Game Summary

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University men's soccer team gave Macalester all it could handle for 90 minutes Friday evening.

In fact, the Cardinals matched the Scots blow-for-blow for more than 105 minutes, before Macalester broke a 2-2 tie with the game-winning goal midway through the second overtime period en route to a 3-2 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory.

"You hate to use it as an excuse, but we were unlucky tonight — we lost because we were unlucky," said SMU coach Chris Dembiec, whose Cardinals dropped their third straight. "Organizationally, this was by far the best game we've played all season.

"We had (Macalester) on the ropes, got a bad break on a penalty kick call late in the second half, and that was the difference."

#D.J. Prideaux# (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Mike Schmitt (Woodridge, Ill.) helped give SMU a 2-1 advantage at halftime, but the Scots got the equalizer on a penalty kick with 11 minutes remaining in regulation and then added the game-winner in the second 15-minute overtime period.

"This team played with such passion tonight — it was too bad the end result wasn't what they deserved," said Dembiec. "We certainly played well enough to win, we just couldn't catch a break."