PLATTEVILLE, Wis. — The Saint Mary's University women's soccer team, coming off a heartbreaking 1-0 double-overtime loss to Saint Benedict, stays on the road Sunday, traveling to UW-Platteville for a 1 p.m. nonconference contest against the Pioneers.

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Last Action: The Cardinals' Mariana Sanchez (Puebla, Mexico) dropped nine shots, but it was not enough, as Saint Benedict scored the game's only goal with less than two minutes remaining in the second overtime, handing SMU a 1-0 conference setback Saturday. UW-Platteville, meanwhile, also played on Saturday, falling to UW-River Falls 1-0 in Platteville, Wis.

Last Meeting — September 21, 2008: The Cardinal found themselves staring at a 1-0 deficit — in the game's opening minutes — then got the equalizer — with less than 10 minutes remaining in regulation — off the foot of Amanda Rahman (Rochester, Minn.) as SMU salvaged a 1-1 nonconference tie.

Saint Mary's Cardinal Notes: Today's game is the final nonconference game of the season for the Cardinals, who are 34-2-1 in their last 37 non-league contests — with both losses coming against UW-Stout. SMU is now 34-5-2 in nonconference play since the start of the 2004 season. … Saturday's double-OT game vs. Saint Benedict was the third overtime game of the season for SMU, which also dropped a 2-1 OT decision to Macalester and settled for a 0-0 2 OT tie vs. Bethel. SMU is still looking for its first overtime win since a 1-0 win over St. Catherine on Sept. 13, 2007, going 0-3-3 in six OT games since then. … Mariana Sanchez (Puebla, Mexico) stopped nine shots in Saturday's 2 OT loss to Saint Benedict. Sanchez has now stopped 83 shots this season and enters today's game boasting a 1.06 goals-against-average and an .838 save percentage. … Amy Sibik (Onalaska, Wis.) scored two goals vs. the Pipers on Oct. 17, pushing her single-season goal total to a career-best 13. The Cardinal junior — who now has recorded eight multiple-goal games in her three-year collegiate career — also leads the team with a career-best 30 points. … Sibik's two goals vs. Hamline give her 33 career goals, moving her within four goals behind Barb Bock for sixth all-time in Cardinal women's soccer history. … Caitlyn Cole (Larson, Wis.) boasts a team-best seven assists. … SMU has won three of its last five games. … The Cardinals have only lost once in their last 48 games in which they have scored two or more goals, with that lone loss last year's 3-2 setback to the Pipers. … SMU has only allowed five goals in the first half this season.

UW-Platteville Pioneer Notes: The Pioneers snapped a two-game losing streak with a 2-1, double-overtime victory over Ashford at home on Tuesday. … With Saturday's 1-0 loss to UW-River Falls, UW-Platteville has been outscored 25-4 in their nine losses. … On the flip side, the Pioneers hold a 34-2 scoring edge in their seven wins — including a 9-0 win over Finlandia and 8-0 victories over Waldorf and UW-Superior. … Anna Strasser leads the team in goals (10) — including both goals in UW-P's double-overtime win over Ashford Tuesday — and points (22), while Allie Metcalfe's seven assists are a team high. … Strasser, Metcalfe and Kimmy Trapp have accounted for more than half of UW-Platteivlle's 41 goals, with Strasser netting 10, Trapp seven and Metcalfe six. … GK Kaitlyn Wiedeman has started every game in goal for the Pioneers, compiling a 1.94 goals-against-average and a .760 save percentage. … The Pioneers have played three OT games this season, going 1-1-1 — UW-P beat Ashford in double-overtime, lost to Macalester 2-1 in OT, and tied UW-Oshkosh 1-1.