SAINT MARY'S VS. ST. OLAF / WEDNESDAY, OCT. 18, 2006 / SMU GYM / 7 P.M.

Saint Mary's Cardinals
3-6 MIAC / 9-14 Overall
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St. Olaf Oles
2-6 MIAC / 8-14 Overall
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Cardinal In The Spotlight

Jessica Larson

Year: Freshman

Pos.: Middle hitter

Hometown: Pine Island, MN

Major: Undecided

From coach Lester: "Jessica has worked very hard this year adjusting to the collegiate game. She is extremely athletic and will have a very good career here at SMU.”



Match Notes
Megan Roesler had a match-high 21 kills and Carolyn Kiefer finished with 63 assists as the Cardinals outlasted St. Olaf 19-17 in the fifth and deciding game of SMU's 3-2 win over the Oles in their regular-season meeting a year ago. … The Cardinals are coming off a 3-1 week in which SMU snapped a three-match losing streak with a 3-1 win over Augsburg last Wednesday, then followed that up with a 2-1 showing — beating Crown and UM-Morris 3-0 and falling to Northwestern 3-1 — at the UM-Morris Triangular over the weekend. … St. Olaf, meanwhile, has been off since last Wednesday, when the Oles dropped their second straight, a 3-1 decision to St. Catherine.

Cardinal Notes

Pam Stanton
2nd in MIAC
in service aces
The Cardinals' win vs. Augsburg snapped a three-match losing streak in which SMU was beaten 3-0 by nationally ranked teams St. Thomas and Carleton, and by NCAA Division II Winona State. … SMU's win vs. the Auggies was the Cardinals' first MIAC road win of the season (1-4). … After managing just one 3-0 win in their first 21 matches, the Cardinals' last two victories have been 3-0 sweeps. … Eight of SMU's 14 losses, on the other hand, have come by 3-0 scores. … Molli Dant (Forest City, Iowa) was the Cardinals' offensive leader last week, collecting 68 kills — including 40 in the three-match UM-Morris Triangular — while also adding 55 digs and eight blocks. … Theresa Perrini (Fairway, Kan.) picked up 79 digs last week, pushing her team-leading total to 443 — ranking her second all-time, just 64 digs behind Desiree Larson's school record of 507. … SMU served up 38 aces in its three matches at the UM-Morris Invitational, led by the nine-ace effort of Pam Stanton (Mundelein, Ill.). … Stanton ranks second in the MIAC in services aces with 14, while Perrini is fourth in digs (114).

Ole Notes
The Oles enter today’s match in the midst of a two-match losing streak — both by the same 3-1 count. … St. Olaf boasts five players — Audrey Volstad, Christine Brook, Andrea Otteman, Jessica Levin and Alyssa Williams — who have played in all 82 games this season. … Otteman leads the team in kills (296) and kills-per-game (3.61), while the trio of Otteman, Volstad and Brook are all hitting about .255. … Along with her 114 kills, Volstad also boasts a team-leading 896 assists. … Otteman (323) and Williams (310) have both eclipsed the 300-dig plateau, and are two of five Oles with at least 100 digs. … Three of St. Olaf’s eight wins have been 3-0 sweeps, while four others have gone the maximum five games. … St. Olaf is 1-6 in four-game matches. … Four of the Oles’ eight wins have come on their home floor.