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2022-23: 1-5-0 MIAC, 4-9-0 Overall

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2022-23: 3-3-0 MIAC, 7-5-1 Overall

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SMU-STO * LAST MEETING:

Dec. 4-5, 2021

W, 2-1; W, 2-1 (ot) * Series History

SAINT MARY’S * LAST ACTION:

Jan. 7, 2023 * Winona, MN

UW-Stevens Point * W, 2-1 (ot)

ST. OLAF * LAST ACTION:

Dec. 9-10, 2022

Northfield, MN / Superior, WI

UW-Superior * W, 3-1; W, 7-1

SAINT MARY’S * UP NEXT:

Jan. 14, 2023

St. Olaf * 2 p.m.

St. Olaf Ice Arena * Northfield, MN

ST. OLAF * UP NEXT: 

Jan. 14, 2023

Saint Mary’s * 2 p.m.

St. Olaf Ice Arena * Northfield, MN

SAINT MARY’S CARDINALS SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR RECORD: The Cardinals head into their conference matchup against St. Olaf on Friday sitting at 4-9-0 overall, including a 1-5-0 mark in conference play.

• LAST TIME OUT: Sidney Polzin (Chippewa Falls, Wis.) scored 33 seconds into overtime, lifting the Cardinals to a 2-1 nonconference win over UW-Stevens Point last Saturday at the Saint Mary’s Ice Arena.

• BACK HOME AGAIN: Friday’s game against St. Olaf is the second straight home game for the Cardinals, who have played just six of their first 14 games on their home sheet this season. SMU’s win over the Pointers last Saturday was its first home win, improving the Cardinals to 1-4-0 at the SMU Ice Arena, while sporting a 3-5-0 mark on the road.

• ON A ROLL: With their overtime victory over UW-Stevens Point, the Cardinals pushed their winning streak to three. SMU swept Lawrence 3-0 and 8-0 on Dec. 9-10 prior to last Saturday’s victory over the Pointers.

• LIGHTING THE LAMP: Taryn Dornself (Somerset, Wis.) heads into the weekend leading the team in goals with four, one more than Kas Kingston (Black Diamond, Alberta) and Anna Braun (Mantorville, Minn.), and two up on Allie Urlaub (Burnsville, Minn.), Leah Parker (Hudson, Wis.), and Jenna Kurkowski (North Branch, Minn.). … SMU’s 26 goals have come from 15 different players. … 

• FIRST AS A CARDINAL: Saint Mary’s has had four players score their first collegiate goals this season. Teagan Phillips (Oregon, Wis.) and Taverie Sherner (Maple Grove, Minn.) netted goal No. 1 as a Cardinal against Augsburg on Nov. 18, while Dornself’s first-period goal against Lake Forest on Oct. 29 was her first as a Cardinal, and Parker netted career goal No. 1 against Hamline on Nov. 12. … Saint Mary’s had 10 players net their first collegiate goals a year ago.

• SPREADING THE WEALTH: SMU’s eight goals in its 8-0 win over Lawrence on Dec. 10 were scored by eight different players — Dornself, Parker, Braun, Kingston, Kurkowski, Katie Devine (Glencoe, Ill.), Elle Hegdahl (Brookings, S.D.), and Anne Carmean (Spring Lake Park, Minn.).

• SPREADING THE WEALTH II: Saint Mary’s 10 points in its 4-2 win over Augsburg on Nov. 18 came from 10 different players: Phillips, Sherner, Urlaub, and Polzin scored goals, while Kennedy Kraus (Kasson, Minn.), Ella Ausman (Chippewa Falls, Minn.), Hegdahl, Dornself, Katie Pierpont (Holt, Mich.), and Parker all had assists.

• LENDING A HAND: Polzin enters Friday’s matchup against St. Olaf leading the Cardinals with four assists, while Carmean, Pierpont, Urlaub, and Kraus all have three. Dornself, Kingston, Parker, Devine, Hegdahl, Ausman, and Jordy Wyant (Winnipeg, Manitoba) have all collected a pair of helpers.

