Last Action: The Cardinals saw their record fall to 0-12-2 when scoring less than two goals as SMU managed a 1-1 tie and suffered a 3-1 loss to Augsburg last weekend. … Concordia, meanwhile, had its winless streak climb to seven (0-6-1) with 3-1 and 5-3 losses to St. Olaf last weekend.

Rebecca Jelenc Scored 1st collegiate goal vs. Auggies

Saint Mary's: SMU enters the final two games of the regular season with a two-point lead over St. Benedict for the fifth and final MIAC playoff spot. SMU secures the No. 5 spot with at least three points (a win and a tie) vs. Concordia this weekend. If SMU splits - and St. Benedict sweeps Bethel - the teams would be tied for fifth, and would have to go to the third tiebreaker critieria - goal differential vs. other playoff teams. Since SMU and St. Ben's split their regular-season series - CSB won the first game 3-1, while the Cardinals took Game 2, 4-2 (MIAC tiebreaker criteria No. 1) and the two teams' head-to-head goal differential is the same (criteria No. 2), SMU would enter the final weekend with acommanding 11-goal advantage over the Blazers with two games remaining. … Rebecca Jelenc (Sheboygan, Wis.) and Jenny Hocum (Rochester, Minn.) accounted for SMU's two goals vs. Augsburg. … Jelenc's goal was the first of her collegiate career. … With one goal in each of their two games vs. Augsburg, SMU is now 0-12-2 in games in which they score less than two goals. … SMU was held to one shot - Jelenc's goal - in the second period of Friday's 1-1 tie. … SMU goalie Nikki Jung (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) stopped 64 of the 68 shots she faced vs. the Auggies. … Twenty-seven of the Cardinals’ 38 goals have come in their nine wins.

Çoncordia: The Cobbers have lost three straight and are winless in their last seven games. … The Cobbers are searching for their first win since 5-0 win over Hamline on Jan. 21, 2005. … Concordia’s win over Hamline in the first of their two-game series, is the only win the Cobbers have in the year 2005. … The Cobbers are 1-11-1 since kicking off the new year with back-to-back losses to UW-Superior. … Lindsay Czarnecki leads Concordia in scoring with nine goals and eight assists. … As a team, Concordia has scored 37 goals. … Three of the Cobbers’ four wins have come on their home ice. … Concordia is 1-7-0 away from home. … The Cobbers are averaging 1.68 goals-per-game, while their opponents are scoring at a 3.8 gpg clip. … Concordia is 3-6-1 when scoring first, and just 1-11-0 when giving up the game’s first goal.