Last Action: The Cardinals won their fifth straight on Friday, beating Bethel 3-1. … Augsburg, meanwhile, dropped a five-game match to St. Catherine on Friday.

Last Meeting: Tracy Koertgen delievered a match-high 11 kills as the Cardinals rolled to a 3-0 win over the Auggies on Oct. 18, 2003.

This and That:

Ashley Dingels 21 kills vs. Bethel

The Cardinals’ 3-1 win vs. Bethel snapped a seven-match losing streak to the Royals dating back to the 2000 season. … Ashley Dingels (Gibbon, Minn.) collected a match-high 21 kills vs. the Royals, extending her streak of 10 of more kills to eight straight matches. … Tessa Stranik (Eatonville, Wash.) finished with 55 assists vs. Bethel and moved the SMU senior past the 1,000-assist mark for the second straight season. … SMU’s current five-match winning streak equals its season high. … Augsburg’s loss to St. Catherine was its second straight. … Six of the Auggies’ nine wins have come on the road. … The Auggies have lost their last six matches vs. SMU, dating back to a 3-2 win on Sept. 30, 1998. … Linnea Evans had a career-high 22 kills vs. St. Catherine Friday.