SAINT MARY'S VS. ST. CATHERINE / WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 27, 2006 / SMU GYM / 7 P.M.

Saint Mary's Cardinals
0-4 MIAC / 4-10 Overall
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0-4 MIAC / 5-9 Overall
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Theresa Perrini

Year: Sophomore

Pos.: Libero

Hometown: Fairway, Kan.

Major: Undecided

From coach Lester: "Theresa has been our most consistent player this season. She is among the MIAC's leaders in digs and will only get better as her career progresses."



Match Notes
Fueled by Megan Roesler's 18 kills, 12 digs and seven blocks, the Cardinals rallied from a 2-0 deficit to beat St. Catherine 3-2 in the teams' regular-season meeting a year ago. … The Cardinals’ road trip to Saint Benedict and Concordia last weekend did not go quite the way coach Mike Lester had opened, as SMU dropped a 3-1 decision to the Blazers and a 3-0 decision to Concordia. … St. Catherine, meanwhile, saw its conference record drop to 0-4 with back-to-back losses to Macalester (3-0) and Gustavus (3-1).

Cardinal Notes

Molli
Dant
38 kills in
3 matches
last week
Molli Dant (Forest City, Iowa) collected a team-best 38 kills in SMU's three matches last week, pushing her team-leading total to 175 kills this season. … Breanna Benham (Deer River, Wis.) dished out 90 assists, while Theresa Perrini (Fairway, Kan.) notched a team-best 55 digs. … Perrini now has 314 digs and is one of three SMU players with more than 100 digs. … The Cardinals are looking for their first win since a 3-2 triumph over Wartburg during the second day of the SMU Sugar Loaf Classic on Sept. 9 — a span of five matches. … SMU has won just two games during their current five-match slide. … Five of SMU's 10 losses have been by 3-0 scores. … Two of SMU's four wins have been on the Cardinals' home floor — where they play three matches this week. … After falling to No. 23 Saint Benedict and No. 4 Concordia last weekend, the Cardinals will face their third nationally ranked team in less than a week this Saturday when they play host to No. 6 St. Thomas.

Wildcat Notes
St. Catherine enters tonight’s match with five wins – two more than all of last season. … The Wildcats enter tonight’s match having lost three straight, dating back to a 3-1 nonconference win vs. Northland on Sept. 16. … The Wildcats have been shutout 3-0 in seven of their nine losses. … St. Catherine has only been involved in one five-game match, a 3-2 loss at home to Bethel on Sept. 20. … Erika Kriechbaum was named St. Catherine’s Wildcat of the Week last week after collecing 74 digs in her last three matches. … Whitney Sparby collected a season-best 48 assists in St. Catherine’s latest loss, a 3-1 decision vs. Gustavus last Saturday. Sparby had 124 assists in the Wildcats’ three matches last week. …Maria Hoffman is the team’s leader in kills (118) and attack percentage (.203), while Sparby boasts a team-best 324 assists and Kriechbaum has collected a team-leading 287 digs.