ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University women's soccer team hits the road for the fourth straight game on Saturday, as the Cardinals head to St. Catherine for a 1 p.m. conference game against the Wildcats.



The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (0-7-0 MIAC | 0-13-0 Overall)
at St. Catherine Wildcats (2-4-0 MIAC | 7-5-0 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals came up empty in their conference game against Carleton Wednesday, as the Knights scored single goals in each half in handing SMU a 2-0 setback in Northfield, Minn. … St. Catherine, meanwhile, has been off since last Saturday, when the Wildcats came out on the short end of a 2-1 decision against Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minn.

SMU vs. St. Catherine — Their Last Meeting:
October 15, 2011: Rachel Gates-Vickery scored the game's first goal — her first of the season and first since her freshman season — and then, with the Cardinals clinging to a 2-0 lead late in the first, it was the senior's bicycle-kick save on a shot bound for the open SMU net that protected that two-goal lead and sparked Saint Mary's to a 3-1 MIAC win over St. Catherine at Ochrymowycz Field.

Up Next:
The Cardinals are off until next Saturday, when SMU returns home for the first time since Sept. 29, as they host Saint Benedict in a 1 p.m. conference game at Ochrymowycz Field.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2012 Roster | 2012 Statistics | 2012 Schedule
Saturday's game at St. Catherine is the last of four straight road games for the Cardinals, who do not return to Ochrymowycz Field until Oct. 20, when they host Saint Benedict in a 1 p.m. conference contest. … Miranda Halling (Rochester, Minn.) stopped 12 Carleton shots Wednesday. The 12-save effort marked the fifth time this season the sophomore goalkeeper has stopped 10 or more shots — including a season-high 16-save effort against Concordia on Sept. 29. … Halling has played every minute of the Cardinals' 13 games in goal this season. … Halling enters Saturday's conference game at St. Catherine having stopped a league-leading 107 shots through 13 games. She owns a 3.08 goals-against-average and a .728 save percentage. … Bethany Schmidt (Sparta, Wis.) scored her second goal of the season in last Saturday's 2-1 loss at Hamline. … With the second-half tally, Schmidt moved into the team lead with five points, while sharing the top spot in goals (2) with Sloane Kuramoto (Rochester, Minn.). … Katie Holmes (Edina, Minn.) and Rachel Tackmann (Lake City, Minn.) have accounted for SMU's other two goals this season. Holmes recorded SMU's first goal of the season with her second-half tally against Loras on Sept. 2. … The goals by Holmes, Schmidt and Tackmann were all collegiate firsts. …  Schmidt, Holmes, Caroline Blackwood (Norwalk, Ohio), Heidi Martin (Ankeny, Iowa) and Tessa Scanlon (Cologne, Minn.) have all picked up assists this season. … The Cardinals have scored five of their six goals in the second half. Kuramoto's goal vs. Bethel on Sept. 22 is SMU's lone first-half goal this season. … SMU has recorded a season-high seven shots on goal twice — first against Luther on Sept. 19 and second against Gustavus on Sept. 26.

Scouting The St. Catherine Wildcats:
2012 Roster | 2012 Statistics | 2012 Schedule
Last Saturday's 2-1 loss at Saint Benedict was the Wildcats' second-straight one-goal decision — St. Catherine had defeated Crown 1-0 in overtime on Oct. 2. … Nine of St. Catherine's 12 games — including four of their five wins — have been decided by one goal or less. … St. Catherine scored a season-high seven goals in its season-opening 7-1 win over UW-Superior. The Wildcats have scored nine goals in their other four wins combined. … Grace Lowry scored her first collegiate goal to account for the Wildcats' tally in their 2-1 loss to Saint Benedict last Saturday. … Christina Palk leads the team in goals (6) and points (14), while Lesi Wolf has dished out a team-leading four assists. … Palk is one of three Wildcats with 10 or more points — Elly Leyva (13) and Lensa Gurmessa (11) are the other two. … Leyva is also second on the team in both goals (5) and assists (3). … Goalkeeper Danielle Mendez has started 11 of the team's 12 games, compiling a 2.19 goals-against-average and a .759 save percentage. … Mendez has stopped 63 of the 83 shots she's faced this season. … St. Catherine is a perfect 3-0-0 in overtime games this season — having beaten Jamestown (2-1), the University of Dubuque (1-0) and Crown (1-0).