| SAINT MARY'S CARDINALS SCOUTING REPORT |
| The Cardinals head into their season-ending conference showdown at Carleton sitting at 5-15 in MIAC play and 9-25 overall, including a split in their nonconference doubleheader against UW-Superior on Friday. SMU dropped the opening game against the Yellowjackets, before rebounding with a 9-0, five-inning win in the nightcap. … Saint Mary's hit two home runs, and Morgan Dziondziakowski (South Milwaukee, Wis.) tossed her first collegiate no-hitter in the five-inning Game 2 win. … Erin Sullivan (Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.) belted her second career home run, while Lizzy Baird (Wells, Minn.) launched her first collegiate HR — a three-run, walk-off in the fifth inning — in the Cardinals' Game 2 win over UW-Superior. … Dziondziakowsk's no-hitter was the Cardinals first since Ashley Betzold no-hit Concordia in the teams' season-finale on April 29, 2017. … Schultz enters Sunday's matchup against Carleton leading the team with a .324 batting average, followed by Lexi Brooks (Searcy, Ark. / .314). Schultz also leads or shares the team lead in at-bats (105), runs (18), hits (34), doubles (7), triples (2), RBIs (14), total bases (48), and slugging percentage (.457), and on-base percentage (.411). … Schultz's 3-for-4 and 2-for-3 performances against Concordia on May 1 marked the team-leading ninth and 10th times this season the senior has recorded a multiple-hit game. … 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. … Sullivan and Baird are two of four Cardinals to hit their first collegiate home runs this season, being joined by Schultz and Cassie Sutor (Chicago, Ill.). … Sutor (2-10, 5.96 ERA) has thrown 78.2 innings in 21 appearances and has struck out 46. … Dziondziakowski (1-3, 5.75 ERA, 24.1 IP) picked up her first collegiate pitching win with her five-inning, no-hitter against UW-Superior Friday. … 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. … Saint Mary's 9-0 win over UW-Superior — which ended on Baird's three-run home run in the bottom of the fifth — was the Cardinals' third walk-off win of the season. Both of the Cardinals' wins over Augsburg on April 24 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 five of its nine wins, but the Cardinals are just 4-22 when their opponent scores the game's first run. … Saint Mary's has been held to two runs or less in 18 of its 25 losses. … 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. |
| CARLETON KNIGHTS SCOUTING REPORT |
The Knights entered their games against Saint Mary's riding a four-game winning streak, having won five of their last six, to improve to 7-13 in conference play and 10-14 overall. … Carleton had its five-game winning streak snapped with its 11-10, nine-inning loss to Crown in the second game of their doubleheader on Saturday. … Carleton outscored Augsburg and Martin Luther by a combined 43-16. … After opening the season with eight straight losses, Carleton has gone 8-6 in its last 14 games heading into Sunday. … The Knights 27 runs scored in sweeping Martin Luther last Thursday — including a season-high 16 runs in their 16-5, Game 2 win — were the most in a doubleheader since Carleton scored 33 in sweeping Bethany Lutheran on Feb. 25, 2017. … Madison Collins heads into Sunday's season-finale against Saint Mary's hitting a team-leading .380, while Trina Eichel (.351), Maris Daleo (.342), and Brooke McKelvey (.321) are also Knight regulars hitting above .300. … Daleo — one of just two Knights to start all 22 games this season — leads the team in at-bats (76), hits (26), doubles (8), and total bases (34). … McKelvey and Emma Kartheiser own Carleton's two home runs, while Cassie Cunniff has collected two of CC's five triples. … Eichel and Laurie Avila share the team lead in RBIs with 15 and Eichel has also collected a team-best 10 walks. … Carleton has stolen 32 bases in 22 games this season, led by McKelvey with 11. … Carleton has relied on five pitchers this season, led by Faith Hanshaw (2-5, 7.36 ERA), who has tossed a team-leading 51.1 innings. Ally Norton (4-0, 2.01 ERA, 31.1 IP), Hala Soliman (2-2, 6.00 ERA, 23.1 IP), Emma Kartheiser (0-4, 6.46 ERA, 17.1 IP), and Eichel (1-2, 14.92 ERA, 12.2 IP) have also seen time in the pitcher's circle. … Hanshaw leads the staff in appearances (12), starts (8), complete games (4), and strikeouts (17). … The Knights have scored six or more runs in eight of their nine wins this season. On the flip side, Carleton is 1-13 when allowing six or more runs.
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