SAINT MARY'S VS. UW-LA CROSSE / WED., MARCH 28 2007 / LA CROSSE, WIS. / 2:30 P.M.

Saint Mary's Cardinals
0-0 MIAC, 3-7 Overall
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UW-La Crosse Eagles
0-0 WIAC, 7-5 Overall
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Eagle Notes
UW-L went 7-3 at the Greater Phoenix Invitational March 11-17 ... The Eagles won their first six games by a combined score of 88-25 ... Senior centerfielder Andy Podmolik was named the WIAC Position Player of the Week after hitting .525 (21-of-40) in Phoenix ... He leads the team in hits (21), at-bats (40), doubles (6), triples (2), total bases (31), walks (12) and stolen bases (6) ... Junior shortstop Dusty Otto is hitting .436 (17-of-39) ... He currently has a 10-game hitting streak ... Otto leads the Eagles with 17 runs scored ... UW-L is hitting .367 as a team with 107 runs scored (10.7 per game), 25 doubles and seven triples ... UW-L is a perfect 23-for-23 in stolen base attempts ... The team has a 3.90 earned run average ... Britton Wolf is 1-0 with a 1.29 ERA with 11 strikeouts and three walks in 14.0 innings ... He threw a complete-game shutout in UW-L's win (4-0) over Westminster College.



Last Action
The Cardinals saw their losing streak hit four straight as SMU dropped a pair of nonconference games vs. Northwestern Tuesday, falling to the Eagles 2-1 and 7-3. … The Eagles, meanwhile, have been off since March 17, when UW-L completed a 7-3 spring trip to Arizona with a 12-11, 10-inning loss to Augustana (Ill.).

Last Meeting
Today's doubleheader will be the first time the Cardinals and the Eagles have met since 2002, when UW-L posted a 5-3 victory.

Cardinal Notes

Brady
Knudsen
2 RBI 2Bs
vs. Eagles
Tuesday
After banging out 19 hits and scoring 11 runs in a pair of losses to Centenary College to end their spring trip on March 18, the Cardinals managed just 10 hits — including a season-low three in the opener — and four runs in dropping back-to-back games to Northwestern Tuesday. … SMU's 2-1 Game 1 loss marked the third time this season that the Cardinals have scored just one run in a game. … SMU has been held to three runs or less in five of its seven losses this season. … Brady Knudsen (Racine, Wis.) drove in two of the Cardinals' four runs vs. Northwestern — belting a sixth-inning double in Game 1, and a first-inning double in Game 2. Knudsen also had two of SMU's three Game 1 hits vs. the Eagles. … Knudsen has hit six of SMU's 14 doubles this season, leads the team in RBIs (7) and shares the team lead in hits (11) with Nick Winecke (St. Paul, Minn.). … Kyle Ryan (St. Paul, Minn.) had his season-best six-game hitting streak snapped with an 0-for-2 Game 1 effort vs. Northwestern. Knudsen, meanwhile, extended his hitting streak to five with hits in each game Tuesday. … Knudsen has at least one hit in nine of SMU's 10 games, while Winecke has reached base safely nine of 10 games. … Kevin Black (Mahtomedi, Minn.) collected SMU's second triple of the season in Game 2 Tuesday. … The Cardinals have been outscored 54-32 — including 11-0 in the second inning. … SMU has not won a game in which either team scores in the first inning (0-5).