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2023: 0-0 MIAC, 4-8 Overall

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2023: 0-0 MIAC, 2-11 Overall

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SMU-CSS * LAST MEETING:

April 3, 2022 * St. Paul, MN

W, 6-3; W, 8-7 * Series History

SAINT MARY’S * LAST ACTION:

March 28, 2023 * Winona, MN

UW-La Crosse * L, 9-4

ST. SCHOLASTICA * LAST ACTION:

March 18, 2023 * Auburndale, FL

Ohio Northern * L, 5-4

SAINT MARY’S * UP NEXT:

April 4, 2023 * Collegeville, MN

Saint John’s * 2:30 p.m.

ST. SCHOLASTICA * UP NEXT: 

April 4, 2023 * St. Paul, MN

Macalester * 2:30 p.m.

SAINT MARY’S CARDINALS SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: The Cardinals head into their conference-opening matchup against St. Scholastica sitting at 4-8 overall through the first 12 games of the 2023 season.

• LAST ACTION: The Cardinals rallied from a 3-0 deficit to grab a 4-3 lead after five innings, only to surrender six unanswered runs, as UW-La Crosse dealt Saint Mary’s a 9-4 nonconference lead in SMU’s home-opener Tuesday at Max Molock Field.

• LEADING THE CHARGE: Saint Mary’s boasts four regulars who are hitting better than .300 this season, led by Mason Coyle (Madison, Wis.), who has gone 11-for-29 for a team-leading .379 batting average. Cameron Weber (Holmen, Wis.) is second at .356, followed by Riley Bauman (Stratford, Wis. / .348) and Patrick Schork (Janesville, Wis. / .316). … As a team, the Cardinals a batting .259 (96-for-371) through 12 games.

• ON THE RUN: The Cardinals, who scored 181 runs in 37 games last season, have plated 53 runs in 12 games thus far this season. Riley Bauman and Trevon VanEgtern (La Crosse, Wis.) share the team lead the team with eight runs scored, followed by Tanner Bauman (Willmar, Minn.) with six. and Coyle and Daniel Marxen (Maple Grove, Minn.) with five each. … Coyle and Brandon Merfeld (La Crosse, Wis.) each scored a career-high four runs in a game a year ago — Merfeld’s coming against Rose-Hulman on March 3, 2022, while Coyle achieved the feat against Carleton on May 8, 2022.

• HIT PARADE: Weber and Riley Bauman share the team lead in hits with 16, while Coyle, Merfeld, and VanEgtern have also reached double figures with 11, 10, and 10 hits, respectively. … Weber and Riley Bauman have each collected multiple-hit games in six of the team’s 11 contests, while Coyle owns the team’s only two three-hit affairs.

• MAKING AN IMPRESSION: Daniel Sherman (Richfield, Minn.) made the most of his first collegiate at-bat, delivering a pinch-hit double in the Cardinals 3-1 win over Northwestern on March 22. … Sherman is the second Cardinal to collect his first collegiate hit this season, being joined by Schork, who belted his first hit in an SMU uniform against MSOE on Feb. 27.

• EXTRA, EXTRA: Saint Mary’s has collected 96 hits in its first 12 games, including 21 for extra bases. Schork and Tanner Bauman share the team lead in doubles with three, one more than Daniel Marxen (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Will Boeckman (Big Lake, Minn.). … Coyle owns the team’s lone triple, hitting a three-bagger against Russell Sage on March 4.

• BOMBS AWAY: After belting 15 home runs a year ago — led by VanEgtern and Marxen with four HRs each — SMU has hit four round-trippers this season. Riley Bauman leads the team with two home runs, with VanEgtern and Marxen launching the other two. … Bauman’s first home run of the season against Franklin on Feb. 26 was the first of his collegiate career. … All seven SMU home run hitters a year ago belted their first career HRs in 2022.

• DRIVING ‘EM IN: Tanner Bauman has delivered a team-leading eight RBIs, two more than Coyle and Riley Bauman, with Marxen and Weber both owning five RBIs. … Tanner Bauman has recorded three multiple-RBI games this season, one more than both Marxen and Coyle. … SMU has yet to have a player drive in more than two runs in a game this season. … Jack Arndt (Coon Rapids, Minn.) delivered a career-high five RBIs in Saint Mary’s 9-7 win over Grove City on Feb. 28, 2022.

