Game Summary

DUBUQUE, Iowa — The Saint Mary's University men's soccer roster is littered with new faces, but if they continue to play the way they have in the Cardinals' first two games, they will be household names before too long.

With freshman Mike Boland (Lake Zurich, Ill.) scoring the Cardinals' lone goal eight minutes into the first half, SMU was forced to settle for a 1-1 tie in its nonconference game against Loras Saturday afternoon.

"We did not play particularly well," admitted SMU coach Eric Luzzi, whose team moved to 1-0-1 with the tie. "And for us to play as poorly as we did, and still come away with a tie against a very good Loras team, that's encouraging."

Boland got the Cardinals on the board at the eight-minute mark of the first half, scoring an unassisted goal. SMU and goalkeeper Bob Endemann (Woodridge, Ill.) kept it that way until the 81st minute, when Loras' Jed Boyer beat Endemann with the game-tying goal.

"I'm a little disappointed with our performance, but when you take into consideration the weather conditions (sunny and very hot), I'm pleased with the outcome," Luzzi said. "But still, we've got to find a way to make sure we are playing at our best all the time. It's good to come away with a tie the way we played, but we can't afford to play like that all the time."