MIAC SEMIFINALS vs.
SAINT MARY’S UNIVERSITY CARDINALS Head coach: Brent Pollari • Assistants: Erin Crane, Mark Kellen
No. Name
Yr.
MEET THE CARDINALS Pos.
Ht.
Hometown / High School
2 Mary Wintroath
Fr.
G
5-7
Suttern, N.Y. / St. Lucy’s Priory
3 Emma Schaefer
Jr.
G
5-6
Roseville, Minn. / Roseville Area
4 Brigette Audette
Jr.
G
5-7
Big Lake, Minn. / Big Lake
10 Bridget Pethke
Sr.
G
5-5
New London, Wis. / New London
11 Haley Trom
Sr.
G
5-5
Hampton, Minn. / Randolph
12 Micaela Meredith
Sr.
G
5-9
Bloomington, Minn. / Bloomington Kennedy
13 Brandi Blattner
Fr.
F
5-10
Eyota, Minn. / Dover-Eyota
14 Kirsten Keefe
Fr.
G
5-7
Chatfield, Minn. / Chosen Valley-Chatfield
21 Raelynn Speltz
Jr.
G
5-8
Lewiston, Minn. / Lewiston-Altura
23 Alexa Huisman
So.
G
5-10
Adrian, Minn. / Ellsworth Public
25 McKenzie Sommers
Fr.
P
6-0
Arlington, Minn. / Sibley East
33 Sam Jones
Jr.
F
6-1
White Bear Lake, Minn. / White Bear Lake
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THE SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Nov. 13 at WSU. (ex) Nov. 21 Crown* Nov. 22 at St. Ben’s (nc) Nov. 24 La Crosse Nov. 29 Eau Claire Dec. 2 Gustavus Dec. 5 Macalester Dec. 9 at Augsburg Dec. 16 Carleton Dec. 19 at Stevens Pt. Dec. 30 at Lawrence Jan. 2 at UW-Stout Jan. 6 at St. Kate’s Jan. 9 at St. Olaf Jan. 13 Concordia Jan. 16 St. Thomas Jan. 20 Hamline Jan. 23 at Macalester Jan. 27 Augsburg Jan. 30 at Carleton Feb. 3 St. Catherine Feb. 6 at St. Benedict Feb. 10 at Bethel Feb. 13 St. Olaf Feb. 17 at Hamline Feb. 20 at St. Thomas MIAC Playoffs Feb. 25 Gustavus *At Saint Benedict
L, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, W, L, W, W, W, W, W, L, W, W, L, W, W, W, L, W, W, L,
Time 90-68 88-34 75-67 76-65 73-68 82-74 67-52 64-51 85-47 68-44 73-49 74-73 71-67 57-46 61-55 76-67 70-55 81-56 82-70 65-59 62-60 61-53 77-74 85-67 64-48 89-65 7:00
GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE GUSTIES Head coach: Laurie Kelly Assistant: Dan Wolfe, Nate Otto, Angie Potts
No. Name
3 Emme Udo
4 Kelsey Carpenter 5 Brooke Lemke
10 Mikayla Miller
12 Anne Odegard
Yr.
So.
Jr.
Fr.
So.
Jr.
20 Justine Lee
Fr.
23 Olivia Graskewicz
Fr.
22 Skyler Nagorski
25 Taylor Anderson
Fr.
Fr.
31 Kate Theisse
So.
33 Lindsey Johnson
Sr.
32 Hannah Howard
Jr.
35 Kendall Thompson
Fr.
41 Cara Christiansen
Jr.
MEET THE GUSTIES Pos.
G
G
G
G
G
G
P
G
G
5-6
5-8
5-9
5-7
6-0
5-7
5-7
St. Peter, Minn. / St. Peter
Delano, Minn. / Delano
Goodhue, Minn. / Goodhue
St. Paul, Minn. / Cretin Derham Hall
Dawson, Minn. / Dawson-Boyd
Minneapolis, Minn. / St. Louis Park
Hudson, Wis. / Hill-Murray
Rogers, Minn. / Rogers
Welcome, Minn. / Martin County West
F
6-0
Edina, Minn. / Edina
G
5-9
St. Paul, Minn. / Cretin Derham Hall
F
5-10
Eden Prairie, Minn. / Holy Family Catholic
P
5-10
Mankato, Minn. / West
43 Miranda Rice
So.
F
50 Olivia Hass
Fr.
So.
5-8
Apple Valley, Minn. / Eastview
5-10
P
44 Stephanie Klockmann
5-9
Hometown / High School
G
Sr.
