Last Action: The Cardinals scored a season-high five goals, snapping a two-game losing streak with a 5-1 win vs. St. Scholastica last Saturday. … Northland, meanwhile, saw its losing streak hit four in a row with a 9-3 loss to St. John’s last Saturday.

Last Meeting: The Cardinals got scoring from five different players en route to a 5-1 nonconference win over Northland on Dec. 3, 2002.

This and That:

Ryne Ess Named MIAC Player of Week after 66-save weekend

After being held scoreless in SMU's first four games, Tim McNamara (Hastings, Minn.) scored a goal in both SMU games last weekend's games. … Ryne Ess (Eden Prairie, Minn.), who has started every game in goal for the Cardinals, stopped 66 of the 70 shots he faced - including a 39-save effort in the 3-2 loss to UW-Superior. … John Paul (St. Paul, Minn.), David Gross (Grasston, Minn.), Cullum Buetow-Staples (Arden HIlls, Minn.) Jesse Polk (Hastings, Minn.) and Marcus Reszka (Winona, Minn.) also scored for SMU last weekend. … SMU has scored first in both of its wins this season, while the Cardinals are 0-3-0 in games in which their opponents have scored first. … Saturday's win vs. St. Scholastica not only marked SMU's highest offensive output of the season, but also snapped SMU's two-game losing streak. … Both of the Cardinals' wins have come on the road. … Three of SMU's four losses have been by one goal. … After giving up 10 goals in their first two games, SMU has allowed just nine in its last four. … The Cardinals have outscored their opponents 9-5 in the third period, but they've been outscored by the same margin in the first period.