ARDEN HILLS, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University men's soccer team, coming off a nonconference loss to UW-Superior at home on Saturday, hits the road for its Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference opener Tuesday, traveling to Bethel for a 4 p.m. contest against the Royals
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The Teams:
Saint Mary's Cardinals: 0-0-0 MIAC / 2-3-0 Overall
Bethel Royals: 0-0-0 MIAC / 1-4-0 Overall
Last Action:
The Cardinals could not get on track against UW-Superior on Saturday, as the Yellowjackets scored early and never let up in handing SMU a 7-0 nonconference setback at Ochrymowycz Field. Bethel, meanwhile, picked up its first win of the season Saturday, collecting a 4-0 home win over Buena Vista.
Last Meeting — September 15, 2009:
SMU, which got a pair of goals from
Andy Adair (Woodbury, Minn.) — the second in overtime — to beat the Royals
2-1 in the regular-season finale in 2008, could only muster a late goal by
Jacob Bina (West Salem, Wis.), as the Royals handed the Cardinals a
3-1 setback at Ochrymowycz Field.
Saint Mary's Cardinals News and Notes:
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With their 7-0 loss to UW-Superior, the Cardinals lost back-to-back games for the first time this season. … SMU netted a season-high four goals vs. Crown on Sept. 7. … Juamaine Venter (Rochester, Minn.) recorded the first two-goal game of his career vs. Crown. … After scoring just two goals in his first two seasons with the Cardinals combined, Venter has already netted three goals in five games this season. … Venter enters today's game vs. Bethel as the team-leader in goals (3) and points (7), while Steve Boussie (Troy, Mich.), who scored his second goal of the year vs. Crown Tuesday, leads the squad in assists (2) and is second in points (6). … Tony Olson (South St. Paul, Minn.) scored his first goal of the season, and second of his career, vs. Crown. … Six of SMU's eight goals have come in the second half — including three of the Cardinals' four goals vs. Crown. … SMU's first three games — and four of their five thus far — have all been decided by shutout. … Today's game at Bethel is just the second road game of the season for the Cardinals. … With their 3-0 win over Marian on Sept. 1, the Cardinals have now won their season opener in back-to-back years and are 4-1-1 in their last six season-openers.
Bethel Royals News and Notes:
The Royals' 4-0 win over Buena Vista Saturday snapped their season-opening four-game winning streak. In fact, Andreas Scott's tally 18:08 into the first half vs. Buena Vista was Bethel's first goal of the season. … Four different players scored the Royals' four goals vs. Buena Vista — Scott, Brendan Harper, Chris Crondwell and Brent Neihart. … Scott also added an assist and leads the team with three points. … Leif Sundberg stopped all 10 shots he faced vs. the Beavers en route to the shutout. Sundberg has played every minute in goal for the Royals, compiling a 1.60 goals-against-average and a .724 save percentage. … The Royals have scored three of their four goals in the second half, while Bethel's opponents have netted five of their eight goals after halftime.
