SAINT MARY'S at ST. CATHERINE / MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2007 / ST. PAUL, MINN. / 4:00

Saint Mary's Cardinals
0-2 MIAC, 4-6 Overall
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0-0 MIAC, 4-12 Overall
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Wildcat Notes
After opening with a 6-1 win vs. Elmhurst in their opening game of the Sun West Tournament, the Wildcats dropped their last nine games in Orange, Calif. … St. Catherine opened the season with three straight wins, but have since lost 12 of its last 13 games. … St. Catherine has allowed six or more runs in 10 in of its 12 losses, and has scored two or fewer runs in seven of those 12 games. … The Wildcats are led by Jessica Lewandowski, who leads the team in most offensive categories, including, batting average (.409), runs (10), triples (1), home runs (4), ,RBIs (10), total bases (33), slugging percentage (.750) and on-base percentage (.480). The senior is also the Wildcats’ top pitcher, boasting a 2-5 record and a 3.42 ERA. She has pitched 45 of St. Catherine’s 98 innings, striking out 31.


Last Action
The Cardinals are coming off back-to-back loses to top-ranked St. Thomas in the teams’ MIAC opener on Thursday. The Tommies scored once in the fourth, four times in the fifth and once in the sixth in posting a 6-0 Game 1 win, then completed the sweep with an 8-2 victory in the nightcap that was fueled by a pair of two-run innings and a three-run fourth. … St. Catheirne, meanwhile, had its conference-opener against Concordia rained out and has been off since March 23, when the Wildcats completed a 1-9 showing at the Sun West Tournament in Orange, Calif., with a 9-0 loss to Tufts.

Last Meeting
The Cardinals scored four runs in the third inning to rally from a 3-0 deficit and win the opener 4-3, then erupted for five runs in the top of the ninth inning — including a three-run home run off the bat of Tara Close (North St. Paul, Minn.) to complete the sweep with a 9-4 triumph in the nightcap in the teams' MIAC meeting a year ago.

Cardinal Notes

Melissa
Mondo
4-for-6 vs.
St. Thomas
The Cardinals’ Game 1 loss to St. Thomas Thursday snapped SMU’s season-high four-game losing streak. It was also the third time this season that SMU has been shut out. … SMU has now dropped its last 14 meetings vs. St. Thomas, dating back to a 1-0 Cardinal win at the 2001 NCAA Regional Tournament — when Cardinal head coach Jen Miller was the team’s starting catcher. … After scoring 33 runs and banging out 51 hits during their four-game win streak, SMU was held to just two runs on 12 hits in its two games vs. the Tommies. … Melissa Mondo (Vadnais Heights, Minn.) went 4-for-6 against the Tommies, accounting for four of the Cardinals’ 12 hits. … Mondo and Danielle Geske (Rosemount, Minn.) each hit safely in both games vs. UST, extending their season-high hitting streaks to seven. Hanna Schmitt (Rosemount, Minn.), meanwhile, pushed her hitting streak to six vs. the Tommies. … Mondo has had at least one hit in eight of SMU’s 10 games, and has reached base safely in nine of 10. … Nikki Jung (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) leads the team virtually every offensive category, including average (.430), hits (13), home runs (2), RBIs (15), total bases (21), slugging percentage (.700), walks (4) and on-base percentage (.500). The SMU senior has also collected five multiple-hit games and five multiple-RBI games — including four RBIs in a game twice. … Megan Wallisch (Loveland, Colo.) has pitched a team-leading 48.2 innings, compiling a 4-4 record and a 3.51 ERA. She has fanned 19 batters and posted a team-leading three complete games. … The Cardinals have been outscored 51-40, including 17-8 in the fifth inning. … SMU has allowed five or more runs in five of its six losses. … The Cardinals are a perfect 4-0 when they score in the first inning, but they are 0-3 when their opponent scores in the first and 0-5 when their opponent scores the game’s first run.