SAINT MARY'S vs. SAINT BENEDICT / MONDAY, APRIL 9, 2007 / WINONA, MINN. / 2:00

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2-2 MIAC, 6-6 Overall
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1-1 MIAC, 6-8 Overall
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Cardinal In The Spotlight

Nikki Jung

Year: Senior

Position: Catcher / 3B

Hometown: Inver Gr. Hts. MN

Major: Elec. Publishing

From Coach Miller: "“Nikki has started out her senior season in outstanding fashion. She is an offensive threat every time she steps up to the plate, and, defensively, she is an outstanding catcher and third baseman.”

Blazer Notes
After opening the season with wins vs. Catholic University of Washington and University of Mary, the Blazers have not been able to win back-to-back games. … Saint Benedict has allowed eight or more runs in seven of their eight losses. In fact, five of the Blazers’ eight losses have not gone the maximum seven innings due to the eight-run rule. … Sophomore Andrea Fahey tossed a complete-game four-hitter in lifting CSB to its Game 2 win vs. Hamline. Fahey improved her overall record to 2-2 with the win. … Monica Eiden has pitched a team-leading 47.2 innings, striking out 63, while also tossing six complete games. … Jinnie Regli is the Blazers offensive leader, leading the team in average (.412), runs (14), hits (14), doubles (6), total bases (20), slugging percentage (.588) and walks (10). … Beth Hanson boasts a team-best 11 RBIs and has hit one of the Blazers’ three home runs.


Last Action
The Cardinals picked up their first two conference wins of the season Monday against St. Catherine, getting a game-winning infield single from Melissa Mondo (Vadnais Heights, Minn.) in the bottom of the seventh inning in a 6-5 Game 1 win, then banged out 13 hits in a 9-3 win in the nightcap. … Saint Benedict, meanwhile, has been off since opening its MIAC schedule with a split at Hamline. CSB dropped the opening game 4-1, then came back to win the nightcap 3-1.

Last Meeting
The Cardinals ousted Saint Benedict from the MIAC Tournament a year ago, beating the Blazers 7-0 in an elimination game. The Cardinals scored all the runs they would need on a pair of sacrifice flies in the third inning, then added another run in the fourth, before breaking the game open with three runs in the fifth.

Cardinal Notes

Danielle
Geske
Hit 1st HR of
season vs. CSC
The Cardinals enter today's DH have won the last five games between SMU and CSB, dating back to the Blazers' 2-1, 4-3 sweep on April 15, 2004. … With their sweep of St. Catherine, the Cardinals have now won six of their last eight games — the lone two losses coming against No. 1-ranked St. Thomas last Thursday … Danielle Geske (Rosemount, Minn.) and Melissa Mondo (Vadnais Heights, Minn.) accounted for all six Game 1 RBIs vs. St. Catherine — Geske belted a three-run, fourth-inning home run, while Mondo added a two-run HR in the fourth and an RBI, game-winning single in the seventh. …  Mondo and Geske also each had a single in Game 2, extending their season-high hitting streaks to nine straight. Hanna Schmitt (Rosemount, Minn.) also hit safely in both games to push her hitting streak to eight straight. … Nikki Jung (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) drove in three runs in SMU's Game 2 win vs. St. Catherine, marking the sixth time this season the SMU senior has had two or more RBIs in a game — including four times with three or more. … With her 2-for-3 Game 2 effort, Jung also notched her team-leading sixth multiple-hit game. … Nine of SMU's 15 runs vs. St. Catherine came in the fourth inning (5 in Game 1 and 4 in Game 2). … Jung is the team's offensive leader, boasting a team-best .417 average, while also leading the team in hits (15), doubles (3), home runs (2), RBIs (18), total bases (24), slugging percentage (.667), walks (6) and on-base percentage (.500). … SMU has outscored its opponents 59-55, including 18-9 in the fifth inning. … The Cardinals have allowed 42 of their 55 runs in the first four innings, while SMU has scored 43 of its 59 runs from the fourth inning on. … The Cardinals are 5-0 when scoring in the first inning, but they are 0-3 when their opponent scored in the game's opening inning. … SMU is 5-1 when scoring first and 1-5 when its opponent scores first.