SAINT MARY'S VS. LAKE FOREST / FRIDAY, JAN. 5, 2007 / SMU ICE ARENA / 7:05 P.M.

Saint Mary's Cardinals
2-6-2 Overall
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Lake Forest Foresters
5-1-3 Overall
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Melissa Mondo

Year: Senior

Pos.: Forward

Hometown: Vadnais Hts., MN

Major: Bio-Chemistry

From Coach Mannor: “Few athletes truly have as strong a competitive drive as Melissa does. Combine this competitive drive with her incredible work ethic and natural talent, and you have one of the best two-way players in the conference.”



Game Notes
The Cardinals and Foresters have not met since the 2004-2005 season, when Lake Forest held SMU to just one goal — a third-period, Game 2 tally by Rachel Harrison (Madison, Wis.) — in sweeping past Saint Mary's 3-0 and 2-1. … The Cardinals have been off since Dec. 8-9, when SMU dropped a pair of MIAC games to league-leading and third-ranked Gustavus. SMU was shut out 4-0 in the opener, then fell 5-1 in the rematch. … Lake Forest is also coming off a long layoff, having not played since falling to seventh-ranked UW-Stevens Point 4-2 on Dec. 5.

Cardinal Notes

Nikki Jung
94 saves
vs. GAC
The Cardinals saw their winless streak vs. Gustavus climb to 12 (0-11-1) with last weekend's 4-0, 5-1 losses. … SMU has not beaten the Gusties since the 2001-02 season, when the Cardinals knocked off the Gusties 2-1 in the championship game of the MIAC Tournament. … The Cardinals held GAC to 47 shots on goal Saturday, snapping a streak of five straight games in which the Gusties had 50 or more shots vs. SMU. … Over the past four seasons, Gustavus has now outshot SMU 437- 112 and outscsored the Cardinals 45-5. … SMU's 5-1 loss to GAC kept the Cardinals winless on Saturday's this season (0-4: 4-2 loss to UW-Superior, 3-3 tie vs. Augsburg, 3-2 loss to Saint Benedict, 5-1 loss to Gustavus). … SMU’s shutout loss on Friday was its first of the season and first since Bethel blanked the Cardinals 2-0 on Feb. 24, 2006. … Nikki Jung (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) kicked out 52 shots vs. the Gusties Friday. It was the second time this season the SMU senior has stopped 50 or more shots in a game. … Laura Mueller (St. Paul, Minn.) netted SMU's lone goal vs. the Gusties. It was her fourth of the season. … Melissa Mondo (Vadnais Heights, Minn.) leads the team in goals (7) and points (10), while Mueller shares the team lead in assists (3) with Mondo and is second in goals (4) and points (7). … SMU has scored just three times in the second period and has been outscored 14-7 in the game's final 20 minutes.

Forester Notes
Lake Forest’s 4-2 loss to UW-Stevens Point was the Foresters’ first of the season, snapping a season-opening eight-game unbeaten streak (5-0-3). … The Foresters have played three overtime games and all three have ended with the exact same result — a 2-2 tie. … Lake Forest is 3-0-1 vs. MIAC opponents, including 4-2 and 5-3 wins over St. Thomas, a 5-3 win over Hamline and a 2-2 tie vs. Augsburg. … Lake Forest opponents have scored two goals in four of the Forester’s nine goals and are 1-0-3 in those four games. … Lake Forest has scored 23 goals in its five wins. … Courtney DeHoey is the Foresters’ leading scoring, boasting team-bests of nine goals and 16 points. … Laura Wilson is second on the team in goals (8) and points (13), while Allison Rushing has dished out a team-leading eight assists among her nine points. … Lake Forest goalies Sally Bevis and Ryann McCarthy have shared time in goal, combining for a 2.59 goals-against-average and a .907 save percentage. … McCarthy boasts a 3-0-1 record, while Bevis is 2-1-2.