• STREAKING ALONG: Riley Bauman owns the team’s longest hitting streak at eight games, but Tanner Bauman and Weber sport the team’s longest active hit streak at five games. …  Merfeld has reached base safely in 11 consecutive games, while Riley Bauman has reached in each of the team’s last 10 contests.

• OUCH: The Cardinals have been hit by a pitch 12 times in 12 games, led by Weber, who has been beaned three times. … Saint Mary’s had two games in 2022 — vs. Rose-Hulman on March 3, 2022 and vs. Carleton on May 8, 2022 — in which five Cardinals were hit by a pitch. … Individually, SMU had a player hit by a pitch twice in a game five times.

• CATCH ME IF YOU CAN: Saint Mary’s has stolen 33 bases on 36 attempts through 12 games, led by Weber (8-for-8), Riley Bauman (5-for-5), Tanner Bauman (5-for-5), and Cam Miller (Kimberly, Minn. / 5-for-5). SMU has gotten at least one stolen base from 10 different players. 

• ON THE MOUND: Saint Mary’s has used 11 different pitchers this season — including three who have logged 10 or more innings. Andrew Fischer (La Crosse, Wis. / 0-2, 7.52 ERA) leads the way for the Cardinal pitching staff with 20 1/3 innings pitched, followed by Timmy Smith (South St. Paul, Minn. / 3-0, 3.60 ERA, 20.0 IP), and Addison Hochevar (Lake Geneva, Wis. / 0-2, 2.81 ERA, 16.0 IP). … Mason Windschitl (Excelsior, Minn. / 0-0, 2.57 ERA, 7.0 IP), Dylan Westcott (Holmen, Wis. / 0-2, 7.71 ERA), and TJ Bergland (Farmington, Minn. / 0-1, 5.19 ERA, 8 2/3 IP) have all made a team-leading four appearances.

• PITCHING FIRSTS: Smith tossed his first collegiate nine-inning complete game against Northwestern on March 22, holding the Eagles to one run on five hits in a 3-1 SMU victory. … Eric Charest (Blaine, Minn. / 1-0, 1.50 ERA, 6.0 IP) picked up his first collegiate pitching win against Calvin on March 2, allowing two runs (one earned) on six hits in five innings of SMU’s 8-2 win over the Knights. The freshman right-hander collected his first save in a Cardinal uniform with one inning of scoreless relief in SMU’s 3-2 win over MSOE on Feb. 27.

• SAVING THE DAY: Westcott and Charest have accounted for Saint Mary’s two saves this season. … Fischer closed out the 2022 season as team’s saves leader with six, one more than Westcott.

• FANNING THE FLAMES: The SMU pitching staff has struck out 67 batters in 12 games, led by Smith with 21, Hochevar with 16, and Fischer with 12. … Smith struck out a career-high eight batters against Northwestern on March 22. … Hochevar matched his career-high with nine strikeouts in the Cardinals’ 1-0, Game 2 loss to Franklin on Feb. 27. It was the third time in his collegiate career that Hochevar has fanned nine batters. … Hochevar led the Cardinals in strikeouts with 60 a year ago.

• CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS: The Cardinals have scored 53 runs in 12 games, including a season-high nine runs twice. SMU beat Russell Sage 9-6 on March 4, while falling to Aurora 13-9 last Monday. Saint Mary’s is 4-4 when scoring at least three runs, but winless (0-4) when being held under three runs. On the flip side, SMU has allowed six runs or more in five of its eight losses, including a season-high 13 runs in its 13-9 loss to Aurora on March 21. … The Cardinals are 4-1 when leading or tied after the sixth inning, but are still searching for their first win (0-7) when trailing heading to the seventh. …  Saint Mary’s, which scored four or more runs in an inning eight times last season — including a seven-run fourth inning against Hamline on April 19, 2022 and a season-high eight-run second inning in its 16-7 win over Rose-Hulman on March 3, 2022 — owns two four-run innings this season.

ST. SCHOLASTICA SAINTS SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: The Saints head into their conference-opening doubleheader at Saint Mary’s sitting at 2-11 overall — including a 2-5 showing during their recent seven-game spring trip to Auburndale, Fla.

• LAST TIME OUT: St. Scholastica has been off since March 18, when they closed out their seven-game spring trip with a 5-4 nonconference loss to Ohio Northern in Auburndale, Fla.

