WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University women's soccer team, coming off a conference-opening 0-0 tie against Bethel on Tuesday, is back in conference play Saturday, hosting Carleton in a 1 p.m. MIAC contest at Ochrymowycz Field.
Records:
Saint Mary's (0-0-1 MIAC / 4-0-1 Overall)
Carleton (0-1-0 MIAC / 1-4-1 Overall)
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Last Action: The Cardinals extended their unbeaten streak to five straight, getting a 13-save effort from
Mariana Sanchez (Puebla, Mexico) in a
0-0 tie vs. Bethel in the teams' Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference opener at home Tuesday. Carleton, meanwhile, kick off its conference season on Wednesday, falling to Gustavus in overtime,
2-1 in St. Peter, Minn.
Last Meeting — Wednesday, October 10, 2008: Carleton took advantage of SMU's lackluster first-half effort, scoring two goals 15 minutes apart en route to a 2-0 MIAC win over the Cardinals.
SMU Cardinal Notes: Bethel held SMU's Amy Sibik (Onalaska, Wis.) scoreless for the first time this season. Sibik, who has led the Cardinals in scoring in each of her first two seasons, had entered Tuesday's game having scored at least one goal in each of SMU's' first four games — including a career-best four goals vs. UW-Superior last Sunday. … Sibik boast 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. … After stopping eight shots in her first four starts — combined — Mariana Sanchez (Puebla, Mexico) stopped a career-high 13 shots vs. the Royals on Tuesday. … Sanchez now boasts a 0.20 goals-against-average and a .955 save percentage and has not given up a goal since Simpson's Katherine Bird scored with 11 minutes remaining in regulation in SMU's season-opening 2-1 win — a span of 376:25 scoreless minutes. … Caitlyn Cole (Larsen, Wis.) put together her first collegiate multiple-assist performance vs. UW-Superior last Sunday, 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 last Sunday. … 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. … After playing three of their first four games on the road, today's game is the second straight home contest for the Cardinals.
Carleton Knight Notes: The Knights are coming off a 2008 season in which they tied for the most conference wins during league play, won the MIAC's post-season tournament, and earned a spot in the NCAA Championships. … The Knights put an end to their four-game winless streak (0-3-1) with a 3-0 shutout of Carthage last Sunday, but promptly dropped a 2-1 decision to Gustavus on Wednesday. … Niki Tomita scored Carleton's lone goal vs. Gustavus. … Carleton's seven goals this season have now been scored by six different players. Lilly Vanderstaay is the only Knight with more than one goal and leads the team with four points. … GKs Kate Trenerry and Beth Ashinsky have combined to post a 1.89 goals-against-average and a .684 save percentage. … Five of Carleton's seven goals have come in the first half. … Three of Carleton's six games have gone into overtime — a 1-1 tie vs. DePauw and 2-1 losses to Loras and Gustavus. … Today's game at Saint Mary's is the fifth road game in seven contests for Carleton.