40 Anna Lundquist
Ht.
P
P
5-11
5-11
5-10
6-3
Rochester, Minn. / Mayo
Forest Lake, Minn. / Forest Lake
Brownton, Minn. / Glencoe-Silver Lake
St. Peter, Minn. / St. Peter
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THE SCHEDULE Opponent
Time
Nov. 16 at M. Luther
W, 79-59
Nov. 21 UW-River Falls
L, 76-61
Nov. 20 UW-Stout
W, 72-67
Nov. 24 at Buena Vista W, 106-93 Dec. 2
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Dec. 9
Bethel
Dec. 5
at Augsburg
Dec. 11 at Macalester Dec. 15 UW-La Crosse
L, 82-74
3W, 59-54
W, 71-63
W, 67-55
W, 69-61
Dec. 29-30 Puerto Rico Tourn. Dec. 29 Ramapo
Dec. 30 Coast Guard Jan. 6
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W, 47-29
L, 62-51
L, 67-45
at Hamline
W, 81-71
Jan. 16 at Carleton
W, 67-32
Jan. 9
Jan. 13 St. Catheirne Jan. 20 Saint Benedict
W, 74-59
L, 70-61
Jan. 23 Augsburg
W, 60-54
Jan. 30 Macalester
W, 86-49
Jan. 27 at Bethel Feb. 3
Feb. 6
St. Thomas
at Concordia
Feb. 10 St. Olaf
Feb. 13 Hamline
W, 79-65
L, 75-67
W, 75-72
W, 77-40
W, 75-41
Feb. 17 at St. Benedict W, 52-51 Feb. 20 Carleton
W, 72-49
Feb. 23 St. Benedict
W, 65-40
MIAC Playoffs
Feb. 25 at Saint Mary’s
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## 13 12 10 3 4 33 23 11 25 14 20 2 21
Player Brandi Blattner Micaela Meredith Bridget Pethke Emma Schaefer Brigette Audette Sam Jones Alexa Huisman Haley Trom McKenzie Sommers Kirsten Keefe Ashley Stobbe Mary Wintroath Raelynn Speltz Team Saint Mary’s Opponents
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## Player 10 Mikayla Miller 33 Lindsey Johnson 43 Miranda Rice 32 Hannah Howard 20 Justine Lee 04 Kelsey Carpenter 44 S. Klockmann 05 Brooke Lemke 25 Taylor Anderson 40 Anna Lundquist 35 Kendall Thompson 50 Olivia Hass 41 Cara Christiansen 03 Emee Udo 23 Olivia Graskewicz 31 Kate Theisse 03 Emme Udo 12 Anne Odegard 22 Skyler Nagorski TEAM Gustavus Opponents
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GS 16 25 25 15 10 25 4 4 0 0 0 1 0
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GP 26 19 26 26 26 26 26 26 25 20 25 10 16 16 4 10 6 10 6
26 26
GS 26 13 23 26 6 20 1 10 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Min 630 722 772 737 296 551 357 417 320 29 14 110 48
CARDINALS BY THE NUMBERS: THROUGH WEDNESDAY, 2.24.16
Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot 31.5 123 251 .490 11 27 .407 74 109 .679 81 127 208 28.9 110 294 .374 31 103 .301 103 117 .880 27 88 115 30.9 78 238 .328 30 99 .303 45 59 .763 25 121 146 29.5 66 174 .379 39 103 .379 33 44 .750 11 69 80 18.5 41 88 .466 6 17 .353 24 30 .800 28 41 69 22.0 67 145 .462 0 0 .000 34 53 .642 36 50 86 14.9 37 111 .333 28 72 .389 16 23 .696 17 34 51 16.7 36 104 .346 5 27 .185 26 38 .684 21 30 51 12.8 30 82 .366 0 0 .000 31 50 .620 19 43 62 5.8 3 4 .750 0 1 .000 2 3 .667 1 2 3 7.0 1 1 1.000 1 11.000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 6.1 10 28 .357 1 5 .200 6 10 .600 7 11 18 3.7 2 8 .250 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 1 9 10 59 76 135 5003 604 1528 .395 152 458 .332 394 536 .735 334 7011035 5003 550 1477 .372 143 476 .300 284 414 .686 275 645 920
Min 696 351 495 585 552 464 327 506 395 132 281 41 85 219 11 46 30 26 10
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Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct 26.8 143 313 .457 46 116 .397 18.5 66 151 .437 25 58 .431 19.0 90 172 .523 0 0 .000 22.5 63 139 .453 0 1 .000 21.2 49 128 .383 23 58 .397 17.8 42 136 .309 18 60 .300 12.6 44 75 .587 0 0 .000 19.5 35 109 .321 8 43 .186 15.8 24 106 .226 12 42 .286 6.6 18 45 .400 0 0 .000 11.2 21 56 .375 6 18 .333 4.1 7 19 .368 0 0 .000 5.3 9 15 .600 0 0 .000 13.7 6 20 .300 0 1 .000 2.8 2 4 .500 0 1 .000 4.6 4 8 .500 0 0 .000 5.0 0 3 .000 0 0 .000 2.6 0 8 .000 0 3 .000 1.7 0 1 .000 0 0 .000
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SAINT MARY’S CARDINALS 14-4 MIAC 20-5 Overall CARDINAL LEADERS
SCOUTING THE SAINT MARY’S CARDINALS
HOW THEY GOT HERE: • The Cardinals finished tied for second with Gustavus in the regular-season standings, but Saint Mary’s owned the head-to-head tiebreaker over the Gusties with their 82-74 win on Dec. 5.
