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2022: 0-0 MIAC * 7-4 Overall

ST. CATHERINE WILDCATS

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2022: 0-0 MIAC * 7-7 Overall

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SMU-SCU * A YEAR AGO:

April 18, 2021

L, 12-0 * L, 8-3 * Series History

SAINT MARY’S * LAST ACTION:

March 5, 2022 * Clermont, FL

Houghton * W, 7-3

ST. CATHERINE * LAST ACTION:

March 23, 2022 * Clermont, FL

Williams * L, 2-1

Kalamazoo * L, 10-9

SAINT MARY’S UP NEXT:

April 3, 2022 * Winona, MN

Concordia * 1:00

ST. CATHERINE UP NEXT:

April 3, 2022 * St. Paul, MN

Augsburg * 1:00

• FOR THE RECORD: Saint Mary’s enters its conference-opener against St. Catherine boasting a 7-4 overall record. 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.

• LAST ACTION: Saint Mary’s belted six doubles among its 12 hits and scored at least one run in five of the six innings it batted in rolling to a spring trip-ending 7-3 win over Houghton on March 5.

• QUITE THE START: Riley Hall (Dallas Center, Iowa) hit a team-leading .563 — going 18-for-32 with two doubles, two triples, 11 runs scored and 15 RBIs in her first 11 collegiate games during SMU’s 11-game spring trip. Hall, who had at least one hit in 10 of the 11 games, boasted a .632 on-base percentage and a .750 slugging percentage.

• AT THE PLATE: As a team, the Cardinals hit .360 during their 11-game spring trip. Saint Mary’s has six players who are hitting .400 or better this season, led by Hall (.563) and Lizzy Baird (Wells, Minn. / .524). Heather Nordlund (Byron, Minn. / .455), Mackenzie Carey (Prescott, Wis. / .421), Sophie Cave (Maplewood, Minn. / .406), and Erin Sullivan (Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. / .400) are the others.).

• EXTRA, EXTRA: The Cardinals have amassed 36 extra-base hits — 26 doubles, eight triples and a pair of home runs. Sullivan is the team-leader with five doubles, while Hall and Allison Ciero (Glen Ellyn, Ill.) share the team lead with two triples.

• GOING DEEP: Cave and Sarah Kraus (Onalaska, Wis.) belted their first home runs in a Cardinal uniform during the Saint Mary’s fastpitch softball team’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.

• MORE THAN ONE: The Cardinals already own 28 multiple-hit games this season, led by Hall with six and Ciero with five. Both Hall and Ciero recorded their first collegiate three-hit games during SMU’s 11-game spring trip. … Saint Mary’s also boasts 18 multiple-RBI games, led by Hall with five.

• SINGLE-GAME BESTS: Cassie Sutor (Chicago, Ill.) recorded a season- and career-high four hits in Saint Mary’s 12-3 win over Rosemont on March 3. Sutor’s showing is SMU’s lone four-hit game of the season. Mackenzie Carey (Prescott, Wis.), meanwhile, drove in a game- and career-high four runs in SMU’s season-opening win over Neumann on Feb. 26.

• CAN’T BE STOPPED: Hall is currently riding a team-best eight-game hitting streak, while Cave has hit safely in six consecutive games. … Hall has posted at least one hit in 10 of Saint Mary’s 11 games this season. … Lizzy Baird (Wells, Minn.) has reached base safely in each of SMU’s last nine contests.

• CAN’T CATCH ME: Saint Mary’s has already stolen 38 bases this season, led by Ciero with 10 steals on 11 attempts and Hall with seven stolen bases on nine 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 36 1/3 innings, followed by Spilde with 16 1.3 innings of work. Kraus boasts a 2.70 ERA and 3-3 record in eight appearances. She has tossed one complete game and teamed with Spilde for the team’s lone shutout. … Spilde is 2-0 with a 1.71 ERA in seven appearances, including three starts. … Kraus has struck out a team-high 26 batters. 

• WIN NO. 1: 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.

• LUCKY NO. 5: Kraus has struck out a season- and career-high five batters in four of her eight pitching appearances this season.

