Game Summary

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. — Only once in their first 11 games of the season had the Saint Mary's University men's soccer team and their opponents scored goals in the same game — and that was a 2-2 tie vs. Edgewood in the season's second game.

Other than that, it was either SMU winning by shutout (twice), its opponents winning by shutout (seven times), or the teams settling for a 0-0 tie (once).

The Cardinals have changed that trend over the past four games.

In fact, after scoring just seven goals in those first 11 games — two vs. Edgewood and five in a 5-0 rout of Marian — the Cardinals have netted four in their last four games.

Unfortunately for the Cardinals, their opponents have also turned up the offensive heat of late, netting 13 goals during that same four-game span — including seven in St. John's 7-2 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory over the Cardinals.

St. John's scored three times in the first half and four times in the second in handing SMU its most lopsided defeat of the season.

Brian Reddish (Crystal Lake, Ill.) and Mike Schmitt (Woodridge, Ill.) scored for the Cardinals, who have now lost two straight and are winless in their last five (0-4-1). For Schmitt, it was his team-leading fifth goal of the season, while Reddish — SMU's leading scorer a year ago with five goals and 12 points — scored for the second time in the last four games.