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Saint Mary's Cardinals
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UW-Stout Blue Devils
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Last Action: The Cardinals put an end to their season-high five-game losing streak Sunday, posting a
2-0 nonconference victory over Beloit. … UW-Stout, meanwhile, suffered its first home loss of the season Sunday, falling to Saint Benedict,
3-2.
Last Meeting: UW-Stout scored a pair of second-half goals — including the game-winner off the foot of Kaitlin Arjes with less than 17 minutes remaining in regulation — as the Blue Devils snapped SMU's 23-game nonconference winning streak with a
2-1 victory at Ochrymowycz Field a year ago.
All-Time Series Record: With last year's loss, the Cardinals moved to 3-3-0 all-time against UW-Stout since 1983.
Cardinal Notes: The Cardinals put an end to a pair of five-game streaks with Sunday's win vs. Beloit. The win snapped a five-game losing streak, and well as a five-game scoreless streak. …
Amy Sibik (Onalaska, Wis.) scored at the 20-minute mark of the first half vs. Beloit, snapped a scoreless drought of more than 530 minutes, dating back to a
Bethany Kaufmann (Green Bay, Wis.) goal in the first half of SMU's 1-0 win vs. Ripon on Sept. 28. … Four of SMU's five wins — (2-0 vs. Beloit on Oct. 19, 1-0 vs. Ripon on Sept. 28, 3-0 vs. UW-Superior on Sept. 5 and 9-0 vs. Presentation on Aug. 30) — have been by shutout. … Sunday's win was SMU's second in their last 12 games (2-10-1). … All five of SMU's wins have come in nonconference play. The Cardinals are now 28-1-1 in their last 29 nonconference games and are 28-4-2 in nonconference play since the start of the 2004 season. … Twelve of the Cardinals' 16 games have been decided by shutout — SMU is 4-8-0 in those eight games. … Last Saturday's game vs. Saint Benedict was the home finale for the Cardinals, and the final home game for graduating seniors
Erin O'Keefe (Park City, Utah), Melissa Paulson (Ham Lake, Minn.),
Bethany Kaufmann (Green Bay, Wis.), Emily Berg (Owatonna, Minn.) and
Lauren Mess (Lake Geneva, Wis.). … Sibik's goal vs. Beloit was her team-leading eighth of the season. She also leads the team with 18 points, while Paulson boasts a team-best four assists and Kaufmann is second in points with nine. … GK
Mariana Sanchez (Puebla, Mexico) stopped all three shots she faced vs. Beloit en route to her second shutout of the season. … Sanchez has faced 122 shots in 13 games. She has stopped eight or more shots five times in those 13 games. … Sanchez is currently ranked No. 2 in the MIAC in saves (61) and saves-per-game (7.71). … Mess made her third start of the season in goal last Saturday, stopping four CSB shots in suffering her first loss of the season (1-1-1). … The Cardinals' 21 goals have come from nine different players. … SMU has scored 12 of its 21 goals in the first half.
Blue Devil Notes: UW-Stout's 3-2 loss to Saint Benedict was its first home loss of the season (4-1-1). … The Blazers were also the first team to score on the Blue Devils' home field. UW-Stout had outscored its first four opponents 13-0 on its home field heading into Sunday's game vs. CSB. … Sunday's loss extended the Blue Devils' losing streak to a season-high three straight. … UW-Stout has played three overtime games, with all three ending in ties — 2-2 vs. St. Norbert on Sept. 6, 1-1 vs. UW-Oshkosh on Sept. 27, and 0-0 vs. UW-La Crosse on Oct. 4. … Four of UW-Stout's five wins have been by shutout. … Jessica Price is the team's leader in goals (7) and points (15), while Katie Ness leads the team in assists (3) and is second in goals (4) and points (11). … GKs Jessica Halvorson and Taylor Randle have combined to post a 1.58 goals-against-average and an .841 save percentage. … UW-Stout boasts a 16-12 scoring edge in the first half, but the Blue Devils have been outscored 16-9 in the game's second 45 minutes.