SCOUTING THE SAINT MARY’S CARDINALS: • • The Cardinals head into post-season play having won three of their last four and five of their last seven. … With their 20-5 overall record, the Cardinals have now reached the 20-win plateau in three of the last four seasons. … Saint Mary’s is making its fifth straight MIAC Playoff appearance—the Cardinals have reached the semifinals each time. … Saint Mary’s finished the regular season owning a 9-2 record on their home court, while going 10-3 on the road. … The Cardinals are 44-5 at the Saint Mary’s Gym over the past four years. … Three of the Cardinals’ five losses this season have come against nationally ranked teams—St. Thomas (twice) and UW-Stevens Point. . … This year’s senior class—Bridget Pethke (New London, Wis.), Micaela Meredith (Bloomington, Minn.), and Haley Trom (Hampton, Minn.)—will leave Saint Mary’s as the winningest class in program history, heading into the final week of the regular-season having amassed an 84-23 overall record, along with one conference regular-season title, four MIAC Playoff appearances, and an NCAA national tournament berth. … The Cardinals head into their MIAC Playoff opener on Thursday boasting a pair of players averaging in double figures—Blattner (16.6 ppg) and Meredith (14.2 ppg). … Meredith—who has netted 10 or more points in 18 of the team’s 25 games—scored a team-high 23 points against St. Catherine on Feb. 3. It was the sixth time this season the Cardinal senior has netted 20 or more points in a game. … Meredith’s 23-point effort vs. St. Catherine was one point shy of her career-best 24-point showing against St. Thomas on Jan. 15. … Blattner, who returned to the Cardinals lineup last Saturday against St. Thomas after missing five games due to an appendectomy, owns nine double-doubles and has hauled in 10 or more rebounds 12 times this season. … Blattner—who has scored 20 or more points eight times this season—hauled in a career-high 19 rebounds in Saint Mary’s win over UW-Eau Claire on Nov. 29. It was the Cardinals’ highest single-game
rebounding performance in the last two decades. … Blattner scored a career-high 27 points in back-to-back games against St. Catherine and St. Olaf on Jan. 6 and Jan. 6—it was the highest single-game output since Pethke tossed in 32 points against St. Olaf on Jan. 29, 2014. … Meredith recorded her first collegiate double-double against Lawrence on Dec. 30, scoring 13 points and hauling in a career-high 11 rebounds, while Audette missed her first career double-double by one point vs. Bethel on Feb. 10, finishing with nine points and a career-best 12 rebounds. … McKenzie Sommers (Arlington, Minn.) equaled her collegiate best with 12 points against Macalester on Jan. 23, while Trom tied her career high with 15 points against St. Catherine on Jan. 6, and Huisman recorded a career-high 14 points against Carleton on Dec. 16. … The Cardinals have had six different players lead them in scoring this season. … Blattner owns a teambest 208 rebounds (10.4 rpg). … With the first of her five assists against Hamline on Feb. 17, Pethke surpassed Lisa Janikowski as the alltime career assist leader. Pethke heads into Thursday’s MIAC Playoff semifinal with a school-record 382 career assists. … Pethke— who dished out a career-high 10 assists against Augsburg on Dec. 9—owns a team-leading 147 assists, ranking her No. 2 all-time, just four helpers shy of the single-season school record of 151, set by Michele Gensler in 1990-91 … Pethke—who has started every game she has played in a Cardinal uniform—has eclipsed the 100-assist mark twice in her collegiate career. … Saint Mary’s—which knocked down a seasonhigh 12 treys against St. Olaf on Feb. 13—has made 152 3-pointers this season. … The Cardinals boast four players—Emma Schaefer (Roseville, Minn. / 39), Meredith (31), Pethke (30), and Huisman (28)—with 20 or more 3-pointers. … As a team, the Cardinals are averaging 70.2 ppg. … Saint Mary’s 85-point effort in their 8556 win over St. Olaf on Feb. 13 marked the fifth time this season the Cardinals have scored 80 or more points—including a season-high 88 points in their season-opening win over Crown on Nov. 21. … The Cardinals put a season-high five players in double figures in their 85-56 win over St. Olaf on Feb. 13. … The Cardinals had 11 players see court time in their first meeting against Carleton on Dec. 16—and all 11 scored at least two points.
