Tommie Notes
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The Tommies' 7-0 road victory on Feb. 10 at Concordia-Moorhead broke them out of a scoring slump in which UST had lost four of its previous five games by a margin of 22-2. They lost 6-0 at UW-Stevens Point on Jan. 28; lost 8-0 to Gustavus Feb. 2; beat Gustavus 1-0 Feb. 3; lost 4-1 at home Feb. 7 to UW-River Falls; and fell 4-0 in the series opener to Concordia. … After their 7-0 win vs. Concordia and a 7-1 triumph over Hamline last Friday, the Tommies’ offense returned to hibernation in a 2-0 loss to the Pipers Saturday. … The Tommies have been shut out in four of their last five losses. … Six of UST’s 10 losses have come by two goals or less. … Jill Kobow leads UST in scoring with 23 points, while Jackie Carroll is the team-leader in goals (13) and Katie Carrico has a team-best 13 assists. … Kobow, Carroll and Carrico are three of nine UST players with 10 or more points. … In their first four seasons at Saint Thomas Ice Arena in Mendota Heights, the Tommie women are 35-9-2, although they have lost three of their last four home games. … Over the last five years, St. Thomas has compiled a 77-14-5 record in MIAC play, including nine one-goal losses. The Tommies reached the conference playoff finals in each of the last four years with one title and three one-goal losses to Gustavus (two in overtime).
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Last Action
The Cardinals locked up their seventh straight MIAC playoff berth with a 5-1 victory over Bethel on Saturday. … St. Thomas, meanwhile, suffered its fourth shutout loss in its last eight games, falling to Hamline 2-0 Saturday.
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A Year Ago
The Cardinals jumped out to a 2-1 first-period lead, but then gave up eight unanswered goals in falling 8-3 in the first game of the teams' MIAC series a year ago. St. Thomas completed the sweep, scoring two goals in the third period of a 3-2 UST victory. …
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Cardinal Notes
Sara
Eisenhauer
Scored 1st
collegiate goal
vs. Bethel
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The Cardinals' 5-1 win vs. Bethel Saturday locked up their seventh straight MIAC playoff appearance. … SMU is one of two teams (Gustavus is the other) to reach all seven MIAC playoffs. … SMU's five-goal outburst Saturday was also a season high. … With the win and tie vs. Bethel, the Cardinals are now 4-1-1 in their last six games and 6-2-1 in their last nine. … Rachel Harrison (Madison, Wis.) and Amy Madden (East Grand Rapids, Mich.) each had a goal and two assists vs. Bethel, while Melissa Mondo (Vadnais Heights, Minn.) had three assists — all in Saturday's 5-1 win — and Jill Rhody (St. Paul, Minn.) netted two goals. … Sara Eisenhauer (Kenosha, Wis.) scored her first collegiate goal vs. the Royals on Saturday. … With her three assists, Mondo moved into the team lead in all three offensive categories — goals (12), assists (11) and points (23). … Mondo is currently in fourth place in career goals with 47 and points with 91. She is two goals and nine points behind Christy Hicks for No. 3 all-time. Mondo is also sitting fifth in career assists with 44, seven behind … who else? … Hicks. … With her goal on Friday, Madden has now scored a goal in five of SMU’s last eight games. … The Cardinals’ tie vs. the Royals Friday kept them winless (0-12-1) when their opponent scores first. … Despite scoring all three of their goals in the second period Friday, SMU has still been outscored 24-10 in the game’s middle period. … Friday's game vs. Bethel was the Cardinals' third overtime game of the season — and all three have ended in ties.
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