Last Action: The Cardinals are coming off a 1-1 weekend in which they beat St. Benedict 3-2, then lost to Concordia 3-0. … St. Thomas, meanwhile, pushed its winning streak to three straight with 3-1 wins over Hamline and Gustavus.

Last Meeting: Tracy Koertgen posted 10 kills and Tessa Stranik dished out 28 assists, but the Cardinals were no match for St. Thomas in a 3-0 Tommie win on Oct. 1, 2003.

This and That:

Tessa Stranik MIAC assist leader (12.2 apg)

Saturday's loss to Concordia snapped SMU's five-match winning streak. … All three of the Cardinals' losses this season have come against opponents ranked in the AVCA Top 25 (UW-La Crosse, Simpson, Concordia). … Ashley Dingels (Gibbon, Minn.) led the Cardinals in kills in all three matches last week — collecting 14 vs. Hamline, 26 vs. St. Benedict and nine vs. Concordia — and is leading the team with 206 kills (4.12 kpg) this season. … Tessa Stranik (Eatonville, Wash.) has amassed 826 assists in SMU's first 15 matches. … Dingels leads the MIAC in kills (4.03 kpg), while Stranik is the MIAC’s assist leader (12.22 apg). … SMU's 3-2 win vs. St. Benedict last Friday gives the Cardinals a perfect 3-0 mark in games that have gone the maximum five games. … The Cardinals had a season-high five players record at least 10 kills vs. the Blazers.