Winona, Minn. -- After losing a nail-biter Friday night, the College of Saint Benedict hockey team (3-4, 2-2 MIAC) fell short Saturday, dropping the back-end of the weekend double header 0-2 against the Cardinals of Saint Mary's University (2-3-1, 2-1-1 MIAC). With the weekend loss, the Blazers fall to the middle of the pack in the MIAC standings.

The Cardinals scored two goals in the first period to give themselves a 2-0 lead at the first intermission.

The first goal came at the 4:28 mark with Saint Mary's playing shorthanded. Cardinal forward Kassie Lien set up a goal for teammate McKenna Parent who promptly gave the Cardinals a 1-0 lead.

Later in the first, the Cardinals got the game's only other goal, when Mary Debartolo took a pass from Breanna Peterson and converted it into another Cardinal goal. Peterson has three assists and one goal in her past two games against Saint Ben's.

The game was scoreless the rest of the way, with the Blazers unable to find the net despite outshooting the Cardinals 9-8 in the third period. Senior goalie Jenna Trout made 21 saves on 23 shots faced, and shutout the Cardinals in the second and third periods.

The Blazers had only three penalties in the game, matching their lowest total this season.

Blazer hockey is off for Thanksgiving break and then returns to action the following Tuesday (Dec. 2) when they will host Wisconsin-River Falls. Faceoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.