SAINT MARY'S VS. AUGSBURG / FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18 / SMU ICE ARENA

Saint Mary's Cardinals
6-7-1 MIAC, 9-11-1 Overall
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7-7-0 MIAC, 10-9-2 Overall
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Game Notes
Last Action: The Cardinals scored three third-period goals to rally from a 2-1 deficit and beat St. Olaf 4-2 last Saturday, earning a split in the teams’ two-game series. St. Olaf had won the opener, 3-1. … Augsburg, meanwhile, saw its losing streak climb to five straight with back-to-back losses (2-0, 5-3) to St. Thomas last weekend.
A Year Ago: SMU and Augsburg split their regular-season season, with SMU Emily Kearns scoring three goals and assisting on two others in the Cardinals' 5-2 win on Jan. 23, 2004. Augsburg rebounded with a 2-1 win the following night, then won the rubber match, beating SMU 2-1 in the opening round of the MIAC postseason tournament on March 2, 2004.


Nikki Jung
Team-best
2.38 GAA,
.927 save %

This and That:
With four games left to play, SMU is one point behind the Auggies for fourth place in the MIAC standings – and one point in front of St. Benedict for the fifth and final MIAC playoff spot. … Rachel Harrison (Madison, Wis.) scored the first goal in both of SMU's games vs. the Oles last weekend. … The Cardinals’ one-goal outing vs. St. Olaf on Friday marked the 12th time this season that SMU has been held to one goal or less. SMU is 0-11-1 in those 12 games. … Twenty-seven of the Cardinals’ 36 goals have come in their nine wins. … Madeline Loftus (Parsippany, N.J.) added a goal and an assist vs. the Oles, while Katie Berg (Burnsville, Minn.) and Val Rodriguez (Woodbury, Minn.) each had two assists. … Melissa Mondo (Vadnais Heights, Minn.) scored her team-leading ninth goal vs. St. Olaf. … Nikki Jung (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) stopped 52 of the 57 shots she faced vs. the Oles, lowering her goals-against-average to 2.38 and improving her save percentage to .927. … SMU outshot St. Olaf 16-2 in the first period of Saturday's game, then was outshot 16-2 in the second period. … The Cardinals are 5-3-1 on their home ice.

THE CARDINAL LEADERS
No.-Name
Goals
Assists
Points
#22 Melissa Mondo
9
4
13
#3 Rachel Harrison
5
4
9
#11 Jenna Roland
4
4
8
#15 Jenn Shire
2
6
8
#10 Madeline Loftus
3
4
7
No.-Name
W-L-T
GAA
Save %
#29 Nikki Jung
8-7-1
2.38
.927
#35 Amanda Gage
1-4-0
3.78
.882
THE AUGGIE LEADERS
No.-Name
Goals
Assists
Points
#3 Stacy Anderson
15
17
32
#19 Jocelyn Cookson
15
9
24
#7 Lauren Chezick
8
14
22
#14 Melynda Kleewein
1
18
19
#23 Carrie Velenchenko
6
4
10
No.-Name
W-L-T
GAA
Save %
#1 Amanda Bockmann
6-5-1
2.77
.901
#91 Kristin Johnson
2-3-1
3.01
.883