SAINT MARY'S at UW-LA CROSSE / THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2007 / LA CROSSE, WIS. / 4:00

Saint Mary's Cardinals
11-5 MIAC, 16-10 Overall
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2-8 WIAC, 9-18 Overall
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Eagle Notes
The Eagles enter today's nonconference DH with just one win in eight contests on their home turf. … Senior Jenny Miller leads the team with a .432 batting average ... She currently ranks first in career steals (45) at UW-L while being fifth in hits (156), sixth in at-bats (444) and tied for seventh in runs (84) and batting average (.351) ... Junior Sarah Pfeifer is hitting .420 this year with a team-leading five home runs and 22 RBI ... UW-L is hitting .304 as a team ... Kaylyn Von Glahn is 0-2 this season with a team-leading 2.52 earned run average ... Shelly Monahan and Cassie Huettl are tied for the team lead with three wins.


Last Action
The Cardinals rallied from a 5-1 deficit to beat Macalester 13-5 in Game 1 of their MIAC dobuleheader Wednesday. SMU then completed the sweep with a 17-1, five-inning rout. … UW-La Crosse, meanwhile, snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 10-8, Game 2 win at UW-Whitewater Monday. The Warhawks had defeated UW-L 7-5 in the opener.

Last Meeting
It was the perfect start to the final chapter for SMU seniors Jenny Schipp and Jenni Gutterman a year ago. it was the ending that needed a little work. Schipp tossed her fourth career no-hitter and drove in the game-winning run with an RBI double in the third, while Gutterman went 1-for-3 with an RBI as the Cardinals opened their nonconference DH vs. UW-La Crosse with a 3-1 victory. Things weren't quite so memorable in the nightcap, however, as SMU scored in the first inning, then failed to score again until the bottom of the 11th — and by that time, it was too little, too late, as UW-L scored once in the fifth and twice in the top of the 11th to beat the Cardinals 3-2 and earn a split.

Cardinal Notes

Nikki
Jung
.875 (8-for-9),
2 2B, 8 RBIs
vs. Macalester
The Cardinals' sweep of Macalester was their third straight MIAC sweep and improved SMU to 8-2 over their last 10 games. … After opening the season with four straight losses, SMU has gone 18-6 in its last 24 games. … The Cardinals have won 21 of the last 22 meetings vs. Macalester — including four of the last six by shutout. The Scots, who have been outscored 198-27 during that 22-game stretch, last swept SMU on April 19, 1996, posting an 11-6, 1-0 sweep.…  SMU's 17 runs vs. Augsburg in Game 2 Wednesday were a season high, marking the third straight game — and fourth time this season — the Cardinals have scored 10 or more runs. … SMU's 18 hits and 15 RBIs in Game 2 vs. the Scots were also season high's. … SMU's nine-run 6th inning in Game 1 vs. Augsburg last Sunday was also a season high. … Macalester's five runs in Wednesday's 13-5 loss equalled the most runs allowed by the Cardinals in their last 12 games, dating back to a 7-6 loss at No. 5 UW-Eau Claire. … Melissa Mondo's (Vadnais Heights, Minn.) third-ining Game 1 single vs. the Scots snapped a sterak in which SMU went 24 straight hits without an extra-base hit. … Nikki Jung (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) went 7-for-8 with two doubles and eight RBIs vs. the Scots, while Jenny Giannini (River Grove, Ill.) was 4-for-5 with two walks, two doubles and five RBIs and Megan Pulvermacher (New Richmond, Wis.) went 6-for-8 with 6 RBIs. Pulvermacher also delivered her first collegiate home run. … All told, SMU had five starters hit .625 or better vs. Macalester. … The Cardinals have scored 14 seventh-inning runs in their last three games combined, and have now outscored their opponents 23-11 in the seventh. …  SMU has not played an extra-inning game all season. … The Cardinals are now a perfect 8-0 when scoring in the first inning, but SMU is still winless (0-4) when their opponent scores in the first.