• POINT PRODUCERS: Dornself and Polzin sit atop the team’s points race with six, one more than Kingston and Urlaub, and two up on Parker, Carmean, Kraus, and Pierpont.

• DOUBLING UP: SMU had four players post multiple-point games against Lawrence on Dec. 10. Devine, Kurkowski, and Kingston all had a goal and an assist, while Polzin had two assists.

• BETWEEN THE PIPES: Jordan Keeley (St. James, Minn.) and Celeste Rimstad (Richfield, Minn.) have shared the goaltending duties for the Cardinals this season. Keeley has stopped 275 of the 297 shots she’s faced in nine starts and owns a 2.78 goals-against-average and .926 save percentage, while Rimstad has recorded 108 saves in her first five appearances as a Cardinal and sports a 2.12 GAA and .914 save %. … Keeley has stopped 30 or more shots in six of her nine starts this season. … Rimstad’s 40-save showing vs. Hamline Nov. 12 was a career-high.

• THROWING UP BLANKS: Keeley and Rimstad both collected shutouts against Lawrence on Dec. 9-10. Keeley kicked out all 15 shots she faced on Dec. 9 for her first shutout of the season, and fourth of her collegiate career, while Rimstad stopped all 13 shots in the rematch the following afternoon for career shutout No. 1.

• BACK-TO-BACK GOOSE EGGS: The Cardinals 3-0 and 8-0 wins over Lawrence on Dec. 9-10 mark the first time since the 2003-04 season in which SMU has posted back-to-back shutouts. SMU did it three times during the 2003-04 season — beating Concordia (3-0) and St. Catherine (5-0); Bethel (3-0 and 5-0); and Hamline 8-0 and 5-0).

• CAREER NIGHTS: Keeley stopped a career-high 49 shots in SMU’s 3-2 loss to Augsburg on Nov. 19. The 49 saves were four more than her previous career-best and the most by a Cardinal goalie since Ary Ziakas stopped 55 against Gustavus on Jan. 28, 2022. 

• TOTAL DOMINATION: Saint Mary’s finished with 121 shots on goal against Lawrence on Dec. 9-10, while holding the Vikings to a combined 28. SMU outshot Lawrence 28-1 in the first period on Dec. 9 and boasted a 26-5 edge in shots in the second period on Dec. 10.

• MAKING THEIR MARK: The Cardinals’ 59 shots on goal against Lawrence on Dec. 9 rank No. 6 all-time, while their 62 shots the following afternoon are tied for No. 3 all-time.  The program-record for shots on goal in a game is 80 against St. Olaf on Nov. 11, 2000.

• TOUGH STRETCH: The Cardinals’ matchup against No. 1-ranked Gustavus last weekend marked the ninth and 10th straight games against teams appearing the USCHO.com Poll. Lake Forest, Hamline, and Augsburg have all received votes in the USCHO.com Top 15, while SMU has also faced then-No. 5 UW-Eau Claire (now ranked No. 9) and then-No. 7 UW-River Falls (currently ranked No. 2).

• WORKING OVERTIME: SMU’s 2-1 win over UW-Stevens Point last Saturday was its second overtime game of the season. The Cardinals dropped a 3-2 OT decision to Lake Forest on Oct. 29. … Saint Mary’s played four overtime games a year ago, finishing 1-1-2 in those four contests.

• FIRST-GOAL ADVANTAGE: The team that has scored first has won 32 of the Cardinals’ last 36 games. Two of those four exceptions came on Oct. 28-29, when Saint Mary’s scored first in back-to-back losses Lake Forest

• BY THE NUMBERS: SMU has scored six goals in the first period, while netting 10 goals in the second and nine in the third. On the flip side, the Cardinals’ opponents have scored 10 times in the first period, 13 times in the second, 11 times in the third. … SMU’s four third-period goals against Lawrence on Dec. 10 were a single-period season-high. … Saint Mary’s is 4-for-49 on the power-play, while killing off 40 of its opponents’ 49 PP opportunities. … The Cardinals recorded season-highs in goals (8), assists (8), points (16), and shots on goal (62) against Lawrence on Dec. 10.

