WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary’s University women’s hockey team, coming off a heartbreaking 2-1 loss to St. Thomas in Mendota Heights, Minn., on Friday, return home for Saturday’s rematch with the Tommies. Game time at the SMU Ice Arena is 4 p.m.
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Saint Mary’s Cardinals (5-3-1 MIAC / 8-7-1 Overall)
St. Thomas Tommies (7-1-1 MIAC, 8-5-2 Overall)
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Last Night: The Cardinals and Tommies traded second-period goals, but the Tommies’ Taylor Schluter broke the deadlock with a powerplay goal five minutes into the third period, lifting St. Thomas to a
2-1 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory at the St. Thomas Ice Arena in Mendota Heights, Minn.
Saint Mary’s Cardinal Notes: SMU’s 2-1 loss to St. Thomas Friday was not only the second straight 2-1 loss on a Friday — the Cardinals also lost 2-1 to Bethel to open the teams’ conference series last weekend — but it was also the Cardinals’ 10th one-goal game of the season. SMU is now 3-6-1 in those 10 games. … Despite Friday’s loss, the Cardinals are still 8-4-1 in their last 13 games. …
Erin Stenseth (Eau Claire, Wis.) scored SMU’s lone goal vs. UST Friday. It was the second straight game in which the Cardinal freshman has scored. …
Katie Cachey (Orland Park, Ill.) had a part in all three SMU goals in last Saturday’s 3-1 win over Bethel — assisting on the first two goals, then scoring a goal of her own in the third period. …
Nicole Olson (New Brighton, Minn.), who scored SMU’s lone goal against the Royals last Friday evening, leads the team with 10 goals. …
Stevie Fiek (Rochester, Minn.), who had a goal and an assist vs. Bethel last Saturday, enters today’s contest vs. St. Thomas with a team-best eight assists. … SMU boasts three players with 10 or more points — Olson (14), Fiek (12) and Cachey (10). …
Kaye Collier (Hibbing, Minn) stopped 31 Tommie shots on Friday. … Collier has stopped 36 or more shots three times in her collegiate career — also kicking out a career-best 39 saves vs. Lake Forest on Nov. 1 and stopped 38 Gustavus shots on Jan. 16. … Collier, who has notched three shutouts this season, enters today’s contest against St. Thomas boasting a 1.57 goals-against-average and a .941 save percentage. … SMU’s six goals vs. Marian on Jan. 9 equaled its season high and are the most in a game since the Cardinals beat Hamline 8-0 on Feb. 25, 2004. … The Cardinals have outscored their opponents 14-6 in the first period and 14-10 in the second, but have been outscored 13-10 in the game’s final 20 minutes. … The Cardinals have scored first in 11 of their 16 games, going 8-2-1 in those 11 games. On the flip side, SMU is winless when its opponent scores first (0-5-0).
St. Thomas Tommie Notes: Friday’s win over SMU was the Tommies’ third straight. … Last Saturday’s win over Hamline was the Tommies’ third shutout win of the season. UST also blanked Saint Benedict (5-0) and Augsburg (6-0). … St. Thomas has played three overtime games this season, going 0-1-2. The Tommies tied UW-Eau Claire (3-3) and Gustavus (2-2), while losing to UW-River Falls (2-1). … St. Thomas has outscored its last five opponents by a combined 20-5. … Rachel Zilles and Taylor Schluter scored UST’s goals vs. SMU Friday. … UST’s five goals vs. Hamline last Saturday came from five different players. … Lindsey Wilson, who stopped all 18 shots she faced vs. Hamline last Saturday en route to her second shutout in as many starts, could not make it 3-for-3 Friday, giving up a second-period goal to SMU’s Erin Stenseth, and finished with 25 saves. … Korrine O’Conner picked up an assist vs. SMU Friday, giving her the team lead in both assists (8) and points (13). … O’Conner, Kara Ledel and Schlueter share the team lead in goals with five each. … UST has used three different goalies this season, with the trio combining for a 1.78 goals-against-average and a .921 save percentage. … UST has outscored its opponents 14-9 in the first period, 15-10 in the second and 17-7 in the game’s final 20 minutes. … St. Thomas has scored first in 10 of its 15 games, going 7-2-1. UST is 1-3-1 when its opponent scores first.