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Saint Mary's Cardinals   0-10-0 MIAC / 5-11-1 Overall		Bethel Royals   1-7-2 MIAC / 8-7-2 Overall

Last Action: The Cardinals come into today's season finale having been off since a 5-1 loss to UW-Stout on Oct. 23. … Bethel, meanwhile, has also been off for the past week, and enter today's game having dropped a 2-1 heartbreaker to Concordia, losing in the game's final minute.

Last Meeting: It took 28 games, but the Cardinals finally posted their first tie of the season when they squared off against Bethel in the teams' regular-season final a year ago. SMU's Mariana Sanchez (Puebla, Mexico) and Bethel's Charli Sorensen were unbeatable in goal, as the teams battled to a 0-0 tie.

All-Time Series Record: Last year's 0-0 tie was the first time in the team's all-time series, a series in which SMU holds an 11-3-1 record since 1983.

Cardinal Notes: The Cardinals' loss to UW-Stout on Oct. 23, snapped their six-game nonconference winning streak. Ironically, it was the Blue Devils who put an end to the Cardinals' 23-game nonconference win streak with a 2-1 victory vs. SMU a year ago. …  The Cardinals are now 28-2-1 in their last 31 nonconference games and are 28-5-2 in nonconference play since the start of the 2004 season.  … Marie Allen (Wausau, Wis.) accounted for SMU's lone goal vs. the Blue Devils. … UW-Stout's five goals were the most allowed by the Cardinals this season. … On the flip side, the Cardinals have now been held to one goal or less in 10 of their 11 losses. … SMU enters today's conference finale looking for their first MIAC win of the season. The Cardinals have been outscored 26-10 in 10 conference games — including shutout losses in its last five MIAC games. … 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. … Twelve of the Cardinals' 17 games have been decided by shutout — SMU is 4-8-0 in those eight games. … Amy Sibik (Onalaska, Wis.) boasts team highs in goals (8) and points (18), while Melissa Paulson (Ham Lake, Minn.) is the team-leader in assists with four assists. … GK Mariana Sanchez (Puebla, Mexico) stopped all three shots she faced vs. Beloit in her last start on Oct. 19 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). …  The Cardinals' 22 goals have come from nine different players. … SMU has scored 12 of its 22 goals in the first half.  … Today's game is the collegiate finale for SMU seniors Paulson, Erin O'Keefe (Park City, Utah), Bethany Kaufmann (Green Bay, Wis.), Emily Berg (Owatonna, Minn.) and Lauren Mess (Lake Geneva, Wis.).

Royal Notes: Bethel's 2-1 loss to Concordia last Saturday snapped the Royals' three-game unbeaten streak (2-0-1). … Esther Sowles scored the Royals' lone goal vs. Concordia, giving her nine goals for the season and 27 in her four-year career, just four shy of the Bethel career record with one game remaining. … Sowles and Sophie Christiansen share the team lead in goals (9), while Christiansen also boasts team highs in assists (10) and points (28). … Bethel's 38 goals have come from 11 different players. … GK Charli Sorensen has appeared in all 16 games, boasting a 1.52 goals-against-average and an .831 save percentage. … The Royals have outscored their opponents 22-7 in the first half. … Bethel has been shut out six times — including two 0-0 ties — and has scored just three goals in its seven losses. … After opening the season with a six-game winning streak, the Royals have gone 2-7-2 in their last 11 games.