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| 2006-2007 Records: 1-0-1 MIAC, 1-3-2 Overall |
| Last Week's Results Saint Mary's 3, Augsburg 1 / Details Saint Mary's 3, Augsburg 3 / Details |
| Upcoming Games: Fri., Dec. 1: Saint Benedict at SMU, 7:05 p.m. Sat., Dec., 2: Saint Benedict at SMU, 2:05 p.m. |
| Cardinal News and Notes: The Cardinals put an end to their four-game winless and three-game losing streaks with a 3-1 win vs. Augsburg last Friday. … Melissa Mondo (Vadnais Heights, Minn.) had a hand in all three SMU goals in Saturday's 3-3 tie vs. Augsburg, scoring twice and assisting on the other. … Mondo's goals were the 38th and 39th of her career, moving her into fifth all-time, one goal behind Tennie McCabe. Mondo is also seventh all-time in points with 74. … Angie Kryzer (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) scored SMU's other goal Saturday — her first collegiate goal. …Laura Mueller (St. Paul, Minn.) pushed her team-leading assist total to three with a pair of assists vs. Augsburg. … Two of SMU's six games have now gone into overtime — both resulting in ties. … Nine of the 17 goals SMU has given up have been powerplay goals. The Cardinals, meanwhile, have netted five powerplay goals. … SMU opponents have scored 10 third-period goals — and only seven in the first and second periods, combined. |
Auggies does wonders to help SMU forget slow start
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Mondo 2 goals, 1 assist in 3-3 tie vs. Auggies |
Neither does Saint Mary's University women's hockey coach Terry Mannor.
A win and a tie will do that to a coach.
SMU headed into last weekend's MIAC-opening two-game series vs. Augsburg on the heels of a three-game losing streak and a season-opening, four-game winless streak.
They exited with a much more satisfying two-game unbeaten streak.
Fresh off a convincing 3-1 win over the Auggies in Friday's series opener at the SMU Ice Arena, the Cardinals struggled to match that same intensity, but still managed to come away with a 3-3 tie — and three key conference points.
"It wasn't our best effort, that's for sure — and it was nothing like the way we played (Friday night)," said Mannor, whose team moved to 1-0-1 in the MIAC and 1-3-2 overall. "I thought we played extremely well from start to finish (in Friday's 3-1 win), but this time around, we just went through the motions for the first 35 minutes of the game.
"Once we decided to play the way we are capable of playing, we dominated the play — it just took us two periods to get going."
The Cardinals sandwiched a pair of goals by Melissa Mondo (Vadnais Heights, Minn.) around a goal by the Auggies' Tiffany Magnuson, as SMU took a 2-1 advantage into the locker room after one period. Augsburg then erupted for two goals in the first 10 minutes of the second period to take a 3-2 lead, before Angie Kryzer (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) pulled SMU even with her first collegiate goal.
"I'm a little disappointed, because I felt we were the better team, and I think we proved that with our performance on Friday," said Mannor. "But when you don't go out and play at your highest level for 60 minutes, you give your opponent the opportunity to hang around — and that's what happened to us.
"We went through the motions for two periods, and (Augsburg) took advantage."