MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University women's hockey team hits the road on Saturday in search of a sweep in its two-game MIAC series against Augsburg. Puck drops at 7:05 p.m. at the Auggies' Ed Saugestad Arena.





The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (6-2-3 MIAC / 9-6-3 Overall)
Augsburg Auggies (1-9-1 MIAC / 3-12-1 Overall)

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Last Night:
The Cardinals got a pair of goals from Nicole Olson (New Brighton, Minn.) and Sarah Gustafson (Esko, Minn.) stopped all 11 shots she faced, as SMU cruised to a 5-0 MIAC win over Augsburg at the SMU Ice Arena.

A Year Ago:
February 5, 2010: The Auggies raced out to a 4-0 lead and never looked back in handing the Cardinals a 4-1 MIAC setback in Minneapolis, Minn.

February 6, 2010: The Cardinals got back-to-back first-period goals from Stevie Fiek (Rochester, Minn.) and never took their foot off the gas, as SMU earned a split in its conference series against Augsburg with a 5-1 victory at the SMU Ice Arena.

Up Next:
The Cardinals are at home for both games of their MIAC series against Saint Benedict next weekend, as SMU hosts the Blazers in a 7 p.m. game on Friday, then squares off against CSB at 2 p.m. on Saturday. Augsburg, meanwhile, hosts St. Olaf next Friday, then travels to Northfield, Minn., for the 7:30 p.m. rematch on Saturday.

Saint Mary's Cardinals News and Notes:
The Cardinals picked up their third win in their last four games with Friday's 5-0 win over Augsburg. … SMU's win over Augsburg also snapped a five-game conference winless streak on Friday nights (0-3-2). … Nicole Olson (New Brighton, Minn.) scored a pair of goals vs. the Auggies Friday, while Haley Coolsaet (Grosse Island, Mich.), Dana Kreuser (Maplewood, Minn.) and Lauren Borkowski (Winona, Minn.) accounted for the Cardinals' other three games. … Coolsaet's goal was her team-leading eighth of the season, while Borkowski was her first collegiate tally. … With her two goals Friday, Olson has now scored six goals in the Cardinals' last seven games. Her seven goals are second to Coolsaet, while Olson leads the team with 10 assists and 17 points. …


SMU picked up its first overtime win in four tries with last Saturday's 2-1 victory over St. Thomas. The Cardinals had tied their first three OT games this season. … Erin Stenseth (Eau Claire, Wis.) scored the overtime game-winner for SMU vs. St. Thomas last Saturday. It was the sophomore's sixth goal of the season and team-leading third game-winner. … Coolsaet recorded her first collegiate hat trick on Nov. 13 — scoring all three goals in the third period of SMU's 5-2 win over Concordia. … Five of Coolsaet's seven goals have come in two games. The freshman forward recorded her first collegiate multiple-goal game with two goals in SMU's season-opening 5-0 win over Marian on Oct. 29. … SMU boasts three players — Olson (17), Stenseth (12) and Coolsaet (12) — with 10 or more points. … Twenty of the Cardinals' 44 goals this season have come from freshmen. … Sarah Gustafson (Esko, Minn.) stopped all 11 shots she faced against Augsburg Friday en route to her second shutout of the season. … Gustafson enters Saturday's rematch vs. the Auggies with a team-leading 1.67 goals-against-average and a team-best .950 save percentage. … Fellow goalie Kaye Collier (Hibbing, Minn.), meanwhile, has a team-high six wins, while compiling a 1.96 GAA and a .925 save percentage. … SMU has scored first in 10 of its 18 games, going 9-0-1. SMU is 0-6-2 when its opponent scores first. … The Cardinals opened the season with three straight wins. SMU's 3-0-0 start was its first since going 4-0-0 to open the 1999-2000 season — the program's second year of existence | 2010-2011 Overall Statistics

Augsburg Auggies News and Notes:
The Auggies' 2-1 home win over Hamline last Friday snapped their two-game losing streak and was their first win since a 5-1 victory over Finlandia on Jan. 3. … After opening the season seven straight losses, Augsburg has gone 3-5-1 in its last eight games. … During their season-opening seven-game losing streak, the Auggies were shut out six times and outscored 29-2. … Augsburg has scored more than two goals in a game just three times this season — beating Finlandia 3-1 and 5-1, and tying Saint Benedict 3-3. … Augsburg has now been shut out in nine of its 11 losses — including Friday's 5-0 loss at Saint Mary's. … The Auggies' four goals in their two-game series vs. Hamline last weekend came from four different players — Nicole Gorr and Carissa Miller scored in Friday's 2-1 win, while Sandra Hinz and Kressi Lehn found the back of the net on Saturday. … Lehn's goal was her team-leading fourth of the season. … Lehn, Elise Hedlund and Erin Leyden all share the team lead in points with four. … Three players — Leyden, Diana Bocklund and Jeanna Duley — share the team lead in assists with three each. … The Auggies have eight players with three points. … Grace Edgar and Alex Hall have shared the goaltending duties, combining for a 3.55 goals-against-average and a .906 save percentage. … All three of Augsburg's wins have come when the Auggies score first (3-0-1). Augsburg is 0-11-0 when its opponent scores first | 2010-2011 Overall Statistics