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Game Summary vs. Gustavus / GameDay Online

WINONA, Minn. — Saint Mary's University women's soccer coach Eric Zimmerman didn't have to say anything following Wednesday's Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game against Gustavus.

The frustration was written all over his face.

Gustavus took advantage of three Cardinal miscues in their own box — turning all three into goals — as the Gusties collected their first conference win of the season, while keeping SMU winless in the MIAC, with a 3-0 victory at Cotter Field.

“It's so frustrating,” said the Cardinals' first-year head coach. “We are making basic mistakes in our own box — mistakes that we shouldn't be making — and (SMU's opponents) are making us pay for them.

“Gustavus had three great scoring opportunities, because we let them dribble around us in the box — and at this level, you can't afford to do that.”

Miscue No. 1 came just 15 minutes into the opening half, as GAC's Ashley Voigtlander laced a shot that SMU goalkeeper Mariana Sanchez (Puebla, Mexico) stopped, but couldn't control — and Christy Tupy was there to put the ball into the open net.

Fifteen minutes later, SMU Miscue No. 2 saw Meghan McMillan split a pair of SMU defenders and beat Sanchez with a shot to the right side, as Gustavus took a commanding 2-0 lead into the halftime break.

But Gustavus in general, and Tupy in particular, wasn't finished, as the Gustie forward picked up a loose ball, beat one defender and put a right-footed shot into the lower left-hand corner to ice the victory.

“Everyone's getting a little frustrated now,” admitted Zimmerman, whose team is in the midst of a five-game-in-eight-day stretch that concludes with a home game vs. Concordia on Satuday (4 p.m.) and a road game at Ripon on Sunday (1 p.m.). "This team is much better than it showed today — we can play with these teams, we just haven't been able to put it all together.”