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| 2006-2007 Records: 2-1-1 MIAC, 2-4-2 Overall |
| Last Week's Results Saint Mary's 2, Saint Benedict 1 / Details Saint Benedict 3, Saint Mary's 2 / Details |
| Upcoming Games: Fri., Dec. 8: SMU at Gustavus, 7:05 p.m. Sat., Dec. 9: Gustavus at SMU, 2:05 p.m. |
| Cardinal News and Notes: The Cardinals' loss on Saturday snapped SMU's three-game (2-0-1) unbeaten streak. … SMU's last four games vs. Saint Benedict have been decided by one goal or less. … With her two goals and one assist, Melissa Mondo (Vadnais Heights, Minn.) extended her team-leading totals to six goals, three assists and nine points. … Mondo's two goals were the 40th and 41st of her career, moving her into fourth all-time. Mondo is also seventh all-time in points with 77. Heading into Saturday's Game 2 vs. Saint Benedict, Mondo had had a hand in five straight SMU goals — two goals and an assist in a 3-3 tie vs. Augsburg and a goal and an assist in Friday's 2-1 win vs. Saint Benedict. That streak was snapped with Amy Madden's (East Grand Rapids, Mich.) third-period goal vs. CSB on Saturday. Mondo did, however, start another streak with her third-period tally.. … Laura Mueller (St. Paul, Minn.) netted SMU’s other goal vs. the Blazers Friday and is now second on the team in goals (3) and points (6) and tied with Mondo for the team lead in assists (3). … Nikki Jung (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) had her bid for her 11th career shutout snapped when the Blazers’ scored their lone goal with 1:35 remaining in regulation Friday. … After opening the season with an 0-3-1 record, SMU has gone 2-1-1 in its last four games. |
2-1 win, 3-2 MIAC setback against Saint Benedict
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Mondo 2 goals, 1 assist vs. Saint Benedict |
SMU was good in the second period, and even better in the third.
In the first, however, the Cardinals weren't very good at all.
"New day, same story," said SMU coach Terry Mannor, whose team was outshot 15-5 — and outscored 2-0 — in the game's opening 20 minutes en route to a 3-2 setback at the hands of the Blazers at the SMU Ice Arena. "(On Friday), it was the second period that haunted us, and this time around, it was the first.
"We just aren't stringing three solid periods together," continued Mannor, whose team survived a three-shot second period in Friday's 2-1 win over the Blazers, but couldn't overcome the 2-0 first-period deficit on Saturday. "We got away with it (on Friday), but it came back to haunt us (on Saturday)."
The Blazers scored twice in a 41-second span midway through the first period as Sarah Horlitz and Patty King each beat SMU goalie Nikki Jung (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) to give CSB a 2-0 advantage.
After a scoreless second period, the Blazers pushed their lead to 3-0 on a goal by Janae Cosuette 56 seconds into the third period. Amy Madden (East Grand Rapids, Mich.) finally got SMU on the board at 8:21, and Melissa Mondo (Vadnais Heights, Minn.) made it a one-goal game with four minutes remaining in regulation, but that was as close as SMU would get.
"It's a tough loss, but, hopefully, the ladies learned a thing or two about the importance of playing a complete 60 minutes," said Mannor, whose team will take its 2-1-1 MIAC and 2-3-2 overall record on the road Friday, opening a home-and-home series against MIAC power and fourth-ranked Gustavus. "When we play the way we are capable, we are as good as anyone around — but if we are going to compete with the top teams, we have to sustain that high level for all three periods.
"So far this season, we haven't been able to accomplish that."