SAINT MARY'S VS. ST. SCHOLASTICA, UW-STOUT / SAT., MARCH 24, 2007 / MENOMONIE, WI

Saint Mary's Cardinals
0-0 MIAC, 2-4 Overall
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UW-Stout Blue Devils
0-0 WIAC, 5-5 Overall
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Blue Devil Notes
Stout is 5-5 after a week at the Rebel Spring Games in Kissimmee, Fla. … The Blue Devils have four players hitting over .300 — Beth Lloyd (.444, Stout's player of the week in Florida); Amanda McKellips (.394); Jacki Juan (.393); Nelly Peterson (.333). … Jackie Juan delivered the game winning hit in the bottom of the 10th in an 8-7 win over Webster, Mo. … Stout is picked to finish ninth in the WIAC. (after a ninth place finish last year) … Stout has already won more than half as many games as last year (8-29 in 2006) … Freshman Kristy Hoffman picked up Stout's first save in two years, coming in the top of the seventh with the bases loaded and two outs to force a ground out in a 4-2 win over Washington, Md, College.



Last Action
The Cardinals have been off since March 10, when they completed a 2-4 run at the NFCA Lead-Off Classic. SMU won the Bronze Division consolation title with a 10-0 win vs. Muskingum and a 5-3 victory over Maryville (Mo.). … UW-Stout, meanwhile, enters today's game having gone 5-5 after a week at the Rebel Spring Games in Kissimmee, Fla. … St. Scholastica also comes into today's games with a .500 record, including a 5-3 showing during its eight-game stretch in Phoenix, Ariz.

Last Meetings
SMU and UW-Stout have not met since 2005, when the Cardinals used a six-run eighth inning to beat the Blue Devils 9-3 in the NCAA Midwest Regional … The Cardinals and Saints, meanwhile, have not met since the 1998 season, when SMU cruised to a 13-0 victory.

Cardinal Notes

Nikki
Jung
.529 (9-for-17)
2 2B, HR at
Lead-Off
Classic
The Cardinals' 10-0 win over Muskingum during the final day of the NFCA Lead-Off Classic not only snapped their season-opening four-game losing streak, but was also the first collegiate coaching win for head coach Jen Miller. … SMU's games vs. Wheaton and Muskingum were the teams' first meeting since the 2001 national tournament. Muskingum, the eventual 2001 national champion, beating SMU 2-0, while Wheaton eliminated the Cardinals from the double-elimination tournament, 4-3. … SMU's four straight losses to open the season marked the first time the Cardinals had started a year 0-4 since 1993. … Nikki Jung (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) hit a team-leading .529 (9-for-17) with three runs scored, two doubles and a grand slam home run. The senior, who had at least one hit in five of SMU's six games, also drove in nine runs. … Jenna Johnson (Menomonie, Wis.) belted her first collegiate home run vs. Wheaton and finished the tournament 7-for-19 (.368) with two doubles and five RBIs. … Megan Wallisch (Loveland, Colo.) tossed a complete-game two-hitter in SMU's win over Maryville. … SMU scored 16 of its 20 runs in the first three innings. The Cardinals' opponents, meanwhile, scored in every inning, including six runs in both the third and sixth, and seven in the fifth. … SMU is 2-1 when scoring first and 0-3 with its opponents score first.