ARDEN HILLS, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University women's soccer team, off since a 3-0 nonconference loss at Luther Saturday, opens Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play Tuesday, traveling to Bethel for a 2 p.m. game against the Royals. Today's game is the third straight road contest for the Cardinals. … SMU has surrendered three goals in each of its three losses, while scoring seven times in both victories. … The Cardinals have scored 10 of their 16 goals in the first half, while SMU's opponents have scored four goals in first half and five after halftime. … Cassie Hulett (Milwaukee, Wis.) stopped a career-high seven shots in last Saturday's loss to Luther. Hulett, who enters today's game with a 1.74 goals-against-average, has stopped 13 shots in the Cardinals' last two games. … Amy Sibik (Onalaska, Wis.) scored her team-leading seventh goal of the season vs. UW-La Crosse on Sept. 8. Sibik has scored all seven of her goals in the Cardinals' last four games. … Sibik's 41 career goals rank No. 5 all-time, 13 goals back of No. 4 Kerry Ambrose's 54. … Along with her team-leading seven goals, Sibik also boasts a team-best 17 points, giving her 93 points for her career. She is just four points back of Barb Bock for No. 7 all-time in career points. … Sloane Kuramoto (Rochester, Minn.) netted her first collegiate goal to account for SMU's other tally vs. UW-L on Sept. 8. … Amanda Rahman (Rochester, Minn.) recorded her first collegiate two-goal game vs. Lakeland on Sept. 5. … After scoring four goals in her first three collegiate seasons, Rahman already has three goals this season. … Tessa Scanlon (Cologne, Minn.) owns the team lead in assists with four. … SMU's seven goals vs. Lakeland and Ripon on Sept. 4 and Sept. 5 are the most since the Cardinals netted nine in a 9-0 win over Presentation in 2008. … Eight of SMU's last 11 wins have come on its home field. … With their double-overtime loss to UW-La Crosse on Sept. 8, the Cardinals fell to 0-4-3 in their last seven overtime games. SMU's last OT win was a 1-0 victory St. Catherine on Sept. 13, 2007.

The Royals' 6-0 win over Buena Vista Saturday was their second straight. It was the first time this season Bethel has won back-to-back games. … The Royals have scored 17 goals in their three wins — including a season-high six goals vs. both Concordia-Wis. and Buena Vista. … Bethel has outscored its opponents 17-2 in its three wins and 22-9 overall. … Kelsey Flaherty scored two goals vs. Buena Vista and shares the team lead (4 goals) with Lydia Bergeson and Sophie Christiansen. … Ellen Potts boasts a team-best four assists, while Bergeson is the team-leader in points with 11. … Bethel has scored 12 goals in the first half and 10 in the second, while the Royals' opponents have netted six of their nine goals in the second half. … Bethel is 2-0-0 on its home turf.