ST. PAUL Minn. — The Saint Mary's University women's soccer team, coming off a 2-1 conference setback against St. Olaf on Tuesday at Ochrymowycz Field, hits the road Saturday, traveling to Hamline for an 11 a.m. MIAC contest against the Pipers.



The Teams:
Saint Mary's Cardinals: 3-3-1 MIAC / 6-6-1 Overall
St. Olaf Oles: 0-7-0 / 4-9-0 Overall

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Last Action:
The Cardinals got on the board first against St. Olaf Tuesday, but the Oles took advantage of an SMU own goal with 26 minutes remaining in regulation to break a 1-1 tie and lift STO to a 2-1 MIAC win over SMU at Ochrymowycz Field. Hamline, meanwhile, could not slow down league-leading Concordia Tuesday, as the Pipers dropped a 4-0 conference decision in Moorhead, Minn.

Last Meeting — October 17, 2009:
Amy Sibik (Onalaska, Wis.) scored a pair of goals, and the Cardinals dominated from start to finish in rolling to a 4-1 conference win over the Pipers at Ochrymowycz Field.

Saint Mary's Cardinals News and Notes:
The Cardinals enter Saturday's game against Hamline ranked No. 10 in the latest NCAA Division III North Region rankings. … Tuesday's loss to St. Olaf snapped the Cardinals' three-game (2-0-1) unbeaten streak. … Kelsey Schneider (Portland, Ore.) scored her second goal of the season to account for SMU's tally vs. St. Olaf Tuesday. … The Cardinals' loss to St. Olaf was their first at home this season. SMU is now 5-1-1 in its seven home contests. … 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 been by shutout. … Cassie Hulett (Milwaukee, Wis.) had her shutout streak snapped at 320 minutes on a first-half goal by St. Olaf's Catie Christoffel. … Hulett enters today's game against Hamline as the conference leader in shutouts (6), while her 76 saves (6.33 spg) are also tops among MIAC goalkeepers. … Amy Sibik (Onalaska, Wis.) is the Cardinals' leader in all three offensive categories — goals (9), assists (5) and points (23). Her 23 points are second in the MIAC and her nine goals are third. … Sibik enters today's game vs. the Pipers 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. … Ashley Gernes (Lake Elmo, Minn.) scored her first collegiate goal in SMU's 1-0 victory over Macalester last Saturday. … Last Saturday's win over the Scots snapped a 14-game winless streak against Macalester that dated by to a 1-0 victory in 1995. … SMU's 0-0 tie vs. league-leading Concordia on Oct. 2 ended an 11-game losing streak against the Cobbers that dated back to a 2-1 Cardinal victory during the 1998 season. … After going 0-4-3 in its previous 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.

Hamline Piper News and Notes:
The Piper's 4-0 loss to Concordia Tuesday was their second straight loss and the eighth in their last nine games. … Hamline has been outscored 10-0 during its current two-game losing streak. … All four of Hamline's wins have been by shutout. The Pipers have outscored their opponents 15-0 in those four wins. On the flip side, Hamline has been outscored 32-5 in its nine losses. … Natalie Cooper has accounted for half of the Pipers' goals this season, as the sophomore forward has netted 10 goals in 13 games. … Cooper also leads the team in points with 22, while Allyse Eide's seven assists are a team high. … Liz Stock has appeared in 11 of the team's 13 games in goal, owning a 3.05 goals-against-average and a .706 save percentage. … Hamline has been outscored 19-9 in the second half this season.