• 0: The Saint Mary’s men’s hockey team was not whistled for a penalty in last Tuesday’s 3-1 win over Lawrence. There were just two penalties called in the nonconference contest, both against the Vikings.
• 1: Breyton Buysman (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) put together his best offensive performance as a Cardinal in the SMU men’s basketball team’s 77-76 loss to Macalester last Tuesday, scoring a career-high 20 points.
•2: Thomas Magnavite (Chicago, Ill.) equaled his career high with two points in the SMU men’s hockey teams’ 3-1 win over Lawrence last Tuesday, scoring once and assisting on another.
• 3: The Saint Mary’s University volleyball team had three players — seniors Mandy Schmidt (Mitchell, S.D.), Larkin Clem (Elk River, Minn.), and Elise Amerongen (Lake Elmo, Minn.) — who earned College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-District® honors, it was announced last Tuesday.
• 3, 1: The Saint Mary’s men’s basketball team’s one-point, 77-76 loss to Macalester last Tuesday marked the second straight conference game decided by three points of less. The Cardinals dropped a three-point, 74-71 decision to Gustavus in their conference-opener on Nov. 19.
• 3 x 1: Thomas Magnavite (Chicago, Ill.), Gabe Potyk (Lake Orion, Mich.), and Nikita Sheberov (Obninsk, Russia) all scored their first goals of the season in the Cardinal men’s hockey team’s 3-1 nonconference win over Lawrence last Tuesday.
• 6: Kellen Tharaldson (Wausau, Wis.) picked up his team-leading sixth assist in the SMU men’s hockey team’s 3-1 win over Lawrence last Tuesday at the Saint Mary’s Ice Arena.
• 11 + 10 = 1: Katelyn Cruze (Litchfield, Minn.) posted career-highs in points (11) and rebounds (10) en route to her first collegiate double-double in the Cardinal women’s hockey team’s 72-56 loss to Macalester last Tuesday. It was the Cardinals’ first double-double of the season.
• 13: Matt Sankner (Pennington, N.J.) stopped 13 third-period shots en route to a 21-save effort in the Saint Mary’s men’s hockey team’s 3-1 nonconference win over Lawrence last Tuesday.
• 20: Izzy Goettelman (Winona, Minn.) scored a team-high 20 points in the SMU women’s basketball team’s 72-56 loss to Macalester last Tuesday. It was the second straight game in which the sophomore has led the team in scoring, and was just two points shy of her career high.
• 20 x 2: The Cardinal men’s basketball team had two players score 20 or more points in last Tuesday’s 77-76 loss to Macalester. Raheem Anthony (Chicago, Ill.) scored a team-high 22 points, while Breyton Buysman (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) chipped in 20.
• 45: The SMU men’s basketball team scored a season-high 45 points in the second half in last Tuesday’s 77-76 loss to Macalester. The Cardinals have now scored 40 or more points in the second half in three of their first four games.
