Last Action: The Cardinals won their fourth straight match, outlasting Macalester 3-2 Wednesday. … Bethel, meanwhile, dropped its fourth straight, losing to St. Olaf in five games Wednesday.

Last Meeting: Bethel was just one of two teams to beat the Cardinals twice a year ago, slipping past SMU 3-2 during the opening day of the Pikes Peak (Colo.) Tournament on Aug. 29, 2003, then topping the Cardinals 3-0 in their regular-season MIAC meeting on Oct. 17, 2003.

This and That:

Tessa Stranik 46 assists shy of 1,000

The Cardinals have now won four straight and five of their last six. … Ashley Dingels (Gibbon, Minn.) collected 18 kills vs. Macalester and has now had 10 or more kills in seven straight matches and 15 of the last 16. … Tessa Stranik (Eatonville, Wash.) finished with 61 assists vs. the Scots, leaving her just 46 assists shy of 1,000 for the season. … The Cardinals are now 4-1 in five-game matches. … With Wednesday’s loss, the Royals are now 1-2 in five-game matches. … Liz Glesne leads the tema in kills (271), while Katie Snyder has accounted for 835 of the team’s 950 assists.