ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University women's hockey team hits the road for its rematch with Hamline Saturday, as the Cardinals and Pipers square off at 7 p.m. at Drake Arena.


The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (1-0-0 MIAC | 2-2-1 Overall)
vs. Hamline Pipers (0-1-0 MIAC | 1-2-0 Overall)

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Last Night:
The Cardinals got a first-period goal by Brittany Therrien (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) and made it stand up, as SMU dropped Hamline 1-0 in the teams' Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference opener Friday at the SMU Ice Arena.

SMU vs. Hamline — A Year Ago:
November 19, 2010: The Cardinals, despite outshooting Hamline 30-19, managed just one goal — a Dy-anna Stewart (Eden Prairie, Minn.) tally with less than four minutes remaining in regulation — as SMU settled for its second straight Friday night tie, a 1-1 decision vs. the Pipers at the State Fairgrounds Coliseum in St. Paul, Minn.
November 20, 2010: The Saint Mary's University women's hockey team wrapped up its second straight three-point conference weekend, getting a third-period goal from Brittany Therrien (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) to snap a 1-1 tie and lift the Cardinals to a 2-1 MIAC victory over Hamline at the SMU Ice Arena

Up Next:
The Cardinals are back on the road next Friday, traveling to Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis, Minn., for the first of two games against St. Catherine. Game time Friday is 7 p.m., with the same two teams squaring off at 4 p.m. at the SMU Ice Arena on Saturday. … St. Catherine, meanwhile, battle St. Olaf in a two-game MIAC series next weekend, hosting the Oles at 7 p.m. on Friday, then traveling to Northfield, Minn., for Saturday's rematch at 7:30 p.m.

Saint Mary's Cardinals News and Notes:
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Brittany Therrien (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) scored her first goal of the season to account for the game's only scoring as SMU opened conference play with a 1-0 win Friday. … The goal was the first of the season for Therrien, while Mary DeBartolo (Chicago, Ill.) and Erin Stenseth (Eau Claire, Wis.) picked up their first assists of the year on Therrien's tally. … DeBartolo's assist was the first of her collegiate career. … Sarah Gustafson (Esko, Minn.) kicked out all 21 shots she faced in recording her first shutout of the season and third of her career. … Nicole Olson (New Brighton, Minn.) had a hand in all five SMU goals in the Cardinals' 5-3 win over St. Norbert last Friday, as the senior forward scored three times and assisted on the other two. … The hat trick was the first of her collegiate career for Olson, while the five-point night was also a career first. … Breanna Peterson (Macomb, Mich.) notched her first two-goal game vs. St. Norbert, while Cecilia Hardacker (Bloomington, Minn.) and Erin Stenseth (Eau Claire, Wis.) accounted for the Cardinals' two goals vs. Concordia (Wis.) last Saturday. … Olson, who has led the team in points in each of her last two seasons, owns a team-best five points through SMU's first five games this season. … Olson and Peterson share the team lead in goals (3), as the duo have combined for six of the team's 10 goals. … Olson also shares the team lead in assists (2) with Stenseth and Haley Coolsaet (Grosse Island, Mich.). … Gustafson enters Saturday's rematch vs. Hamline with a team-best 1.97 goals-against-average and a .932 save percentage. … The Cardinals are now 1-13-2 in the last 15 games in which their opponent scores first — the lone victory being their 5-3 win over St. Norbert last Friday. … Therrien's goal Friday was the first first-period goal of the season for SMU. … SMU has scored five times in the second period and four times in the third. SMU's opponents, meanwhile, have netted eight of their 12 goals in the second period. … SMU's 2-2, season-opening tie against Lake Forest on Oct. 28 marked the first time the Cardinals have opened a season with a tie since battling UW-River Falls to a 2-2 deadlock to kick off the 2006-07 season. … The 2-2 tie with the Foresters was also the fourth tie in the last five overtime games for the Cardinals, who were 1-0-3 in OT games a year ago.

Hamline Pipers News and Notes:
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Friday's game at Saint Mary's was the third straight road game for the Pipers, who kick off their home season with Saturday's rematch vs. SMU. … HU has scored just once in its two losses this season. … Seanna Robinson scored the Pipers' only goal in their 5-1 loss at UW-Superior on Oct. 28, while Haley Johnson, Jessica Kraus and Erin Kastner scored for HU in the rematch on Oct. 29. … After scoring first on Robinson's second-period goal on Oct. 28, the Pipers surrendered six unanswered goals vs. the Yellowjackets, a streak that was snapped by Johnson's unassisted tally at 19:34 of the first period on Oct. 29. … Johnson also picked up an assist on Kastner's goal vs. UW-Superior on Oct. 29, and leads the team with two points. … Nicole Jones stopped 21 shots vs. Saint Mary's on Friday and enters Saturday's game vs. SMU with a 1.50 goals-against-average and a .955 save percentage. … . … Hamline has scored two of its four goals in the second period. … After finishing ninth with a 3-13-2 conference record a year ago, the Pipers were picked to finish eighth in the year's MIAC Preseason Coaches' Poll.