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2022: 4-5 MIAC * 11-9 Overall

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2022: 3-5 MIAC * 9-15 Overall

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SMU-MAC * A YEAR AGO:

April 11, 2021 * Winona, MN

L, 7-2; L, 2-0 * Series History

SAINT MARY’S * LAST ACTION:

April 11, 2022 * St. Paul, MN

Hamline * W, 6-2; 3-3 (10), Suspended

MACALESTER * LAST ACTION:

April 13, 2022 * St. Peter, MN

Gustavus * L, 6-2; L, 10-7

SAINT MARY’S UP NEXT:

April 19, 2022 * Winona, MN

Bethel * 3:30

MACALESTER UP NEXT: 

April 19, 2022 * St. Joseph, MN

Saint Benedict * 3:30

• FOR THE RECORD: Saint Mary’s heads into its nonconference doubleheader at Macalester sitting at 11-9 overall, while boasting a 4-5 mark through the first nine games of the conference season.

• LAST ACTION: Allison Ciero (Glen Ellyn, Ill.) had three hits to pace a 12-hit SMU attack, as the Cardinals put together a pair of three-run innings in beating Hamline 6-2 in Game 1 of the teams’ MIAC doubleheader Monday in St. Paul, Minn. Game 2 was deadlocked at 3-3 heading to the 10th inning when the game was suspended due to darkness.

• STREAKING: After going 2-4 in their first six spring-trip games, the Cardinals rattled off five straight wins to close out their 11-game stay in Clermont, Fla. Saint Mary’s extended that winning streak to six games with their 10-7 win over St. Catherine in Game 1 on April 2, before having their run halted with a 9-1 Game 2 loss. … The Cardinals’ 6-2, Game 1 win over Hamline on Monday snapped their current four-game losing streak.

• AT THE PLATE: As a team, the Cardinals are hitting .325 through 19 games, and have six regulars who are hitting .300 or better this season — led by Riley Hall (Dallas Station, Iowa / .517) and Heather Nordlund (Byron, Minn. / .421). Sophie Cave (Maplewood, Minn. / .381), Ciero (.362), Cassie Sutor (Chicago, Ill. / .311), and Erin Sullivan (Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. / .300) are the others.

• RUNNING WILD: The Cardinals have scored 120 runs in 19 games, led by Ciero, who has scored 20 times. Hall is second with 17 runs scored, two more than Cave. … Hall and Ciero have both scored three times in a game this season — Hall against St. Catherine last Saturday and Ciero vs. Concordia the following afternoon.

• HIT PARADE: Saint Mary’s boasts eight players who have collected 10 or more hits through 20 games, led by Hall with 31, Ciero (25), and Cave (24). … Saint Mary’s has amassed 44 multiple-hit games, led by Hall with 11, and Ciero and Cave with seven each. … Madison Kindler (Sussex, Wis.) recorded her first collegiate two-hit game in Game 2 against St. Olaf last Sunday. … Sutor owns the team’s top single-game performance, collecting a career-high four hits against Rosemount on March 5. … Both Hall and Ciero — who lead the team with three, three-hit games this season — recorded their first collegiate three-hit games during SMU’s 11-game spring trip.

• FOUR’S THE MAGIC NUMBER: Saint Mary’s scored three runs on four hits in both the third and fifth innings in Monday’s 6-2 win over Hamline. In the suspended second game, the Cardinals plated two first-inning runs on … four hits.

• EXTRA, EXTRA: The Cardinals have amassed 57 extra-base hits — 45 doubles, nine triples and four home runs. Cave is the team-leader with nine doubles, four more than Hall, Sullivan, and Kraus, while Ciero and Hall lead the team in triples with three and two, respectively.

• GOING DEEP: Cave, Sullivan, Sarah Kraus (Onalaska, Wis.), and Ally Wagner (Altoona, Wis.) have belted Saint Mary’s four home runs this season. Wagner hit her first collegiate HR in the second game of last Saturday’s doubleheader against St. Catherine, while Cave and Kraus launched their first home runs in a Cardinal uniform during SMU’s 11-game spring trip. Kraus cracked a two-run shot against Rosemont on March 3, and Cave launched a three-run bomb against Finlandia on March 4.

• DRIVING ‘EM IN: Hall has delivered a team-best 20 RBIs, followed by Ciero with 15, Cave with 13, and Sullivan with 10. … Saint Mary’s has posted 24 multiple-RBI performances this season, led by Hall with five and Ciero with four. … Carey drove in a game- and career-high four runs in SMU’s season-opening win over Neumann on Feb. 26.

• TOUGH TO STOP: Hall had her season- and career-high nine-game hitting streak snapped in SMU’s 9-1 Game 2 loss to St. Catherine on April 2. Hall has posted at least one hit in 17 of the 20 games she’s played this season.

• CAN’T CATCH ME: Saint Mary’s has already stolen 49 bases this season, led by Ciero with 13 steals on 14 attempts and Hall with 10 stolen bases on 12 tries. … SMU — which swiped just 26 bases in 36 games a year ago — has gotten at least one stolen base from 13 different players. 

• IN THE CIRCLE: Kraus and Amelia Spilde (Brooklyn, Wis.) have been the workhorses in the pitcher’s circle, with Kraus logging a team-high 70 2/3 innings, followed by Spilde with 34.0 innings of work. Kraus boasts a 2.77 ERA and 6-5 record in 14 appearances. She has tossed five complete games — including a career-high nine innings in last Saturday’s 3-2 loss to Carleton — and teamed with Spilde for the team’s lone shutout. … Spilde is 3-2 with a 3.91 ERA in 11 appearances, including five starts.

