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2022: 1-1 MIAC * 8-5 Overall

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2022: 0-0 MIAC * 6-8 Overall

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SMU-CC * A YEAR AGO:

May 1, 2021 * Moorhead, MN

L, 7-5 * L, 10-6 * Series History

SAINT MARY’S * LAST ACTION:

April 2, 2022 * St. Paul, MN

St. Kate’s * W, 10-7; L, 9-1

CONCORDIA * LAST ACTION:

March 24, 2022 * Moorhead, MN

UW-Superior * L, 4-1; L, 3-2

SAINT MARY’S UP NEXT:

April 6, 2022 * St. Paul, MN

Hamline * 3:30

CONCORDIA UP NEXT: 

April 7, 2022 * Moorhead, MN

St. Scholastica * 4:00

• FOR THE RECORD: Saint Mary’s enters its conference home-opener against Concordia boasting a 7-4 overall record, while sitting at 1-1 in conference play after splitting their MIAC doubleheader against St. Catherine on Saturday.

• LAST ACTION: Sophie Cave (Maplewood, Minn.) picked up two hits in both games, but could only help the Cardinals to one run, as Saint Mary’s opened MIAC play with a 10-7 Game 1 win over St. Catherine on Saturday, before dropping the nightcap 9-1 in six innings.

• 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 Saturday, before have their run halted with a 9-1 Game 2 loss.

• AT THE PLATE: As a team, the Cardinals are hitting .346 through 13 games, and has eight players who are hitting .300 or better this season, led by Riley Hall (Dallas Station, Iowa / .526) and Lizzy Baird (Wells, Minn. / .524). Heather Nordlund (Byron, Minn. / .455), Cave (.436), Allison Ciero (Glen Ellyn, Ill. / .362), Mackenzie Carey (Prescott, Wis. / .360), Erin Sullivan (Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. / .355), and Cassie Sutor (Chicago, Ill. / .333) are the others.

• EXTRA, EXTRA: The Cardinals have amassed 43 extra-base hits — 31 doubles, nine triples and three home runs. Cave is the team-leader with seven doubles, two more than Sullivan, while Ciero and Hall lead the team in triples with three and two, respectively.

• GOING DEEP: Cave, Sarah Kraus (Onalaska, Wis.), and Ally Wagner (Altoona, Wis.) have belted Saint Mary’s three home runs this season. Wagner hit her first collegiate HR in the second game of 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.

• MORE THAN ONE: The Cardinals already own 31 multiple-hit games this season, led by Hall with seven, and Ciero and Cave 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 21 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 had her season- and career-high nine-game hitting streak snapped in SMU’s 9-1 Game 2 loss to St. Catherine Saturday. … Hall has posted at least one hit in 11 of Saint Mary’s 13 games this season.

• CAN’T CATCH ME: Saint Mary’s has already stolen 39 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 41.0 innings, followed by Spilde with 17 2/3 innings of work. Kraus boasts a 2.90 ERA and 4-3 record in nine appearances. She has tossed two complete games and teamed with Spilde for the team’s lone shutout. … Spilde is 2-0 with a 2.38 ERA in eight 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 92-68 and holds a scoring advantage in every inning but the second and third, where the Cardinals have been outscored 16-5 and 13-12. … SMU has been held to five runs or less in all five of its losses, while owning an 8-0 mark when scoring at least six runs. … Saint Mary’s has scored first just five times — going 5-0 — while sporting a 3-5 mark when its opponent plates the game’s first run. … Saint Mary’s has scored four or more runs in an inning seven times — including a season-high seven-run sixth inning in its 12-3 win over Rosemont on March 3.

• FOR THE RECORD: The Cobbers come into their matchup against Saint Mary’s sitting at 6-8 overall.

• LAST TIME OUT: Concordia, which had its conference-opening doubleheader against Carleton postponed on Saturday due to rain and poor field conditions, has not played since March 24, when the Cobbers dropped a pair of games to UW-Superior, falling 4-1 and 3-2.

• STREAKING: The Cobbers head into their conference-opening doubleheader against Saint Mary’s mired in a season-high three-game losing streak. On the flip side, Concordia owns one two-game winning streak this season — beating Regis (6-0) and North Central (8-1) on March 1.

• AT THE PLATE: Kate Wensloff has been the team’s offensive leader this season, hitting a team-best .429 — going 15-for-35. Wensloff is one of four Cobbers who are hitting above .300, being joined by Ellie Tofteland (.382), Emma Redlin (.333), and Gabby Brown (.308).

• RUNNING WILD: The Cobbers have scored 55 runs this season, led by Kenzie Leither with nine, three more than Danielle Lyon, and four in front of Tofteland and Rosie Unglaub.

• HIT PARADE: Wensloff has amassed a team-high 15 hits this season and is one of six Cobbers who have delivered 10 or more hits this season. Tofteland (13), Redlin (10), Lyon (10), Leither, and Landry Maragos (10) are the others. … CC has recorded 25 multiple-hit games, led by Wensloff with four.

• EXTRA, EXTRA: Concordia has recorded 25 extra-base this this season, including 22 doubles, two triples and one home run. … Leither leads the Cobbers with four doubles, one more than Wensloff and Lyon. … Lyon owns CC’s lone triple, and Tofteland has hit Concordia’s lone home run.

• DRIVING ‘EM IN: Tofteland has driven in a team-best seven runs, one more than Lyon, with Wensloff and Molly Wilde sitting with five RBIs each. … Tofteland, Lyon, and Wilde all share the team lead with two multiple-RBI games each. 

• STREAKING ALONG: Wensloff has hit safely in a team-best five straight games, while Leither is riding a four-game hitting streak. … Tofteland has reached base safely in each of the Cobbers’ last eight games.

• IN THE CIRCLE: Concordia has used four different pitchers this season, with three of them logging more than 10 innings. Megan Gavin (5-2, 1.92 ERA) has thrown a team-leading 51.0 innings, followed by Vanessa Ramos (0-4, 6.36 ERA) with 25 1/3 IP and Karissa Finnigan (1-2, 4.88 ERA) in 18 2/3 innings.

• FINISHING WHAT SHE STARTED: Gavin has thrown six complete games among her seven starts and owns the team’s two shutout victories. Ramos has tossed one complete game in four starts.

• FANNING THE FLAMES: The Cobbers’ pitching staff has amassed 99 strikeouts, led by Gavin with 75. Finnigan has struck out 13 batters and Ramos owns nine Ks.

• SCORING IN BUNCHES: Concordia has scored six or more runs in four of its six wins. On the flip side, the Cobbers have allowed 10 or more runs in a game three times.

• BY THE NUMBERS: The Cobbers are 5-1 when scoring the game’s first run, while going 1-7 when their opponent scores first. … CC is unbeaten (6-0) when leading after four innings, but are 0-6 when trailing heading into the fifth.