• ROUGH START: CSS opened the season with eight straight losses, before collecting win No. 1 on the season with a 15-0 victory over Mount Saint Mary (N.Y.) on March 13. The Saints are 2-3 in their last five contests. 

• ROAD WARRIORS: The Saints will play their first 19 games on the road. Along with its two games at Saint Mary’s, CSS will also play road doubleheaders at Macalester and at Bethel, before opening its home schedule on April 12 against Concordia.

• LEADING THE CHARGE: As a team, St. Scholastica is hitting just .227, and boasts just one player — Mitchell Novak — who is hitting above .300. Novak comes into the Saints’ DH against Saint Mary’s sporting a .340 batting average, collecting 17 hits in 50 at-bats.

• ON THE RUN: Novak has scored a team-high 12 runs in 13 games, followed by Luke Schemenauer with eight runs scored, and Alex Haapajokl, Jake Schelonka, and Ryan Garlick with five runs each. … Novak scored a season-high four runs against Mount Saint Mary (N.Y.) on March 13.

• HIT PARADE: CSS has four players who have reached double figures in hits through 13 games — Novak (17), Schelonka (14), Haapajokl (13), and Garlick (11). Schemenauer is on the cusp of joining the double-digit club, sitting with nine hits. … Schelonka and Novak have each recorded four multiple-hit games, while Novak’s four-hit effort against Ramapo on March 17 is a single-game season-high.

• EXTRA, EXTRA: Thirty of the Saints’ 94 hits this season have gone for extra bases — including 22 doubles, five triples, and three home runs. … Novak has clubbed a team-high six doubles, three more than both Schelonka and Kyle Baker. … CSS’s five triples have come from four different players. Garlick has collected two triples, with Schelonka, Haapajokl, and Jack Harris delivering the other three.

• BOMBS AWAY: Garlick, Haapajokl, and Andrew Rott own St. Scholastica’s three home runs this season.

• DRIVING ‘EM IN: Rott, who has three extra-base hits — two doubles and a triple — among his five hits, leads the team with eight RBIs, followed by Haapajokl with seven, Schemenauer with six, and Harris and Novak with five each. … CSS has posted eight multiple-RBI games, led by Harris with two. … Rott drove in a single-game, season-high six runs against Mount Saint Mary (N.Y.) on March 13, while Harris, Schemenauer, and Novak have all recorded three-RBI games this season.

• STREAKING ALONG: Schelonka, Novak, and Haapajokl have all put together seven-game hitting streaks this season, but Novak’s three-game hit streak is the team’s longest active streak. … Novak has reached base safely in all 11 games this season.

• ON THE MOUND: The Saints have used 16 different pitchers through 11 games, and boast six hurlers who have logged 10 or more innings. Grant Taival (1-2, 1.06 ERA) and Schelonka (0-3, 5.29 ERA) lead the staff with 17.0 innings pitched, followed by Peyton Jeffries (0-2, 7.50 ERA, 12.0 IP), Wes Kemming (0-2, 5.73 ERA, 11.0 IP), ,T.J. Martin (1-1, 9.82 ERA, 11.0 IP), and Chase Bredl (0-0, 2.70 ERA, 10.0 IP). … Taival, Schelonka, Kemming, Bredl, and Matt Forrest (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 6.0 IP) have all made a team-high four appearances, with Schelonka leading the staff with four starts. 

• FANNING THE FLAMES: St. Scholastica pitchers have struck out 75 batters in 11 games, and 15 of the 16 pitchers who have taken the mound have struck out at least one batter. … Schelonka owns a team-best 14 strikeouts, with Taival, Kemming, and Bredl all sitting with 10 strikeouts. … As a team, CSS pitchers struck out a season-high 10 batters against William Paterson on March 13.

• CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS: Four of St. Scholastica’s 11 losses have been by two runs or less. … CSS has scored seven or more runs in a game three times, including a season-high 15 runs in drubbing Mount Saint Mary (N.Y.) 15-0 on March 13. On the flip side, the Saints have allowed seven or more runs six times — including three games of 10 or more runs. CSS lost to North Central 11-3 Central-Iowa) 13-7, and William Paterson 14-4. … Along with their season-high 15 runs, CSS also set single-game season-highs in hits (14), RBIs (12), doubles (6), and stolen bases (5) against Mount Saint Mary (N.Y.) on March 13.