• PITCHING FIRSTS: Spilde, Kraus, and Hall all picked up their first collegiate pitching wins during SMU’s spring trip. Spilde tossed three innings of two-hit, shutout ball in SMU’s 14-0 win over Neumann on Feb. 26, while Kraus allowed four runs (two earned) on seven hits in a complete-game 10-4 win over Cabrini the following day. Hall allowed two runs on three hits in 3 2/3 innings of relief against Finlandia on March 4. … Ally Wagner (Altoona, Wis.) collected her first collegiate save in SMU’s 10-7, Game 1 win over St. Catherine last Saturday, tossing a scoreless seventh. Kraus, meanwhile, struck out three of the five batters she faced in collecting her first collegiate save in last Sunday’s 9-5 Game 2 win over Concordia.

• FANNING THE FLAMES: Cardinal pitchers have combined to strike out 91 batters through 20 games, led by Kraus with 51 and Spilde with 19. … Kraus struck out a single-game career-high nine batters in SMU’s 6-2 win over Concordia in Game 1 on April 3. 

• THIS AND THAT: Saint Mary’s has outscored its opponents 120-105 and holds a scoring advantage in every inning but the second, where the Cardinals have been outscored 23-10. … SMU has been held to five runs or less in all nine of its losses, while owning an 11-0 mark when scoring at least six runs. … Saint Mary’s has scored first eight times — going 7-1 — while sporting a 4-8 mark when its opponent plates the game’s first run. … Saint Mary’s has scored four or more runs in an inning nine times — including a season-high seven-run sixth inning in its 12-3 win over Rosemont on March 3.

• FOR THE RECORD: The Scots head into their doubleheader against Saint Mary’s sitting at 9-15 overall, including a 3-5 effort through the first eight games of the conference season.

• LAST TIME OUT: Macalester racked up 20 hits in its conference doubleheader against Gustavus Wednesday, but it was not nearly enough, as the Gusties dealt the Scots a pair of setbacks, winning 6-2 in the opener and 10-7 in the nightcap in St. Paul, Minn.

• HOME NOT SO SWEET: The Scots have played four home games this season, but have yet to record a victory on their home field. Macalester dropped 9-0, 18-2 decisions to Bethel in their home-opener on April 2, before dropping 6-2 and 10-7 decisions to Gustavus Wednesday.

• STREAKING: The Scots have had plenty of streaks through their first 24 games, owning winning streaks of two and three games, while battling through losing streaks of two (three times) and seven games.

• AT THE PLATE: Regan Brodine heads into Macalester’s showdown with Saint Mary’s leading the team with a .342 batting average. Brodine — who has gone 28-for-76 through 24 games — is one of four Scots who are hitting above .300, being joined by Mackenzie Clarke (.338), Sophie Futchko (.327), and Renee Nicholson (.324). … As a team, the Scots are hitting .270 (172-for-638).

• RUNNING WILD: Macalester has scored 103 runs through 24 games, led by Nicholson with 16 runs scored. Clarke is second with 12, followed by Brodine and Futchko with 11 each. … Futchko and Nicholson have both scored a single-game season-high three runs.

• HIT PARADE: Clarke and Brodine share the team lead in hits with 26, while Nicholson (22) and Futchko (21) have also collected 20 or more hits this season. … Brodine owns a team-high eight multiple-hit games, one more than Nicholson and two in front of Clarke. … Futchko and Clarke share the team’s single-game season-high with four hits in a game.

• EXTRA, EXTRA: The Scots have amassed 43 extra-base hits this season, including 33 doubles, six triples and four home runs. … Futchko leads the Scots with seven doubles, three more than Clarke, Mandy Morrical, Jessica Katzin, Lauren, and Smith, who are all sitting second with four. … Katzin and Emily Pedersen have each delivered two triples, with Clarke and Brodine accounting for the other two.

• GOING DEEP: Pedersen has hit two of Macalester’s four home runs, with Katzin and Smith belting the other two.
• DRIVING ‘EM IN: Macalester boasts five players who have driven in 10 or more runs through 24 games, led by Clarke with 19. Katzin and Brodine both own 12 RBIs, followed by Morrical with 11 and Pedersen with 10. … Morrical and Brodine share the team lead with three multiple-RBI games. … Pedersen delivered a season-high five RBIs in Macalester’s win over Northland on Feb. 19.

• STREAKING ALONG: Futchko heads into the Scots’ DH against Saint Mary’s sporting a six-game hitting streak, while Nicholson and Clarke are both riding four-game hit streaks. … Futchko has reached base safely in each of Macalester’s last 12 games. 

• IN THE CIRCLE: Kaitlyn Pistorius has been the workhorse in the pitcher’s circle, throwing a team-leading 101 1/3 innings, while Elsa Church and Joia Simonson have chipped in 29.0 IP and 26.0 IP, respectively. … Pistorius (6-9, 4.90 ERA) leads the team in appearances (21) and starts (18). Church (2-3, 6.76 ERA) has made 14 appearances with one start, and Simonson (1-3, 4.04 ERA) has appeared in eight games with five starts. … Pistorius owns five of the staff’s seven complete games, with Simonson recording the other two.

• FANNING THE FLAMES: Macalester pitchers have struck out 71 batters through 24 games, led by Pistorius with 54. Simonson owns 10 strikeouts, and Church has fanned seven batters.

• SCORING IN BUNCHES: Macalester has scored 10 or more runs in four of its nine wins — including a season-high 12 runs twice. The Scots scored 12 runs in beating Knox College 12-8 on March 18 and posted its second 12-8 victory, this time against St. Catherine on April 10. … On the flip side, the Scots have allowed 10 or more runs just three times — including surrendering 18 in falling to Bethel 18-2 on April 2. … Macalester has been held to four runs or less in 12 of its 15 losses.