Game Summary

WINONA, Minn. — It's becoming an all-too-familiar predicament for Eric Luzzi and the Saint Mary's University men's soccer team.

For the second straight game, the Cardinals found themselves staring up from the bottom of a 2-0 hole they dug for themselves. And no matter who hard they battled to climb out, they never quite get there.

Just four days after losing to league-leading Gustavus 2-1 in a game the Gusties led 2-0, the Cardinals found themselves in the same precarious position on Saturday against St. Thomas.

And, unfortunately for the Cardinals, the end result was the exact same, as SMU came up on the short end of its second straight 2-1 setback.

John Maschoff and Andy Kuasa scored goals 11 minutes apart, the later coming just before the halftime buzzer, as the Tommies (2-1-0 MIAC, 6-3-0 overall) took a two-goal cushion into the halftime break. Eric Brown (Cary, Ill.) netted his team-leading sixth goal of the season to pull SMU within one at the 84-minute mark, but it was too little, too late as the Cardinals saw their conference record dip to 2-2-0 (5-3-1 overall).

Matt Peck (Eau Claire, Wis.) took the loss in goal, stopping three of the five shots he faced.