SAINT MARY'S VS. UW-EAU CLAIRE / SATURDAY, NOV. 5, 2005 / SMU ICE ARENA / 7:05 P.M.

Saint Mary's Cardinals
0-0-0 Overall
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Cardinal In The Spotlight

Madeline Loftus

Year: Senior

Pos.: Forward

Hometown: Parsippany, N.J

Academic Major: Marketing

From Coach Mannor: "Maddy is the lone senior and has already shown that she is a leader both on and off the ice. She is a very fluid skater who handles the puck well and is an offensive threat everytime she is on the ice.”



Game Notes
SMU and UW-EC split their nonconference series last year, with the Blugolds blanking SMU 4-0, while the Cardinals posted a 3-0 triumph in the rematch. … SMU holds a 5-3-0 all-time record vs. UW-Eau Claire. … Tonight’s game is the season-opener for the Cardinals, who are coming off an 11-13-3 season a year ago. … UW-Eau Claire, meanwhile, opened its season with a 2-1 win vs. Bethel on Friday evening. 

Cardinal Notes

Nikki Jung
All-MIAC
last season
The Cardinals return their top three scorers — Melissa Mondo (Vadnais Heights, Minn. / 9 goals, 6 assists, 15 points), Rachel Harrison (Madison, Wis. / 6 goals, 8 assists, 14 points) and Jenn Shire (Anaheim Hills, Calif. / 4 goals, 8 assists, 12 points) — and five of their top six. … Nikki Jung (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.), who posted a 2.31 goals-against-average and a .928 save percentage in 23 games last season, earned All-MIAC first team honors a year ago, while Mondo was an honorable-mention selection. … SMU earned a berth in its fifth straight MIAC tournament a year ago, beating Augsburg in the opener, before being eliminated by Gustavus in the semifinals. … After starting the season 4-7-0 in their first 11 games, the Cardinals went 7-6-3 in their final 16 contests. … Six of SMU’s 11 wins came at home, where the Cardinals were 6-3-3.

Blugold Notes
UW-Eau Claire posted its first-ever winning season a year ago, going 15-9-1. … Lauren Havard and Amanda Schultz accounted for UW-Eau Claire’s two goals vs. Bethel in the teams’ season-opener on Friday. … Jill Arendt stopped 14 of the 15 shots she faced vs. Bethel. … The Blugolds’ 15 wins were a school record. … UW-EC returns 15 letterwinners All-NCHA selectioons Schultz, Arendt, Laura Suppes and Allie Campbell. … Schultz finished last season with team-highs in goals (15) and points (23), while Suppes was second on the team in points (17) and goals (9). … UW-Eau Claire placed third in the NCHA tournament last season. … 10 of the Blugolds’ 15 wins last seaosn were on their home ice (10-2-0), while UW-EC struggled to a 4-7-1 record on the road.