WINONA, Minn.  — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota volleyball team returns to the Saint Mary's Gym on Wednesday for the third of four consecutive home contests, as the Cardinals entertain St. Olaf in a 7:30 p.m. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match.
 
The Match-Up:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (5-4 MIAC | 17-12 Overall) vs. St. Olaf Oles (2-6 MIAC | 9-17 Overall)
 
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Last Action:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals gave 25th-ranked and league-leading Augsburg all it could handle Saturday afternoon, but the Auggies still escaped the Saint Mary's Gym with a 3-1 conference victory | Recap
• St. Olaf: The Oles jumped out to a Set 1 win, but Concordia answered by rattling off three straight victories in handing St. Olaf a 3-1 conference setback at Skoglund Center in Northfield, Minn. | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. St. Olaf—Their Last Meeting:
• October 23, 2013: Fueled by a match-high 20 kills from Alex Peterson (Harmony, Minn.), Saint Mary's was all business against St. Olaf, cruising to a 3-0 (25-20, 25-12, 25-22) conference victory in Northfield, Minn. | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals close out their regular-season schedule—and bid farewell to their three graduating seniors—on Saturday, hosting Gustavus in a 3 p.m. MIAC contest at the Saint Mary's Gym.
• St. Olaf: The Oles return home for their final regular-season match, hosting cross-town rival Carleton in a 3 p.m. conference match in Northfield, Minn.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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Wednesday's match against St. Olaf is the third of four straight home matches for the Cardinals, who boast a 6-2 record on their home court this season. … Saturday's match against Augsburg marked the seventh time this season the Cardinals have faced a team that has been ranked in the AVCA Top 25. The Auggies enter their match vs. Saint Mary's ranked No. 25 in the latest poll. Saint Mary's has also faced nationally ranked foes St. Thomas, Colorado College, Clarkson, Saint Benedict, and the University of Chicago. … After a season-high 11 straight matches on the road, Wednesday's match vs. St. Olaf is the third of four consecutive home matches to close out the regular season. … Saint Mary's is  6-2 on their home court. Saturday's 3-1 setback vs. No. 25 Augsburg was the Cardinals' first home setback since a 3-0 loss to Wartburg at the season-opening Ground Round Sugar Loaf Classic. … Saint Mary's boasted three players with 10 or more kills vs. the Auggies Saturday, led by Mary Nordick with a season-high 15. Kenzie Lind (Rushford, Minn. / 11) and Macki Fadness (Eau Claire, Wis. / 10) were the other two.  … Fadness enters Wednesday's match against St. Olaf with a team-leading 224 kills. Nordick (202), Molly Grover (Zumbrota, Minn. / 187), Alex Peterson (Harmony,  Minn. / 187), Lind (182), Molly Urban (170) and Jenna Sullivan (Woodbury, Minn. / 132) have also eclipsed the 100-kill plateau. … Peterson tallied a season- and career-high 23 kills against UW-La Crosse on Sept. 10. … Sullivan posted a career-best 18-kill effort against Northwestern (Minn.) on Oct. 17, and notched a career-high 23 digs against the University of Chicago on Oct. 10. … Brittney Hanson (Janesville, Iowa), who posted her top two collegiate assist performances at the UW-Eau Claire Invitational on Oct. 17-18—recording a career-best 42 assists against host UW-Eau Claire, then adding a 36-assist showing against St. Scholastica—leads the team with 568 assists, while Tayler MacVey (Dodge Center, Minn.) has chipped in 540 helpers. … Lex Krogstad (Chicago, Ill.) pushed her team-leading dig total to 462 with 25 digs against Augsburg on Saturday. … Krogstad, who tallied a season-high 28 digs against Wartburg on Oct. 11, has posted 20 or more digs in a match 10 times this season. … Morgan Thomas (Palos Park, Ill.) recorded a career-high 20 digs against UW-La Crosse on Sept. 10. … Eleven of Saint Mary's 17 wins this season have been 3-0 sweeps. … The Cardinals finished 12-7 in tournament play this season and are now 28-10 mark in regular-season tournaments over the past two seasons.
 
Scouting The St. Olaf Oles:
2014 Roster | 2014 Schedule | 2014 Statistics
Wednesday's match against Saint Mary's is the final road match of the year for the Oles, who are 8-15 away from Skoglund Center this season. … Saturday's loss to Concordia was the third straight setback for the Oles, who are just 2-11 in their last 13 matches—a run that included a season-high eight-match losing streak. … The Oles boast five players with 100 or more kills, led by Devon Flohrs with 259. Maggie Prunty (180), Abby Carpenter (176), Sophie Schwartz (112) and Kathryn Johnson (103) are the other four. … Kersten Bork and Audrey Faulhaber have shared the setting duties for the Oles. Bork owns a team-high 499 assists, with Faulhaber chipping in 349. … Abby Slack has served up a team-leading 29 aces, with Angela Fusselman close behind with 22. … Slack has amassed a team-high 558 digs and is one of six Oles with 100 or more digs this season. … Four of St. Olaf's nine wins this  season have been 3-2 marathons. St. Olaf is 3-9 in three-set matches, 2-5 in four-setters and 4-3 in matches that have gone the maximum five sets.