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1-3-2 MIAC, 2-5-2 Overall
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Saint Mary's 1, St. Benedict 1 / Details
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Cardinal News and Notes:
The Cardinals have now played four straight overtime games. … SMU's 3-2 OT win last Saturday vs. St. Benedict pushed the Cardinals' record to 1-1-2 in those overtime games. … SMU has been held to six goals in its three Friday games this season. … Jenn Shire (Anaheim Hills, Calif.) netted the game-winner vs. CSB on Saturday, while Laura Langen (New Lisbon, Wis.) and Rachel Harrison (Madison, Wis.) accounted for the other two goals. … Harrison also scored Friday's lone goal for the Cardinals, giving her a team-leading three goals for the season. … Langen and Jill Rhody (St. Paul, Minn.) share that team lead with three goals, while Amy Madden's (East Grand Rapids, Minn.) five assists and seven points are team-highs. … Saturday's 4-3 win snapped SMU's seven-game winless streak (0-5-2). … SMU has outscored its opponents 4-2 in the first period, but have been outscored 14-7 in the second and 10-8 in the third.
Cardinals are finally rewarded for all the overtime
they have put in with 3-2 victory over St. Benedict
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Jenn Shire
Game-winner
vs. St. Ben's
WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University women's hockey team has been putting in a little extra work of late. And finally — finally — that extra time on the ice paid off.

The Cardinals found themselves playing an overtime period for the fourth straight game last Saturday afternoon — and for the first time in those four games, SMU came away with a win for their efforts.

Jenn Shire (Anaheim Hills, Calif.) netted the game-winner 1:32 into the five-minute extra session, as the Cardinals picked up their first Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference win of the season, beating St. Benedict 3-2.

"Overtimes — I'm already sick of them," said SMU coach Terry Mannor, whose club had gone 0-1-2 in its last three games — including a 1-1 tie vs. the Blazers on Friday night. "It's been a frustrating couple of weeks, because we have played well enough to come out on top, but the ladies haven't been rewarded for their efforts.

"It's tough to go into overtime in four straight games — mentally and physically," continued Mannor. "I'm just happy we were able to get the win this time around."

They got the win — but it wasn't easy.

Rachel Harrison (Madison, Wis.) — who scored the lone goal for SMU in Friday's 1-1 tie — got the Cardinals on the board late in the first period, but CSB responded with back-to-back goals from Patty King and Jackie Hoeft three minutes apart early in the second period to take a 2-1 lead.

Laura Langen (New Lisbon, Wis.) got the Cardinals even with her third of the season at the 8:08 mark of the second period, then, after a scoreless third period — in which the Cardinals were outshot 8-3 — Langen set up Shire for the game-winner.

"I guess it's pretty safe to say that these two teams are pretty even," said Mannor of the Cardinals and Blazers. "I think both teams played a little tired (Saturday), but overall, I was very pleased with our performance.

"It's going to be a tough road — the conference is going to be so evenly matched that every weekend is going to be a battle, just like this one was," Mannor added. "Hopefully we can come back from the (Christmas) break and keep playing good, solid hockey."