WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University women's soccer team, coming off a huge, streak-snapping 1-0 conference win over Macalester on Saturday at Ochrymowycz Field, is back in action — and back on their home turf — as the Cardinals host St. Olaf in a 6 p.m. MIAC game.



The Teams:
Saint Mary's Cardinals: 3-2-1 MIAC / 6-5-1 Overall
St. Olaf Oles: 4-2-0 / 9-3-0 Overall

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Last Action:
The Cardinals got a second-half goal from Ashley Gernes (Lake Elmo, Minn.) and a 10-save effort from goalkeeper Cassie Hulett (Milwaukee, Wis.), as SMU slipped past Macalester 1-0 in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game at Ochrymowycz Field Saturday afternoon. St. Olaf, meanwhile, came up empty in its conference game against St. Thomas, falling to the Tommies 2-0 in Northfield, Minn.

Last Meeting — October 13, 2009:
Lindsay Howard and Deanne Schmidt each had a goal and an assist, as St. Olaf handed the Cardinals a 3-0 conference setback in Northfield, Minn.

Saint Mary's Cardinals News and Notes:
Saturday's win over Macalester — which snapped a 14-game winless streak against the Scots that dated by to a 1-0 victory in 1995 — was the third streak-snapping performance by the Cardinals. On Wed., Sept. 29, the Cardinals put an end to a three-game losing streak against Gustavus, handing the Gusties a 1-0 setback. And three days later, SMU battled league-leading Concordia to a 0-0 conference tie, ending an 11-game losing streak against the Cobbers that dated back to a 2-1 Cardinal victory during the 1998 season. … Saturday's win also improved the Cardinals to 5-0-1 on their home turf this season. Eleven of the Cardinals' 15 wins over the past two seasons have come at home. … All six of SMU's wins — not to mention its lone tie ¬— have all been by shutout. … Cassie Hulett (Milwaukee, Wis.) posted her second straight 10-save effort against Macalester Saturday en route to her league-leading sixth shutout. … Hulett, the reigning MIAC Player of the Week — who has not allowed a goal in more than 310 minutes — enters today's game vs. St. Olaf with a 1.03 goals-against-average and an .854 save percentage. … Ashley Gernes (Lake Elmo, Minn.) scored her first collegiate goal against Macalester last Saturday. … Amy Sibik (Onalaska, Wis.) enters today's game vs. the Oles with 99 career points. She is looking to become just the sixth player in SMU women's soccer history to record 100 career points. … Sibik's 43 career goals rank No. 5 all-time, 11 goals back of No. 4 Kerry Ambrose's 54. … Sibik currently leads the team in all three offensive categories — goals (9), assists (5) and points (23). Sibik's five assists are a career high. … SMU's 0-0 tie against Concordia on Oct. 2 was the second straight double-overtime contest for the Cardinals, who had knocked off Gustavus 1-0 in 2 OTs on Sept. 29. After going 0-4-3 in its last seven overtime games, the Cardinals are now 1-0-1 in their last two. … SMU's seven goals vs. Lakeland and Ripon on Sept. 4 and Sept. 5, respectively, are the most since the Cardinals netted nine in a 9-0 win over Presentation in 2008.

St. Olaf Oles News and Notes:
The Oles enter today's game vs. Saint Mary's ranked No. 22 in the latest NSCAA Top 25. … Last Saturday's loss to St. Thomas snapped the Oles' three-game winning streak. … After opening the season with a 2-0 loss to UW-Eau Claire, the Oles had rattled off six straight wins and were 9-1 in their last 10 games heading into their showdown vs. St. Thomas. … All three of St. Olaf's losses have been by identical 2-0 counts — vs. UW-Eau Claire, Concordia and St. Thomas. … Today's game at SMU is the first of three straight road games for the Oles. … St. Olaf has outscored its opponents 13-2 in the first half. The Oles' opponents have scored eight of their 10 goals in the second half. … St. Olaf has scored four or more goals four times this season. … Lindsay Howard, Catie Christoffel and Amanda Leone all share the team lead in goals with five, while Howard also has a team-leading 12 points, one better than both Christoffel and Leone. … Ellie Steiner, Susie Jelinek and Deanne Schmidt are the team's assist leaders with three each. … Elizabeth Huggins and Nora Forbes have shared the team's goalkeeping duties, combining for a 0.81 goals-against-average and an .831 save percentage.