The Teams:
Saint Mary's Cardinals: 0-0 Overall
UW-River Falls Falcons: 0-0 Overall

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Last Action:
Today's game is the season opener for both teams.

Last Meeting — October 11, 2009:
#Stephanie Marnocha netted the game's only goal midway through the second half in lifting SMU to a 1-0 nonconference victory over the visiting Falcons at Ochrymowycz Field.

Saint Mary's Cardinals News and Notes:

Amy Sibik (Onalaska, Wis.) scored SMU's game-winner in the team's season final vs. Augsburg on Oct. 28. It was the junior's team-leading 14th goal of the season. Sibik's 14 goals last season — which were a single-season career high — gave her 34 for her career and moved her within three goals of Barb Bock for No. 6 all-time. … Sibik has recorded eight multiple-goal games in her career — including posting her first three-goal and four-goal games last season. … Caitlyn Cole (Larson, Wis.) boasted a team-best seven assists in 2009. … SMU will be without graduated senior GK Mariana Sanchez, who closed out her senior season boasting a career-best 1.05 goals-against-average and an .842 save percentage. … Sanchez finished with a season-high five shutouts last season and ended her collegiate career with 12 shutouts, tying her with Jennifer Johnson for fifth all-time in career shutouts. … Six of Saint Mary's nine wins a year ago came on its home field, where the Cardinals boasted a 6-2-1 overall record. … Five of SMU's nine wins were by one goal – including three decided by 1-0 decisions. … The Cardinals won six of their seven nonconference games last season, pushing their record to 34-3-1 in their last 38 games vs. non-MIAC foes to 34-3-1. SMU is now 34-6-2 in nonconference play since the start of the 2004 season. … The Cardinals allowed just seven first-half goals in their 18 games a year ago. … The Cardinals have only lost once in their last 50 games in which they have scored two or more goals, with that lone loss 3-2 setback to Hamline in 2008.

UW-River Falls News and Notes:

UW-River Falls scored 39 goals during the 2009 campaign and returns every player that tallied a goal. … The Falcons return three All-WIAC performers — defender Cassie Stang, midfielder Eryn Lansverk and forward Janae Baron. … The Falcons welcome back seven of the top eight point producers from the 2009 season. … The Falcons will play four of their first six and three of their last four matches at home. … Head coach Sean McKuras is the longest tenured coach in team history and owns a school-best 80 victories. He is in his ninth season with the Falcons.