SAINT MARY'S VS. ST. THOMAS / THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2007 / WINONA, MINN / 4:00

Saint Mary's Cardinals
0-0 MIAC, 4-4 Overall
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0-0 MIAC, 16-2 Overall
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Cardinal In The Spotlight

Megan Wallisch

Year: Senior

Pos.: Pitcher / B-T: R/R

Hometown: Loveland, Colo.

Major: Pre Physical-Therapy

From Coach Miller: "Megan has stepped up to be our No. 1 pitcher this year. She is pitching with confidence and allowing her defense to make the plays. Megan gives us a chance to win every time she steps on the mound.”



Last Action
The Cardinals extended their season-high winning streak to four straight with a 9-4, 9-3 nonconference sweep of UW-Stout Saturday. … No. 1-ranked St. Thomas, meanwhile, hit six homers on the day and cruised to three more wins last Friday to finish 11-1 on its spring trip to the Sun West Tournament in Orange, Calif.

Last Meeting
The Tommies entered last year’s DH having outscored their first four MIAC opponents 70-0. SMU managed five runs in the teams’ conference DH, but the Tommies still came away with a 3-1, 9-4 sweep.

Cardinal Notes

Cassie
Otte
5-for-8, 5 runs
vs. UW-Stout
The Cardinals extended their winning streak to a season-best four straight with their sweep of UW-Stout Saturday. … After scoring just five runs in their first four games, the Cardinals have erupted for 33 runs during their current four-game winning streak. … Six of UW-Stout's seven runs vs. SMU Saturday came in the fifth inning. … The Cardinals have outscored their opponents 28-15 through the first four innings, but have been outscored 22-9 in the game's final three innings. … Nikki Jung (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) continued her red-hot hitting, belting four hits — including her second grand slam of the season — in seven at-bats vs. the Blue Devils. Jung also drove in six runs. … Jung is one of five SMU players who currently boast five-game hitting streaks. The SMU senior also leads the team in multiple-hit games (5) and multiple-RBI games (5). …  Melissa Mondo (Vadnais Heights, Minn.) and Cassie Otte (Randolph, Minn.) also enjoyed banner days vs. UW-Stout. Mondo went 4-for-8 with five RBIs, while Otte was 5-for-8 — including 4-for-5 in Game 2 — and scored five runs. … Otte has now had three or more hits in a game twice in SMU's first eight games. … SMU opens conference play Wednesday against St. Thomas. SMU has dropped its last 12 games vs. UST, dating back to a 1-0 SMU win in the 2001 regional tournament — when current head coach Jen Miller was the Cardinals' starting catcher.

Tommie Notes
The Tommies, winners of 10 straight, are 150-13 since March 2004 (including 30-2 in the postseason). ... Since 2002, St. Thomas is 114-5 vs. MIAC opposition -- 9-4 vs. Gustavus (four one-run losses) and 105-1 vs. everyone else. …  The Tommies enter today's game as the nation's No. 1-ranked team. … As a team, UST hit .355 during its 12-game showing at the Sun West Tournament, while foes batted just .164, and the Tommies outscored their opponents 83-16. … The Tommies have won six of the last seven and 13 all-time regular-season conference titles. They've also won all three MIAC playoff titles with a combined 9-0 record since the format began in 2004. … UST coach John Tschida is the lone coach in NCAA softball to win national championships at two different institutions (UST and Saint Mary's). … Tschida is the winningest coach in NCAA Division III softball with a 12-year head coaching mark of 465-85 (.845). He's in his seventh season at St. Thomas (258-40 overall, 128-7 MIAC here), where he's won five conference titles and twice has been named National Coach of the Year... In his last 10 seasons at St. Mary's and St. Thomas, Tschida's teams are 219-12 vs. conference foes and have swept 100 of 110 doubleheaders, splitting nine while being swept just once (plus a 9-0 record in MIAC playoffs).