ST. OLAF OLES SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: The Oles, who have been off since Dec. 10, head into this weekend’s conference series against Saint Mary’s boasting a 7-5-0 overall record, including a 3-3-0 showing through the first six games of the conference slate.

• LAST TIME OUT: St. Olaf outscored UW-Superior 10-2 in sweeping the teams’ nonconference series on Dec. 9-10, posting a 3-1 victory in Northfield, Minn., on Dec. 9, before adding a 7-1 win in the rematch in Superior, Wis., the following afternoon.

• BACK ON TRACK: The Oles’ 3-1 win over UW-Superior on Dec. 9 snapped their season-high four-game losing streak. After being outscored 21-3 during its four-game slide — including back-to-back shutout losses to Augsburg on Dec. 2-3 — St. Olaf erupted for 10 goals in sweeping the Yellowjackets on Dec. 9-10.

• HOME SWEET HOME: St. Olaf has played seven home games this season, compiling a 3-3-1 record, while sitting at 4-2-0 in its six games away from the St. Olaf Ice Arena.

• STINGY DEFENSE: The Oles have held their opponents to one goal or less in six of their seven wins — the lone exception, a 4-3 win over Bethel on Nov. 12. St. Olaf’s other six wins have come against UW-Stevens Point (2-1), Northland (5-1), Bethel (4-0), Hamline (2-0), and UW-Superior (3-1, 7-1). … On the flip side, St. Olaf has been held to one goal or less in four of its five losses 

• LIGHTING THE LAMP: Molly Terebayza and Solvei Berg-Messerole have accounted for nearly half of the Oles’ goals this season, with Terebayza scoring a team-leading eight goals, one more than Berg-Messerole. Sophie McBane and Iona Welsch have each scored three times, followed by Grace Lankas, Lauren Spear, and Zephryn Jager with two. … Terebayza scored a season-high three goals in St. Olaf’s 7-1 win over UW-Superior on Dec. 10.

• LENDING A HELPING HAND: Lankas has amassed a team-leading nine assists, one more than Berg-Messerole, and four in front of Lexie Ligday. … St. Olaf has gotten at least one helper from 16 different players. … Berg-Messerole collected a season-high four assists against UW-Superior on Dec. 10.

• POINT PRODUCTION: The Oles boast three players who have collected at least 10 points through 13 games — Berg-Messerole leads the way with 15 points, followed by Terebayza with 12 and Lankas with 11. … Berg-Messerole had a hand in six of St. Olaf’s seven goals against UW-Superior on Dec. 10, scoring twice and assisting on four others.

• BETWEEN THE PIPES: The Oles have used three different goalies this season, led by Hannah Fritz, who has compiled a 3.33 goals-against-average and .863 save percentage in nine appearances (450:21 minutes). Devon Cole owns a 1.15 GAA and .943 save % in five games played (208:54) and Carley Tuman boasts a 1.57 GAA and .930 save % in three games (114:21). … Fritz has made a team-high 158 saves, followed by Cole with 66 and Tuman with 40. … Fritz has made a single-game, season-high 24 saves on three separate occasions this season.

• BY THE NUMBERS: St. Olaf has been outscored 34-33 through 13 games — but have only been outscored in one period. STO holds a 10-9 edge in first-period goals and an 11-7 advantage in the third, while being outscoring 18-12 in the middle period. … Sixteen of St. Olaf’s 33 goals have been scored on the powerplay. STO is 16-for-53 (30.2 %) with the man advantage, while the Oles’ opponents have scored five power-play goals on 33 chances (15.2 %). … The Oles posted season-highs in goals (7), assists (13), and points (20) in their 7-1 win over UW-Superior on Dec. 10, while posting a season-best 52 shots on goal against Northland on Nov. 4.