Piper Notes
Sara
Mickelson
Team-leader
in goals (20)
& points (31)
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The Pipers are making their first-ever post-season playoff appearance, after finishing the season with a school-record 14 wins. In the team’s previous six seasons, the Pipers won just 18 times in 148 games (18-123-7). … The team’s 10 conference wins surpasses the total of MIAC victories from the last six years combined (9)... The Pipers defeated every team in conference play this season except league regular season champion Gustavus. Hamline posted their first-ever victories against conference foes St. Thomas and Augsburg on consecutive weeks to end the regular season. … After opening the season 1-4-2, the Pipers have rattled off 13 wins in their last 18 games. … Included in those 13 wins was a season-high seven-game winning streak — a streak that tonight's opponent, SMU, snapped with a 2-1 win on Jan. 26. … The Pipers have scored a school-record 97 goals — including five or more goals in a game 10 times. Their 97 goals are 41 more than the previous mark set last season. … Sara Mickelson is the team's scoring leader, boasting 20 goals and 31 points, while Sophie Davidson has dished out a team-high 16 assists. … Mickelson and Davidson are two of 10 Pipers with 10 or more points. … Hamline has gotten at least one point from 19 of the 21 players who have played at least one game this season. … The goaltending tandem of Crystal Testolin and Andria Pinkerton have combined for a 3.00 goals-against-average and an .890 save percentage — and the first three shutouts in the program's history. … The Pipers boast an 8-4-1 record on their home ice, while Hamline was 6-4-2 on the road. … Hamline is 9-2-2 when scoring first and 5-6-1 when its opponents score first.
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How They Got Here
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The Cardinals earned the No. 5 seed — and their seventh straight MIAC playoff appearance — after posting a 9-7-2 conference mark. … Hamline, meanwhile, secured its first-ever post-season appearance and the No. 4 seed after finishing the regular-season with a 10-6-2 conference mark.
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Last Action
The Cardinals rallied from two goals down in the third period to beat St. Thomas 4-3 Sunday and earn a split in their regular-season finale. UST had won the opener, 4-1, on Friday. … Hamline locked up its No. 4 seed wtih a 5-3 win vs. Augsburg on Friday, then settled for a 3-3 tie in the team's rematch on Saturday.
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During The Regular Season
The Cardianls and Pipers split their regular-season meetings this season. SMU got goals from Amy Madden (East Grand Rapids, Mich.) and Laura Mueller (St. Paul, Minn.) in a 2-1 Cardinal win on Jan. 26, but it was the Pipers who had the upper hand in the rematch, as Hamline erupted for three second-period goals en route to a 6-1 victory. … SMU boasts a 13-2-0 all-time record vs. the Pipers.
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Cardinal Notes
Melissa
Mondo
Team-leader
in goals (13)
assists (11)
& points (24)
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The Cardinals' win over St. Thomas on Sunday snapped SMU's eight-game losing streak vs. the Tommies. The win was SMU's first since a 3-2, 4-3 Cardinal regular-season sweep on Feb. 21-22, 2003. … The win was also the first time in their four years that SMU's 10 graduating seniors have beaten UST. … SMU's MIAC playoff appearance Tuesday will mark the seventh straight time the Cardinals have been in the conference' post-season play. SMU is one of two teams (Gustavus is the other) to qualify for all seven MIAC playoffs. … The Cardinals’ loss to St. Thomas on Friday was just the second loss in SMU’s last eight games. … Angie Kryzer (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) netted SMU’s lone goal vs. the Tommies in Friday's 4-1 loss, while Melissa Mondo (Vadnais Heights, Minn.), Rebecca Jelenc (Sheboygan, Wis.), Nicole Reynard (Hortonville, Wis.) and Rachel Harrison (Madison, Wis.) accounted for SMU's four goals on Sunday. … The Cardinals gave up three second-period goals vs. UST over the weekend and have now been outscored 27-10 in the game’s middle period. … With her goal on Sunday, Mondo is now the team's leader in all three offensive categories — goals (13), assists (11) and points (24). … Mondo is currently in fourth place in career goals with 48 and points with 92. She is one goal and eight points behind Christy Hicks for No. 3 all-time. Mondo is also sitting fifth in career assists with 44, seven behind — who else? — Hicks. … SMU's goaltending duo of Nikki Jung (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) and Amanda Gage (Lino Lakes, Minn.) have combined to post a 2.85 goals-against-average and a .911 save percentage. … Jung is currently No. 2 all-time in saves (2,021) and third in save percentage (.920), while both Gave and Jung are No. 2 in goals-against-average (2.46). … The Cardinals’ win vs. St. Thomas on Sunday was their first when their opponent scores first (1-13-1). … The Cardinals have played three overtime games this season — and all three have ended in ties.
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