Brandi Blattner Fr. | Forward
GP FG-FGA FT-FTA REB 20 123-=251 74-109 208
Micaela Meredith Sr. | Guard
GP 25
GP 25
FG-FGA FT-FTA REB 110-294 103-117 115
PPG 16.6
PPG 14.2
Bridget Pethke Sr. | Guard
FG-FGA FT-FTA AST 78-238 45-59 147
PPG 9.2
GUSTAVUS GUSTIES 14-4 MIAC 20-6 Overall GUSTIE LEADERS
SCOUTING THE GUSTAVUS GUSTIES
HOW THEY GOT HERE: • The Gusties finished tied for second in the conference’s regular-season standings—but lost the head-to-head tiebreaker with Saint Mary’s. Gustavus kicked off post-season play on a high note on Tuesday, outscoring Saint Benedict 24-8 in the first quarter and rolling to a 65-40 victory in the MIAC quarterfinals—earning the Gusties a spot opposite Saint Mary’s in one of the two playoff semifinal games
SCOUTING THE GUSTAVUS GUSTIES: • The Gusties are making their 16th consecutive post-season appearance, owning a 9-16 all-time record—including a 9-2 mark on their home court. … Tuesday’s MIAC Playoff quarterfinal win over Saint Benedict was the Gusties’ first post-season victory since 2012. … Gustavus has been eliminated from the MIAC Playoffs by Saint Mary’s in two of the last three seasons— including last season’s 90-58 loss in Winona, Minn. … Gustavus heads into its MIAC Playoff semifinal showdown with Saint Mary’s having won six straight and nine of its last 10—the lone exception, a 75-67 loss to eighth-ranked
St. Thomas on Feb. 3. … Mikayla Miller, one of the top scorers in the conference during the regular-season, poured in a game-high 24 points against Saint Benedict on Tuesday, while adding 10 assists, five steals, and three rebounds. … Miller has now scored 20 or more points seven times this season, while the double-double was her third of the season. … Miller and Lindsey Johnson head into Thursday’s game at Saint Mary’s leading the team in scoring, averaging 15.6 ppg and 10.5 ppg, respectively. … Gustavus boasts three players— Miranda Rice (135), Miller (132), and Hannah Howard (127) with 100 or more rebounds. … Along with her 15.6 ppg scoring average, Miller is also the team-leader in assists (81) and steals (73). … As a team, Gustavus has knocked down 138 3-pointers this season, led by Miller (46), Johnson (25), and Justine Lee (23). … Gustavus, which is averaging 68.9 ppg, is shooting 41 percent from the field this season (623-for-1508). … Gustavus has played two overtime games this season, falling to Saint Benedict (70-61) on Jan. 13 and beating Concordia (75-72 on Feb. 6.
MIAC PLAYOFFS QUARTERFINALS: TUES., FEB. 23 vs.
vs.
#4 Concordia 85, #5 Bethel 76
#3 Gustavus 65, #6 Saint Benedict 40
vs.
vs.
#3 Gustavus at #2 Saint Mary’s Winona, Minn. | 7:00
#4 Concordia at #1 St. Thomas St. Paul, Minn. | 7:00
GP 26
Mikalya Miller So. | Guard
FG-FGA FT-FTA REB 143-314 74-95 132
Lindsey Johnson Sr. | Forward
GP 19
FG-FGA FT-FTA REB 66-151 43-53 65
PPG 15.6
PPG 10.5
MIAC PLAYOFFS SEMIFINALS: THURS, FEB. 25
MIAC PLAYOFFS FINAL
Lowest remaining seed at Highest remaining seed | Sat., Feb. 27 • 3:00
GP 26
Miranda Rice So. | Forward
FG-FGA FT-FTA REB 90-172 48-60 135
PPG 8.8