WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University women's soccer team, coming off its fourth straight victory — a 5-0 win over UW-Superior on Sunday, kicks off its Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference season Tuesday, hosting Bethel in a 5 p.m. contest at Ochrymowycz Field.

Last Action: The Cardinals got four goals from Amy Sibik (Onalaska, Wis.) and a three-assist effort by Caitlyn Cole (Winnecone, Wis.) en route to a 5-0 nonconference victory over UW-Superior Sunday afternoon. Bethel, meanwhile, pushed its season-opening winning streak to five with a 7-0 rout of Bethany Lutheran on Saturday.

Last Meeting — Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008: Bethel raced out to a 3-0 advantage, getting goals from Sophie Christianson, Esther Sowles and Kylie Dirks, before the Cardinals' finally got on the board in the game's 87th minute — on a goal by Marie Allen — as the Royals handed SMU a season-ending 3-1 setback.

SMU Cardinal Notes: Amy Sibik (Onalaska, Wis.), who has led the Cardinals in scoring in each of her first two seasons, erupted for four goals vs. the Yellowjackets Sunday. Sibik has now scored at least one goal in each of SMU's four games, including her first collegiate hat trick vs. Central-Iowa on Sept. 5 and her first-ever four-goal game vs. Superior. … With Saturday's effort, Sibik now has seven multiple-goal games in her Cardinal career. … Sibik's nine goals this year give her 29 for her three-year career, ranking the SMU junior seventh all-time. … Caitlyn Cole (Winnecone, Wis.) put together her first collegiate multiple-assist performance vs. UW-Superior, assisting on three of the Cardinals' five goals. The three assists pushed her team-leading total to five. … Erin Morgan (Larsen, Wis.) scored her first collegiate goal vs. the Yellowjackets Sunday. … Dana Winkler (Lake Geneva, Wis.) recorded her first career multiple-assist game, picking up two assists ­— while also adding her second goal of the season — in SMU's 4-0 win over the Crown last Tuesday. … Mariana Sanchez (Puebla, Mexico) needed to make just one save to record her six career shutout Tuesday. Sanchez has now stopped six of the seven shots she's faced thus far this season, compiling a 0.35 goals-against-average and an .857 save percentage. …  With their season-opening four nonconference wins, the Cardinals improved to 32-2-1 in their last 35 non-league contests — with both losses coming against UW-Stout. SMU is now 32-5-2 in nonconference play since the start of the 2004 season. … All three goals scored vs. the Cardinals have come in the second half. SMU, meanwhile, has scored eight times in the first half and seven in the second. … SMU has now played three of its first four games on the road.

Bethel Royal Notes: The Royals have been world-beaters thus far this season, not only entering today's game unbeaten in their first five contests, but also unscored upon. Bethel has posted five straight shutout wins. To put things in perspective, and to give a testament as to how far the Royals' program has come, Bethel's 2003 team scored 13 goals all season, and was shut out by Martin Luther 3-0 that season. … The Royals have now scored 40 goals in their first five games, putting themselves one goal behind the 41 they scored all of last season. … Bethel has held its last two opponents without a shot on goal. … Lydia Bergeson has scored a team-best eight goals and shares the team lead in points (18) with Brittany Griffore. … Anne Fazio has dished out a team-leading seven assists. … The Royals' 40 goals have come from 12 different players. … Today's game is just the second road contest for the Royals, who, after opening the season with a 9-0 win at Crown, have knocked off UW-Superior (9-0), Northwestern (2-0), Martin Luther (13-0) and Bethany Lutheran (7-0) — all at home.