SAINT MARY'S at MACALESTER / WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2007 / ST. PAUL, MINN. / 4:00

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11-5 MIAC, 16-10 Overall
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5-10 MIAC, 9-22 Overall
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Scot Notes
The Scots' 14-run outburst vs. Crown was a season high. … Monday's game also marked Macalester's first nonconference game since dropping a pair of games (4-2, 6-2) to Northwestern. … Macalester had been outscored 45-3 during its recent four-game losing streak. … Monday's win was Macalester's third shutout win of the season (the Scots beat Augsburg 1-0 and Carleton 7-0). … The Scots have allowed 40 or more runs in each of the first three innings (41 in the first, 42 in the second and 51 in the third). … The Scots are 1-14 when their opponent scores in the first inning, and 1-20 when their opponent scores first. … Katie Grudnowski is the Scots' offensive leader, boasting team-bests in average (.397), runs (17), hits (29), home runs (1), total bases (36), slugging percentage (.493), on-base percentage (.463) and stolen bases (7). … Crystal Barriga has driven in a team-high 13 runs, while Amanda Cagen has been walked a team-leading 10 times. … Olivia Abbott has been Macalester's workhorse on the mound, pitching 104.1 innings, compiling a 7-10 record and a 4.43 ERA. She has also struck out a team-leading 68 batters.


Last Action
The Cardinals completed their rain-delayed sweep of Augsburg Tuesday, scoring three times in the top of the seventh inning to beat the pesky Auggies, 4-1. … Macalester, meanwhile, snapped a four-game losing streak with a 14-0, nonconference victory over Crown on Monday.

Last Meeting
Just four days after throwing a pair of back-to-back shutouts against Concordia — allowing just a combined five hits, while striking out 29 — SMU's hurlers were at it again against Macalester, as the Cardinals posted their third and fourth straight shutouts, blanking the Scots 4-0 and 5-0 in their MIAC DH a year ago. … The Cardinals have won 19 of the last 20 meetings vs. Macalester — including the last four by shutout. The Scots, who have been outscored 169-20 during that 20-game slide, last swept SMU on April 19, 1996, posting an 11-6, 1-0 sweep.

Cardinal Notes

Cassie
Otte
.352 BA,
31 hits,
23 runs, 8 SB
The Cardinals' sweep of Augsburg was their second straight MIAC sweep and improved SMU to 6-2 over its last eight games. … After opening the season with four straight losses, SMU has gone 16-6 in its last 22 games. … The Cardinals have now beaten Augsburg 26 straight times, dating back to a 5-4, 6-4 Auggie sweep in 1994. …  SMU's 15 runs vs. Augsburg on Sunday were a season high, marking just the second time this season the Cardinals have scored 10 or more runs. SMU's nine-run 6th inning in Game 1 vs. Augsburg was also a season high. … Augsburg's five runs in Sunday's 15-5 loss marked the most runs allowed by the Cardinals in their last 10 games, dating back to a 7-6 loss at No. 5 UW-Eau Claire. … In the two games vs. Augsburg, the Cardinals collected 22 hits — 14 on Sunday and eight more on Tuesday — and all were singles. vs. the Auggies — all singles. …Danielle Geske (Rosemount, Minn.) went 2-for-4 on Sunday and 1-for-4 on Tuesday, and has now hit safely in 22 of SMU's last 24 games. … Megan Wallisch (Loveland, Colo.) pitched her team-leading 12th complete game vs. Augsburg Tuesday, allowing on earned run on six hits. Wallisch, who has been the pitcher of record in each of the Cardinals' last 24 games, boasts a 16-8 record and a 1.82 ERA. She has struck out a career-best 87 batters, . … The Cardinals have outscored their opponents in every inning … SMU has not played an extra-inning game all season. … The Cardinals are now a perfect 7-0 when scoring in the first inning, but SMU is still winless (0-4) when their opponent scores in the first.