Last Action: The Cardinals picked up a pair of shutout victories last weekend, beating Hamline 4-0 on Friday night, then completing the sweep with a 2-0 win vs. the Pipers on Saturday. … Gustavus, meanwhile, ran its winning streak to four in a row with a 4-2, 8-1 sweep of St. Olaf last weekend.

A Year Ago: Gustavus held SMU to just one goal in sweeping the two-game MIAC series. The Gusties scored three first-period goals en route to a 4-1 win on Feb. 6, 2004, then completed the sweep with a 3-0 shutout win in which GAC held the Cardinals to just eight shots on goal.

This and That:

Nikki Jung Back-to-back shutouts vs. Hamline

The Cardinals improved to 11-0-0 all-time vs. Hamline with their weekend sweep. … SMU has also posted five straight shutout wins vs. the Pipers, outscoring Hamline 26-0 in that five-game stretch. … SMU got single goals from six different players in its sweep of Hamline. … SMU also got 11 assists on the weekend - from 11 different players. … Amy Madden (Grand Rapids, Mich.) netted her first goal as a Cardinal in the first period of Saturday's win. … Nikki Jung (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) stopped all 26 shots she faced on the weekend in posting back-to-back shutouts - her first two of the season. … Melissa Mondo (Vadnais Heights, Minn.) scored her team-leading sixth goal of the season vs,. Hamline, while Jenn Shire (Anaheim Hills, Calif.) dished out her team-best sixth assist. … Friday's win vs. Hamline snapped the Cardinals' three-game losing streak. … SMU has now won two straight for the first time since opening the season with back-to-back wins vs. Finlandia. … Gustavus has outscored its MIAC opponents 49-4 in eight games. … The Gusties opened the season with an eight-game unbeaten streak, during which GAC outscored its opponents 40-3.