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Game Notes
Last Action: The Cardinals scored the game’s first and last goals — but Concordia netted two of its own in between — as the two teams skated to a 2-2 tie at the SMU Ice Arena Friday evening.
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A Year Ago: Emily Kearns scored both goals and Nikki Jung had 23 saves as SMU opened its MIAC series vs. Concordia with a 2-1 win on Nov. 22, 2003. The Cardinals completed the sweep a day later, getting 28 saves from Jung in a 3-0 SMU victory.
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Team Tidbits
Rachel
Harrison
Scored game-
tying goal vs.
Concordia
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Saint Mary's: SMU enters today's final game of the regular season with a one-point lead over Bethel for the fifth and final MIAC playoff spot. SMU secures the No. 5 spot with a win or a tie vs. Concordia today. If SMU loses, the Cardinals would need St. Benedict to beat Bethel, or the Cardinals will be on the outside looking in. … Jenny Hocum (Rochester, Minn.) and Rachel Harrison (Racine, Wis.) accounted for SMU's two goals vs. Concordia Friday night. … Hocum's goal was her second in SMU's last three games. … Friday's 2-2 tie marked the frist time this season that the Cardinals did not win when they scored two or more goals (9-0-1). SMU is 0-12-2 in games in which they score less than two goals. … SMU held Concordia to two shots in the second period Friday, but the Cobbers made one of them count as they scored the period's lone goal.. … SMU goalie Nikki Jung (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) stopped 17 shots vs. the Cobbers Friday. … Twenty-seven of the Cardinals’ 40 goals have come in their nine wins.
Çoncordia: The Cobbers are now winless in their last eight 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 last weekend, is the only win the Cobbers have in the year 2005. … The Cobbers are 1-11-2 since kicking off the new year with back-to-back losses to UW-Superior. … Lindsay Czarnecki leads Concordia in scoring with 10 goals and eight assists. … As a team, Concordia has scored 39 goals. … Three of the Cobbers’ four wins have come on their home ice. … Concordia is 1-7-1 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 1-11-1 when giving up the game’s first goal.
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