but Meyers' three-hit run is the longest active hitting streak. … Mackenzie Carey (Prescott, Wis.) was perfect from the plate in the opener against Augsburg on March 21, going 4-for-4 with an RBI and a pair of runs scored. It was Carey's first four-hit game of her collegiate career. … Meyers recorded her first collegiate three-hit game in Game 2 against Gustavus on April 17, going 3-for-4. … Cassie Sutor (Chicago, Ill.) and Erin Sullivan (Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.) each hit home runs for the Cardinals in the second game against Gustavus — Sutor's a solo shot, while Sullivan's was a three-run blast. … Sutor has now hit two lead-off home runs this season, having blasted her first collegiate round-tripper against Hamline on April 10. … Chow (6-11, 4.27 ERA) leads the Cardinal pitching staff in innings pitched (95.0), appearances (22), starts (15) and strikeouts (53). Chow has thrown eight of the Cardinals' 10 complete games this season. … Chow struck out a career-high 10 batters in the Cardinals' 2-0 loss to Gustavus in the first game of their doubleheader on April 17. … Sutor (2-8, 6.33 ERA) has thrown 66.1 innings in 19 appearances and has struck out 36. … With their sweep of Augsburg on April 24, Saint Mary's improved to 4-0 against the Auggies this season Saint Mary's beat Augsburg 10-5 and 6-0 in a nonconference doubleheader on March 21. … Both of the Cardinals' wins over Augsburg last Saturday were walk-offs. Hallie Schmeling (Onalaska, Wis.) belted a two-run double to give SMU the 5-4 win in Game 1, while Schultz smacked a two-run double in the bottom of the ninth for a 7-6 Game 2 win. … Saint Mary's put an end to their season-high five-game losing streak with an 8-2, Game 2 win over Gustavus on April 17. … Saint Mary's has scored first in four of its eight wins, but the Cardinals are just 4-19 when their opponent scores the game's first run. … The Cardinals' 10 runs in their Game 1 win over Augsburg on March 21 marked the second time this season SMU has scored in double figures. Saint Mary's scored a season-high 12 runs in its 14-12 Game 1 loss to St. Scholastica on March 14. … The Cardinals home-opener against UW-Platteville on March 26 marked their first home contest in 696 days, dating back to April 28, 2019 when Saint Mary's split its season-ending doubleheader with Bethel. … Saint Mary's 10-7, Game 2 win over Northwestern on March 11 was the first collegiate coaching victory for Cardinals' interim head coach Sam Borawski. |
The Cobbers enter their conference doubleheader against Saint Mary's boasting an 18-18 overall record, including a 6-12 mark in conference play. … Saturday's DH against Saint Mary's marks the final home date for the Cobbers, who are 8-8 on their home field, while going 10-10 away from Jake Christiansen Stadium. … The Cobbers' 9-1, Game 2 win over Carleton last Tuesday snapped their six-game losing streak. CC was outscored 33-14 during that six-game slump. … Megan Gavin struck out 17 batters in Tuesday's sweep of Carleton, fanning 14 in the complete-game, 2-1 loss in the opener, while striking out three more in 2.2 innings of relief in the nightcap. … Gavin's 17 strikeouts against Carleton bring her season total to 187, which is tops in all of NCAA Division III, leading St. Olaf's Julie Graf by one strikeout and Baldwin Wallace's Nikki Camanati by eight. … Gavin (7-10, 1.76 ERA) — who has thrown 115.2 innings with 15 complete games and three shutouts — now owns 464 career strikeouts. … Taylor Erholtz owns the team's top batting average among Cobber regulars, hitting .323 and owns team-highs in hits (32), doubles (12), home runs (3)total bases (53), slugging percentage (.536), and walks (11). … Kenzie Leither leads the Cobbers in at-bats (100), runs (25), and RBIs (20). … The Cobbers have stolen 57 bases this season, led by Riley Bergstrom, who is a perfect 12-for-12. Leither is also perfect in the stolen-base department, going 10-for-10. … Concordia has scored two runs or less in 12 of its 18 losses this season. On the flip side, the Cobbers have limited the opposition to two or fewer runs in 14 of CC's 18 wins. … Concordia is 14-6 when scoring first, and 4-12 when giving up the game's first run.
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