• THIS AND THAT: Saint Mary’s has outscored its opponents 81-52 and holds a scoring advantage in every inning but the second, where the Cardinals have been outscored 16-5. … SMU has been held to five runs or less in all four of its losses, while owning a 7-0 mark when scoring at least six runs. … Saint Mary’s has scored first just four times — going 4-0, while sporting a 3-4 mark when its opponent plates the game’s first run. … Saint Mary’s has scored four or more runs in an inning six times — including a season-high seven-run sixth inning in its 12-3 win over Rosemont on March 3.

• FOR THE RECORD: The Wildcats head into their conference- and home-opener against Saint Mary’s on Saturday sitting at 7-7 overall.

• LAST TIME OUT: SCU closed out its six-game spring trip to Clermont, Fla., with back-to-back one-run losses to Williams (2-1) and Kalamazoo (10-9). 

• STREAKING: After trading wins and losses through their first eight games, St. Catherine has won three in a row, and then lost three in a row in its last six. After opening the trip with three straight wins – beating University of Chicago (8-3), Wooster (8-0), and UW-Stevens Point (19-2) — the Wildcats dropped their final three games to UW-Eau Claire (10-1), Williams (2-1), and Houghton (10-9).

• AT THE PLATE: Angela Huepfel boasts a team-leading .434 batting average, going 23-for-53 through the Wildcats’ first 14 games. Taylor Brunn (.380), Alyssa Montero (.366), Kaitlin Boyles (.324), and Alex Ehde (.302) are also hitting above .300 this season.

• RUNNING WILD: The Wildcats, who have scored 87 runs through 14 games, boast three players — Brunn (14), Ehde (11), and Montero (10) — who have scored 10 or more times. … Brunn and Ehde have each scored a season-best four runs in a game this season — Brunn accomplishing the feat against Grinnell on Feb. 26 and Ehde against UW-Stevens Point on March 21.

• HIT PARADE: Huepfel leads the Wildcats with 23 hits, followed by Brunn with 19. Montero (15), Ehde (13), Boyles (11), and Julia Azure (10) have also collected 10 or more hits through 14 games. … Brunn has collected four hits in a game twice and owns five multiple-hit games, one shy of team-leader Huepfel’s six multiple-hit games.

• EXTRA, EXTRA: St. Catherine has recorded 30 extra-base hits this season, including 26 doubles and four triples. Huepfel and Boyles lead the Wildcats with six and five doubles, respectively, followed by Ehde with three and Lindsay Burr with two. Ehde, Azure, Shannon Leahy, and Erica Pronschinske own SCU’s four triples.

• DRIVING ‘EM IN: Huepfel has recorded a team-leading 20 RBIs, with Boyles (11) and Ehde (10) also sitting in double digits in RBIs this season. … Huepfel drove in a season-best five runs in the Wildcats’ 19-2 win over UW-Stevens Point on March 21 and leads the team with six multiple-hit games.

• STREAKING ALONG: Montero and Huepfel have each had lengthy hitting streaks this season — with Montero owning the team’s longest hit streak at 10, one more than Huepfel. However, the Wildcats do not have a player with an active hitting streak longer than two games. … Montero has reached base safely in 13 of the team’s 14 games.

• IN THE CIRCLE: Annabelle Shutte and Montero have been the workhorses in the pitcher’s circle for the Wildcats logging 75 of the team’s 90 innings pitched. Schutte (4-4, 4.30 ERA) has thrown a team-leading 44.0 innings, followed closely by Montero (3-2, 3.77 ERA) with 31.0 IP.

• FINISHING WHAT SHE STATED: Schutte has made a team-leading eight stars in the circle, and owns the team’s five complete games.

• FANNING THE FLAMES: Wildcat pitchers have struck out 65 batters, led by Montero with 31 strikeouts and Schutte’s 24 Ks. … Montero struck out a season-high 12 batters in beating Grinnell 13-2 on Feb. 26.

• SCORING IN BUNCHES: St. Catherine has scored seven or more runs in all seven of its wins this season — including plating 13 runs in beating Grinnell 13-2 on Feb. 26 and scoring a season-high 19 runs in routing UW-Stevens Point 19-2 on March 21. On the flip side, SCU has allowed a season-high 10 runs on three occasions — all losses. The Wildcats fell to Buena Vista 10-2 on Feb. 19; to UW-Eau Claire 10-1 on March 21; and to Kalamazoo 10-9 on March 23.