SAINT MARY'S VS. ST. JOHN'S / WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 2006 / MAX MOLOCK FIELD / 2:30 P.M.

Saint Mary's Cardinals
1-1 MIAC, 3-11 Overall
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1-1 MIAC, 7-7-1 Overall
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Cardinal In The Spotlight

David Reiter

Year: Senior

Pos.: Pitcher / Outfield

Hometown: Elgin, Minn.

Major: Criminal Justice

From Coach Whaley: "David’s been a great leader — both on and off the field — and it’s been a real shot in the arm to see him back on the mound (after battling shoulder trouble). He’s played very tough ‘D’ (in center field) and it’s great that he’s getting a chance to pitch as well.”



Game Notes
The Cardinals swept a pair of slugfests against the Johnnies in the teams’ MIAC doubleheader a year ago in St. Cloud, winning the opener 12-8, the completing the sweep with an 11-7 Game 2 triumph. … The Cardinals opened their MIAC season with a split against Carleton on Tuesday. SMU opened with an 8-3 win behind the two-hit pitching of Matt Popek and two home runs from Kevin Black, but the Cardinals managed just three hits in a 4-2 Game 2 loss. … Saint John’s, meanwhile, gave up a two-out, three-run home run and a pair of back-to-back doubles in a 7-6 loss to St. Cloud State on Tuesday.

Cardinal Notes

Kevin Black
2-for-4,
2 HRs
4 RBIs vs.
Carleton
Kevin Black (Mahtomedi, Minn.) drove in four runs with his first two home runs of the season vs. Carleton Tuesday. … Matt Popek’s (Eagan, Minn.) two-hitter vs. the Knights in Game 1 was his first complete game of the season and earned the SMU junior his first win of the year. … Dan Cosgrove (South St. Paul, Minn.) also homered vs. Carleton as SMU — after hitting just one home run in its first 12 games — belted three vs. the Knights. … The Cardinals’ 4-2 Game 2 loss was the seventh time in 14 games that they have failed to score more than two runs — and they are 0-7 in those seven games. … The Cardinals’ Game 1 win was the first time they had won when giving up more than two runs. … The team that scored first Tuesday lost — Carleton scored two first-inning runs in Game 1 and SMU plated a single run in the bottom of the first in Game 2. … The Cardinals are now 0-4 when scoring in the first inning, and 1-5 when scoring first.

Johnnie Notes
Junior catcher Casey Haugen was named the MIAC Player of the Week on Monday, after going 3-for-5 in both games of the Johnnies’ doubleheader split with Concordia last Saturday. Haugen scored two runs, drove in two more and stole two bases. Haugen also threw out the lone stolen base attempt by Concordia in the first game of the doubleheader. … Haugen is currently batting .364 on the young season and leads the Johnnies with a .554 on-base percentage. he currently has a .341 batting average with a .557 on-base percentage including 17 walks and 13 stolen bases. … Jay Kasner is the team’s offensive leader, boasting team highs in average (.407), hits (22), RBIs and total bases (25). … Haugen and Ryan Lieser both stole a season-high three bases vs. the Huskies on Tuesday. … The Johnnies have now stolen 40 bases in 45 attempts, while SJU oppponents have swiped just 17 bases in 27 attempts.