St. Mary's (Minn.) women's basketball news

  • Hoopsville: Heating Up
    February 26, 2026
    Don't miss a loaded Thursday edition of Hoopsville. We talk championship DNA with teams around DIII trying to keep rolling through conference tournaments. Plus, Mother Nature continues to play undefeated. Watch the archives or listen to the podcast right here!
  • Tuesday: Cardinals end game on 27-0 run
    February 24, 2026
    The Cardinals of St. Mary's (Minn.) came into the fourth quarter down by 20 and won, while North Park's men outlasted Wheaton (Ill.), Augsburg won on a freshman's pair of free throws in the closing seconds and more as Tuesday night provided some thrills in Division III basketball conference tournament action.
  • Cardinals storm back with historic 27-0 run to reach MIAC semifinals
    February 24, 2026
    The No. 4-seeded Saint Mary's (Minn.) women's basketball team (20-7, 13-5) delivered one of the most electrifying comebacks in program history, stunning No. 5 Hamline (19-7, 13-5), 59-52, in the MIAC first round behind the largest reported in-game scoring run in history, a jaw-dropping 27-0 explosion.
  • Better the second time around
    January 31, 2026
    SUNY New Paltz and Saint Mary’s (Minn.) fared better in their rematches with the ranked teams at the top of their conference while No. 7 Bowdoin took another step toward a second straight sweep through the NESCAC. Read about those games and more from Saturday's Division III women's basketball action.
  • Team of the Week
    December 08, 2025
    D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates season No. 29, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week.
  • Cards draw Royal flush, upending unbeaten Bethel
    February 08, 2020
    St. Mary's (Minn.) pulled off one of the most unexpected upsets of the season in a wire-to-wire win over unbeaten Bethel. Elsewhere No. 17 Scranton and Haverford pulled themselves into first place ties and No. 14 Trinity took control of the SCAC.
  • From Shreveport to St. Mary's (Minn.)
    August 16, 2018
    David Foley, who was the head coach at Centenary (La.) for two seasons, accepted the same position at St. Mary's (Minn.).
  • St. Mary's Pollari heads to D-II
    June 14, 2018
    After three seasons atop the women's program at St. Mary's (Minn.), Brent Pollari stepped down to take the head coaching job at Wayne State.
  • Royals put end to Cardinals' 8-game win streak
    December 09, 2014
    Bethel outscored Saint Mary's 29-21 in the second half, including scoring the game's final five points, in handing the Cardinals a 51-47 setback—and snapping their eight-game season-opening winning streak.
  • Cardinals stay unbeaten with win over Augsburg
    December 07, 2014
    The Cardinals—ranked No. 14 in the latest USA Today Sports Coaches Poll and No. 16 in the D3hoops.com Top 25—raced out to leads as big as 22 in the first half, but had to survive a 20-0 Augsburg second-half run to dispatch of the Auggies 66-57 in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game at the Saint Mary's Gym.
  • Cardinal open title defense with 80-72 win
    December 03, 2014
    The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's basketball team opened defense of its MIAC regular-season title with an 80-72 win over Hamline Wednesday
  • Cardinals continue winning ways with 64-49 win
    November 25, 2014
    The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's basketball team improved to 6-0 Tuesday evening, dropping UW-La Crosse 64-49 in a nonconference game at Mitchell Hall in La Crosse, Wis.
  • Cardinals make it look easy against Crown
    November 22, 2014
    The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's basketball team posted its fifth straight victory Saturday, cruising to a 73-38 nonconference win over Crown
  • Cardinals run winning streak to 4 with win over UW-Stout
    November 22, 2014
    The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's basketball team pushed its season-opening winning streak to four with a 68-54 nonconference win over UW-Stout Friday at the Saint Mary's Gym.
  • Cardinals improve to 3-0 with win over UW-Eau Claire
    November 18, 2014
    The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's basketball team rallied from a 13-point first-half deficit, collecting their third straight win, a 71-62 victory over UW-Eau Claire at Zorn Arena
  • Cardinals hold off UM-Morris to go to 2-0
    November 16, 2014
    ST. JOSEPH, Minn. — It was a tale of two halves for the Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's basketball team Sunday afternoon against the University of Minnesota-Morris. The Cardinals owned the first half, while the Cougars had the upper hand in the game's final 20 minutes. Fortunately, the Cardinals' dominant first half proved to be enough, as Saint Mary's held off a late UM-Morris rally to post its second win of the season, 68-65 during the second day of the Saint Benedict Quinlivan & Hughes Tip-Off Tournament.
  • Cardinals open with win over UW-River Falls
    November 15, 2014
    ST. JOSEPH, Minn. — Saint Mary's University of Minnesota women's basketball coach Mandy Pearson is probably hoping her Cardinals' season-opening 72-62 victory over UW-River Falls at the Saint Benedict Quinlivan & Hughes Tip-Off Tournament is a sign of good things to come. After all, the Cardinals kicked off last year's season with a convincing win over another Wisconsin state school—UW-La Crosse—and went on to win a school school-tying 24 games and earn the program's first NCAA national tournament berth in nearly three decades.
  • Hoopsville on Demand: Conference countdown
    February 20, 2014
    Dave McHugh hit teams still in the hunt. Whether sitting pretty as a top seed like the Whitworth and Central men, in the hunt like the St. Mary's (Minn.) and Haverford women, or trying to get a home game, or just qualify. Plus one hardy group of seven players has a 16-hour bus ride ahead of them. Find out who.
  • Women's wrap: First of all
    February 01, 2014
    Christopher Newport ended York's undefeated run and pulled into a virtual tie for first place in the CAC while St. Mary's (Minn.) kept first place to itself in the MIAC. Plus Amherst found enough offense for a key win and DePauw survived a scare from an unlikely foe.
  • Wednesday women: Pulled back to the pack
    January 23, 2013
    Elizabethtown pulled a big upset at Messiah while the preseason favorites in the WIAC and MIAC fell. Plus Amherst and Swarthmore stayed a step ahead of their arch rivals.
  • Blazers' big second half too much for Cardinals
    February 16, 2011
  • Miller's 21 not enough as Cardinals fall to St. Catherine, 70-60
    February 14, 2011
  • Seniors make most of Senior Day in win over Carleton
    February 12, 2011
  • Cardinals hold off late Macalester charge for 52-51 win
    January 29, 2011
  • It's Kulig to the rescue as Cardinals hold off Bethel
    January 26, 2011
    Cherie Kulig (Independence, Wis.) scored a game-high 19 points in leading Saint Mary's to a 61-47 win over Bethel Wednesday.
  • It's Kulig to the rescue as Cardinals hold off Bethel
    January 26, 2011
  • Gustavus pulls way in second half to beat Cardinals
    January 22, 2011
  • Stefely's career night lifts Cardinals over Augsburg
    January 19, 2011
    WINONA, Minn. — Jamie Stefely (Lisle, Ill.) scored a game- and career-high 21 points — and added 10 rebounds for good measure — as the SMU women's basketball team cruised to a 74-62 MIAC victory over Augsburg Wednesday at the SMU Gym.
  • Cardinals can't overcome halftime deficit in falling to Saint Benedict
    January 17, 2011
    Jess Miller (Carver, Minn.) scored a game-high 21 points, but the SMU women's basketball team could not overcome a 40-16 halftime deficit in falling to league-leading Saint Benedict 73-61 Monday at the SMU Gym.
  • Slow start haunts Cardinals in loss to Pipers
    January 15, 2011
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